Design For Living
By Noel Coward
October 5-8
The Cellar Theatre
"The actual facts are so simple. I love you. You love me. You love Otto. I love Otto. Otto loves you. Otto loves me. There now! Start to unravel from there."
‘Design For Living’ is Noel Coward’s 1931 comedy about a ménage-a-trois. Otto, Leo and Gilda love each other but can’t quite make their love work. From their bohemian life in Paris to the heights of their success in New York, we see these three characters try and navigate the difficult world of “love among the artists.”
This production aims to reveal the melancholic heart at the centre of Coward’s most controversial comedy.
Cast:
Gilda – Caitlin Williams
Ernest Friedman – Patrick Sunderland
Otto Sylvus – Oliver Ayres
Leo Mercuré – Max Peacock
Miss Hodge – Victoria Boult
Grace Torrence – Harriet Cronley
Helen Carver – Daniella Pilla
Henry Carver – Joey Watson
Creative Team:
Producer – Maggie Liuzzi
Assistant Producer – Marianne Connors
Director – Eugene Lynch
Dramaturge – Nadia Bracegirdle
Set Designer – Cameron Hart
Sound Designer – Christopher Wale
Lighting Designer – Viran Weerasekera & Ruby Willis
AV Designer – Daniella Pilla
Honi Soit review
“… beautiful, messy and utterly hilarious.”
Pulp review
“… every audience member had a great time in the theatre.”