"We're putting on a play, not fighting a bloody war. Why
can't people in the theatre behave like normal human
beings?"
Liza Goddard stars as theatrical grand dame
Lorraine Barrie in Noël Coward's final play,Star
Quality.
Set in 1951, Star Quality takes us behind the scenes of a new West
End production. Behind the red-curtain glamour, Coward
conjures up a wickedly observant satire of talent and treachery and
a gallery of unforgettable characters. A mercurial leading
lady and her director engage in a battle of egos which will make or
break the production - and possibly the rest of the cast.
Bursting with Coward charm, what emerges from the mayhem of wit,
hissy fits and fisticuffs is proof that Star Quality will always
triumph.
Liza Goddard and Daniel Casey lead a stellar cast
of 12; Ambridge favourite Michael
Lumsden (Alistair Lloyd in The Archers),
West End legend Gay Soper (Sunday in the
Park with George), Sarah Berger,
Simon Cole, Anthony Houghton,
Vivien Keene, Keith Myers,
Brendan Riding, Bob Saul,
Sonia Saville and Lola
the dog in her professional stage debut.
Adapted by Christopher Luscombe (director of
The Madness of George III and The History
Boys) and directed by Joe Harmston
(Artistic Director of the Agatha Christie Theatre
Company), Star Quality is a fitting farewell from Noël Coward,
one of the most distinctive voices of British theatre.