Le Grand Meaulnes – a reverie

London 1905 … a girl playing the piano … dancers at a Fête Mystérieuse … a bewitched young Alain-Fournier yearns for lost love.

An outpouring of poetry, letters and song sow the seeds of his great novel, Le Grand Meaulnes, published in 1913, a year before he was killed in the Great War.

Created by Tyrone Landau and Luke Dixon.

Cast includes:

Hannah Crighton (Yvonne de Galais ), Anne-Sophie Marie (Isabelle Rivière) and Rus Kallan (Henri Alban Fournier)

Avec Le Chœur en Blanc:
Lieve Carchon, Tony Cealy, Roberta Gotti, Vanda Grace,
Jonathan Henwood, Pat Holden, Ella Kent, Geoff Nursey,
Declan McLaughlin, Jude Cowan Montague, Bree Morrison,
Declan Patrick, Stephan Silver,

Les Danseuses:
Sian Goldby, Susan Kempster, Satu Jokinen,
Adriana Pegorer, Marilii Saar, Tania Soubry

L’esprit de la Tamise:
Natasha Jervis

As part of Voila!, the annual European Frenglish Theatre Festival (www.thecockpit.org.uk/voila).

Tickets £10, £2 members (£12 on the door).