The Croft Archives - North West End UK

2Jul

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North West

The Croft – Liverpool Playhouse

Returning to the stage for a second life after its original run, under the direction of Philip Franks, was curtailed due to the pandemic, revival director Alastair Whatley successfully oversees changes to the original cast and script in this intriguing and intelligent piece of theatre from writer Ali Milles based on a true story. Beginning in the present day, Laura (Gracie Follows) has brought her lover, Suzanne (Caroline Harker), to the Highlands to stay in her parents’ holiday home, a former crofter’s cottage, primarily to focus on their burgeoning relationship, but where the challenges of its remoteness and isolation from the modern world play on Suzanne’s need to stay in touch with an ex-husband and two teenage children, and the nature of their relationship provides much consternati...

The Croft – Festival Theatre

Returning to the stage after Covid-19 prematurely ended its original run, The Croft, directed by Alastair Whatley and written by Ali Milles provided many a fright when it opened in Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre. Set in a former crofters hut in a remote area of the Scottish Highlands, this production sees Laura (Gracie Follows) and Suzanne (Caroline Harker) arrive for what is meant to be a relaxed weekend trip. It isn’t long before the place’s centuries of history weaves itself into the women’s present. With no phone signal available and only the mysterious David (Gray O’Brien) for company, this thrilling piece of theatre connects past and present as the real truth of The Croft slowly unravels. The whole pace of the show is fantastic. Running at 2 hours, including the interval, audienc...

Liza Goddard And Caroline Harker in Chilling Thriller The Croft at The Liverpool Playhouse

An unforgettable theatrical thriller, The Croft, is heading to Liverpool, starring screen and stage favourites Liza Goddard (Doctor Who), Caroline Harker (The Railway Children), and Gray O’Brien (Coronation Street). The production will bring Ali Milles’ critically acclaimed play to the Playhouse from Tuesday 1st to Saturday 5th July. The Croft is produced by Original Theatre, who also produced Sebastian Faulks’ Birdsong which toured to the Playhouse last year. The Croft starring Liza Goddard (Noises Off, Doctor Who, Bergerac) as Enid, Caroline Harker (A Touch of Frost, Steel Magnolias, The Railway Children) as Suzanne and Gray O’Brien (Coronation Street, Casualty, Rebus: A Game Called Malice) as David with Gracie Follows (Birdsong) as Laura, Russell Layton (ART) as Ronald, Simon Robert...