Fire and plague hit Newport! Samuel Pepys? ….His Diary! ….His World!! ….His Women!!! How do you think his wife felt?
Fifteen figures of the Pepys circle from the highest in the land to the most menial of servants are brought to life as Elizabeth Pepys wrestles with the reality of her marriage: the joys and trials of their household, the gossip of the Court, the horrors of the Plague, the flames of the Fire of London and finally her traumatic discovery that her husband is a serial sex addict.
” “¦this gem of a show “¦this was story telling of the highest order” – Chichester Observer
“”¦ humorous, bawdy, moving and fascinating” – The Portsmouth News
Siobhán Nicholas has played lead roles in the major reps of the UK. Her TV credits include Lucy Shaw in George Bernard Shaw with Brenda Fricker and Detective Parker in Prime Cracker with Helen Mirren – also Grange Hill, Hollyoaks, The Bill and Casualty. On film she has appeared in Down in the Valley, Little Dorrit, The Fool, Sparkle Sparkle Baby, Wormcharmer and Neverland.
Chris Barnes – his theatre work as an actor and director has taken him all over the world as well as the National Theatre, the West End, the Donmar Warehouse, the Young Vic, the Old Vic, the Bush and the Traverse in Edinburgh. He has also written several plays and written music for many shows.
Sam & I is on tour until June 2008 and has already been performed in The City Of London Festival, the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of London, the Clothworker’s Hall in the City Of London, the Brighton Fringe Festival, Arundel Fringe Festival, Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, Epsom Playhouse Studio, Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Bath Theatre Royal and Cripps Court at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Bits and Bobs:
Performance Date/Time: Fri 16 May 8pm
Location: Quay Arts
Ticket Price: £10/£9
Box Office 01983 822490
