Director Christopher Haydon‘s production of Kazuo Ishiguro’s THE REMAINS OF THE DAY has opened at Northampton Royal & Derngate, to rave reviews:
★★★★ “Christopher Haydon’s production…gives us well-orchestrated, cerebral theatre.” The Guardian (read the full review )
★★★★ “Haydon…exploit(s) the possibilities for fascinating juxtapositions and revelatory contrasts […] It’s a brilliantly paced, impeccably performed piece of theatre.” Whats on Stage (read the full review)
★★★★ “The challenge, for […] director Christopher Haydon, was to make the story, which takes place almost completely in Stevens’s head, before and after the war, coherent. It does succeed and I came to enjoy the abrupt time changes from pre to postwar, often signalled by something as small as someone putting on a hat.” The Times (read the full review)
★★★★ “Christopher Haydon’s direction sees the cast moving around the stage like the well-oiled machine that an English country house was meant to be” Broadway World (read the full review)
Barney Norris provides the adaptation. After it’s run at the Royal & Derngate it heads off on a national tour. Link for tickets