A Little Night Music

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Previewed 28 March 2009, opened 7 April 2009, closed 25 July 2009 at the Garrick Theatre in London

A major revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night Music in London directed by Trevor Nunn.

"A triumph" The Independent

Following a critically acclaimed sell-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory earlier this year, Trevor Nunn's production of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical A Little Night Music transfers to the Garrick Theatre.

"Trevor Nunn's exquisite revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical" The Guardian

A Little Night Music, based on Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night, is set in 19th century Sweden where affairs of the heart are uppermost in everyone's thoughts. Hailed as a witty and stylish celebration of romance, the story centres on the elegant actress Desiree Armfeldt and the spider's web of sensuality, intrigue and passion that surrounds her and features the classic song 'Send in the Clowns'.

"It positively throbs with love, regret and desire" The Daily Telegraph

The cast for A Little Night Music in London features Maureen Lipman, Jessie Buckley, Kaisa Hammarlund, Alexander Hanson, Kelly Price, Alistair Robins, Gabriel Vick and Hannah Waddingham.

"Stephen Sondheim's musical ravished me" The London Evening Standard

"Stephen Sondheim's sexy and sophisticated A Little Night Music, filled with barbed exchanges, bittersweet regret and delicious irony, gets the treatment it deserves in Trevor Nunn's intimate revival at the Menier Chocolate Factory... Hannah Waddingham's Desiree is as warm and desirable as you dream of; as her acid mother, Maureen Lipman drily recalls her 'liaisons', suggesting the grief that the dying Madame Armfeldt affects not to feel. A perfect production, not to be missed." The Mail on Sunday

"Wickedly funny" The Daily Express

"Here comes disenchantment to waltz time. Stephen Sondheim's and Hugh Wheeler's A Little Night Music, first staged in 1973, is one of the most wonderful of musicals. The intersplicing of irony and romance in lyrics and music is beady and intricate: the show spins like a seductive merry-go-round... Trevor Nunn's production is likely to be yet another hit for the Chocolate Factory, which these days is a West End Transfer Factory." The Observer

"First staged in 1973, it was closely based on Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night, which also inspired Woody Allen's A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy and was in turn based on one of Marivaux's 18th-century farces. Got that? In other words, it's very artificial, and very far removed from real life. If you can live with that, however, it has a lot of charm. ... Hannah Waddingham is a splendid presence as Desiree, and very funny at times, too,... Maureen Lipman is especially enjoyable as old Madame Armfeldt." The Sunday Times

"With wounds still fresh from the failure of Gone with the Wind earlier this year, Trevor Nunn is back with a new production of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music. It is, comparatively, a low-key comeback staged in an intimate setting. Nevertheless, the Menier has an impressive record of transferring shows to the West End and this production looks set to continue that tradition. Nunn has assembled an impressive cast and there's not a weak link among them. It's not, admittedly, radical to revisit a Sondheim masterpiece, but Sir Trev does it very well." The Sunday Telegraph

A Little Night Music in London at the Menier Chocolate Factory previewed 22 November 2008, opened 3 December 2008 and closed 8 March 2009. Transferred to Garrick Theatre previewed from 28 March 2009, opened on 7 April 2009 and closed on 25 July 2009.