Anne-Marie Piazza and Pete Ashmore play star-crossed lovers Laura and Alec in the musical play, adapted for the stage by Emma Rice, and directed by Paul Robinson.
It is on now and runs until Saturday August 27. Tickets, priced from £10, are available from the box office on 01723 370541 and online at www.sjt.uk.com
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Dirty Dancing moment with Anne-Marie Piazza and Pete Ashmore in Brief Encounter at the Stephen Joseph Theatre Photo: Tony Bartholomew
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Pete Ashmore plays GP Alec and Anne-Marie Piazza is housewife and mum Laura in the classic love story by Noel Coward Photo: Tony Bartholomew
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The play follows Laura’s story – it is her family the audience also meets and gets to know, her journey we follow and her jeopardy we feel – though there is no escaping Alec’s heartache either Photo: Tony Bartholomew
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The staging is wonderful – ranging from the steam, smoke, tea and scones of the station and its buffet to a row boat escapade in the park to a snatched sordid afternoon in an over-the-shop flat Photo: Tony Bartholomew
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Pete Ashmore plays GP Alec – quiet, still, steady, sensible and emotionally empty until he meets Laura Photo: Tony Bartholomew
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The musical numbers were perfect. Simon Slater provided the music to Noel Coward’s songs including Any Little Fish, No Good at Love, Mad About the Boy, A Room with A View and Always. There is, of course, Rachmaninoff – a nod to the film’s score and Laura’s concert pianist ambitions Photo: Tony Bartholomew
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The musical numbers were perfect. Simon Slater provided the music to Noel Coward’s songs including Any Little Fish, No Good at Love, Mad About the Boy, A Room with A View and Always. There is, of course, Rachmaninoff – a nod to the film’s score and Laura’s concert pianist ambitions Photo: Tony Bartholomew
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Brief Encounter is an analysis of the initial joy and ultimate pain of illicit love, the power of love, the heartbreak of its loss and the healing power of its presence – easily forgotten in a time when relationships are measured by Love Island and Married at First Sight Photo: Tony Bartholomew
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The familiar characters of Myrtle – the cafe owner – and station master Albert – are included. Their love affair and that of Beryl and Stanley are carefree, guilt-free, passionate and contrast to the love of Alec and Laura – illicit, intense and shrouded in shame and guilt Photo: Tony Bartholomew
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Brief Encounter, adapted for the stage by Emma Rice and directed by the theatre’s artistic director Paul Robinson, is the opening play of the Stephen Joseph's summer repertory. Photo: Tony Bartholomew