This production began performances on 4th September and closed on 28th October 2000.
Yorkshire 1908: Naive Clara and her impulsive sister Livvy escape the vigilant eye of their straight-laced grandmother and fall under the spell of a wayward heartbreaker
London 2000: 36 year old Alex is successful, attractive and certain her life is mapped out...but with a neurotic flatmate, a mother who doesn't recognise her, and a married lover who deals in futures but lives in the present, is life really so sweet?
Hearts catch fire as past and present family histories collide...
IN FLAME, an enormous hit at the Bush Theatre last year, won Charlotte Jones the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright.
This production features an outstanding cast including Kerry Fox (An Angel at my Table, Shallow Grave), Olivier Award-winning Marcia Warren and Jason Hughes (This Life). Rosie Cavaliero, Emma Dewhurst and Ivan Kaye complete the superb ensemble of this outstanding production.
CAST
ROSIE CAVALIERO – Clara/Cootie
IVAN KAYE – Frank/Mat
MARCIA WARREN – Annie/Gramma
JASON HUGHES – James/Arthur
KERRY FOX – Alex
EMMA DEWHURST – Livvy
CREATIVES
CHARLOTTE JONES – Playwright
ANNA MACKMIN – Director
TOM PYE – Designer
JENNY KAGAN – Lighting
SCARLETT MACKMIN – Choreographer
ANDY COWTON – Composer