Filumena
Starring Felicity Kendal & Matthew Kelly | Directed by Sean Mathias
-Eduardo De Filippo’s classic comedy! Amidst the heat of a Neapolitan spring, Filumena Marturano lies on her deathbed, waiting to marry the man who has kept her as his mistress for twenty-five years. No sooner than they are married, she makes a miraculous recovery, much to the surprise of her new, unwilling husband and his younger lover!
A wonderfully wise play
Felicity Kendal leads an exceptional cast starring Matthew Kelly (Stars In Their Eyes, Noises Off) & Julie Legrand (Wicked, Call the Midwife), including George Banks (Coronation Street, The Mousetrap), Gavin Fowler (RSC, Penny Dreadful), Jamie Hogarth (Slow Horses, Bad Education), Ben Nealon (Soldier, Soldier, Twelve Angry Men), Lee Peck (Sleuth, Looking Good Dead), Fabrizio Santino (Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger, Hollyoaks), Jodie Steele (Malory Towers (BBC), original UK cast of Heathers the Musical), Hilary Tones (RSC), Alis Wyn Davies (Hamlet) and Eliza Le Touzel Teale.
Is Filumena a simple woman who simply wants the best for her family, or a fiercely intelligent opportunist determined to claim what is hers?
In a battle of wills between all involved, the show mixes charm and optimism with acerbic wit and a moral examination of how where we come from defines who we become.
