EDWARD AS TIRESIAS IN SOPHOCLES' ANTIGONE

Concurrent with his appearance in Coco at Sadler's Wells this summer, Edward is playing the part of the blind seer Tiresias in a new production of Sophocles' Antigone at Southwark Playhouse. The production is by Primavera and features a translation by Timberlake Wertenbaker.

Antigone is a play that speaks powerfully to each generation and which has previously been adapted by Cocteau, Anouilh, Brecht and Seamus Heaney, amongst others, and performed on one occasion by Nelson Mandela and his fellow inmates on Robben Island.

The production at Southwark runs until 18 June.

Performance times:
Monday to Saturday, 7.45pm
Saturday matinee, 3.15pm.

EDWARD IN COCO AT SADLER'S WELLS

Edward is appearing as Louis Greff in the European premiere of André Previn and Alan Jay Lerner's Coco as part of LOST MUSICALS 2011.

Coco is about Chanel’s dilemma as a woman in her 60s trying to maintain her reign as a leading designer in the youthful world of fashion. The original production opened on Broadway in December 1969 and starred Katharine Hepburn in her only stage musical.

This staged reading (with songs) is taking place at the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler's Wells, over four Sundays in May and June.

Performance times:
Sundays May 15, 22, June 5 at 4:00pm
Sunday June 12 at 1:30pm & 4:45pm