The Autumn 2025 show was on 23-25 October. Director June Fitzgerald and the club whisked you to a villa in south France for Terence Rattigan’s emotionally charged story of desire and disillusionment, ‘Variation on a Theme’.
Please see below the flyer artwork for our show - kindly designed for us again by the talented Paul Sparrowham - thank you Paul!
Inspired by La Dame aux Camelias, and set amidst the glamorous and exotic society of the 1950s French Riviera, Variation on a Theme revolves around the tempestuous love affair between Rose, a beautiful and worldly socialite, and Ron, a young ballet dancer with a keen eye for social advancement.
Rose is persuaded by Ron’s choreographer and mentor, Sam, to sacrifice her personal happiness for the sake of her young lover’s success and career. But as Rose’s health deteriorates, and Ron is faced with the loveless reality of their separation, they finally face up to their need to be needed. A forgotten classic by “one of the supreme dramatists of the 20th century” (Michael Billington, Guardian), Terence Rattigan’s Variation on a Theme was revived in February 2014 at the Finborough Theatre. The production, its first in more than fifty years, starred twice Olivier Award nominated Rachael Stirling. The play’s original 1958 premiere was directed by John Gielgud and starred Margaret Leighton and Jeremy Brett.
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Copy of the script