Flare Path is a story of love,
loyalty and desire set at the height of the Second World War. In a country
house hotel on the edge of R.A.F. Bomber Command airfield, the women wait for
news of their husbands’ return from a dangerous bombing mission behind enemy
lines; now you can get hold of
Flare
Path tickets of your own, as performances start from the 4th
March 2011.
Written by
Terence Rattigan, (
After The Dance,
The Deep Blue Sea,
The
Browning Version) Flare Path is based on Rattigan's own experiences as a
tail gunner in the RAF during the Second World War. Now, one hundred years
since the year of his birth, director Trevor Nunn marks the occasion with Flare
Path’s West End revival starring Sienna Miller, making it one of the
London theatre tickets to have this
season.
Actress
Sienna Miller is one of
Britain’s top actresses. She is best known for her roles in
Layer Cake,
Alfie,
Factory Girl,
The Edge of Love and
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. On the
stage, she has played
Celia in a West
End production of Shakespeare’s
As You
Like It and the title role of Patrick Marber’s
After Miss Julie on Broadway. By adding Sienna Miller to the cast
of this classic production,
Flare
Path tickets are sure to sell out fast!
Also featuring in the cast are
Sheridan Smith and James Purefoy.
Sheridan Smith, who will play barmaid
Doris, is best known for her
contributions to British sitcoms
Two
Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps,
Gavin
& Stacey and
Benidorm. She
has also become a recognised face within West End theatre, appearing in
Little Shop of Horrors and playing the
title role of
Elle Woods in
Legally Blonde, a role for which she was
nominated for the
Natasha Richardson
Award for Best Actress and the
Laurence
Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
James Purefoy, who will play
Teddy Graham, is a much-travelled
English actor who has had many memorable roles in film, television and theatre.
A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, his stage roles include
Edgar in
King Lear,
Biff in
Death of a Salesman as well as appearing
in
Macbeth,
The Tempest and
Hamlet.
His film roles include
Edward, the
Black Prince, in
A Knight’s Tale,
Rawdon Crawley in
Vanity Fair and
Tom Bertram
in the 1999 production of
Mansfield Park.
With such an amazing cast already
lined up, this is a perfect tribute to one of the country’s best writers and
will make
Flare
Path tickets one of
the top
London theatre tickets to
own.
For all other details of
Flare
Path tickets, as well as booking information and all
applicable performances and shows, please contact our
London theatre
ticket specialists.