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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Housewife and mum Laura, stuck in a rut, meets married doctor and father Alec in a railway buffet room. He removes a piece of grit from her eye – an intense, short affair follows. Like the film, the play starts at the end of the affair – there is no doubt we are going to need tissues by the end Photo: Tony Bartholomew
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Brief Encounter is a classic black and white film released in 1949, with an undeniable pedigree. It was directed by David Lean and starred Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard Photo: Tony Bartholomew
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The actor-musicians played and performed the songs of Noel Coward which were added to the new stage version of his classic love story Photo: Tony Bartholomew