Mood Music | |
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Written by | Joe Penhall |
Characters | Cat Bernard Vanessa Ramsay Miles Seymour |
Date premiered | 21 April 2018 |
Place premiered | The Old Vic, London |
Original language | English |
Subject | The music industry |
Setting | A recording studio and consulting rooms in London |
Mood Music is a play by Joe Penhall
The play premiered at The Old Vic, London from 21 April to 16 June 2018 in a production directed by Roger Michell and starring Ben Chaplin as Bernard (who had assumed the role following the departure of Rhys Ifans) and Seána Kerslake as Cat. [1] [2]
In July 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, an archive recording of the Old Vic production was streamed on YouTube for one week as part of the Your Old Vic project.
Character | London (2018) [3] |
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Cat, a recording artist | Seána Kerslake |
Bernard, a record producer | Ben Chaplin |
Vanessa, her psychotherapist | Jemma Redgrave |
Ramsay, his psychotherapist | Pip Carter |
Miles, her lawyer | Kurt Egyiawan |
Seymour, his lawyer | Neil Stuke |
The production opened at the Old Vic to positive reviews, with five stars from the Evening Standard [4] and four stars from The Times , [5] The Guardian , [6] The Independent [7] and The Arts Desk. [8]
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