17 oct – 15 nov
A BUILT BY BARN MUSICAL
Barn Theatre in association with Reading Rep Theatre and Theatre Royal Bath present…
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
Music and lyrics by Tony Award Winner Jason Robert Brown
“A beautiful and truly impactful musical”
Written by a Tony award winner, brought to life with an acclaimed score and interweaved with the butterflies of new love and the sting of a separation, The Last Five Years is a moving and thoughtful musical that will have you laughing one minute and full of emotion the next.
Jason Robert Brown has crafted a musical that cleverly explores the rollercoaster journey of two New Yorkers as they navigate their five-year marriage asking the question, “Can this couple that were once bonded by a shared love of creativity remain united as their lives move in different directions?”
Jamie’s side of the story starts at the beginning, filled with the fizz of new romance and continues chronologically, while Cathy’s retelling begins at the end, reflecting a much sadder reality and moving backwards. Indicative of the turbulent reality of love on the rocks, The Last Five Years is a beautiful and truly impactful musical that will be on your mind long after the final curtain.
The Last Five Years premiered at Chicago’s Northlight Theatre in 2001 and was then produced Off-Broadway in March 2002. Since then, it has had numerous productions both in the United States and internationally and we’re delighted to welcome it to the Barn stage.
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Age Guidance
13+
PROGRAMME
Originally Produced for the New York stage by Arielle Tepper and Marty Bell
Originally Produced by Northlight Theatre, Chicago, USA
Performed by arrangement with Music Theatre International
Cast
MARTHA KIRBY
as Cathy
GUY WOOLF
as Jamie
cast biographies
MARTHA KIRBY
as ‘Cathy’
Martha grew in up in Bristol.
TRAINED: Guildford School of Acting (graduated 2019).
THEATRE INCLUDES: “Wendy Darling” in Club NVRLND (Edinburgh Fringe); “Eva Peron” in Evita (Leicester Curve); “Raven” in Bat Out of Hell (UK Tour); “Bella Cohen” in RAGS (Park Theatre); “Sandy” in Grease (UK Tour).
TELEVISION INCLUDES: The Chelsea Detective (Acorn TV)
GUY WOOLF
as ‘Jamie’
Guy is an actor, director and composer based in London.
THEATRE INCLUDES: As You Like It (The Globe); Denim (Soho Theatre, Arts Theatre, British Summer Time @ Hyde Park, Glastonbury and Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club with Florence and the Machine, the Underbelly Edinburgh Fringe and others); Becoming Electra: A Queer Mitzvah (Nottingham Playhouse, Hope Mill Theatre, the Roundhouse and others); Yankl and the Beanstalk (The Pleasance); The Cher Show (UK & ROI Tour Original Cast, dir. Dame Arlene Phillips – Broadway World Award nomination); Broken Toys (Cervantes Theatre); 3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down (Finborough Theatre); Thrill Me (The English Theatre of Hamburg, Jermyn Street Theatre); Children of Eden (Union Theatre); Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Bridewell Theatre).
TELEVISION INCLUDES: Trigonomentry (BBC).
DIRECTING INCLUDES: Now That’s What I Call a Musical (assoc. dir., dir. Craig Revel Horwood); productions at Southwark Playhouse, Jackson’s Lane, The Roundhouse, Tristan Bates Theatre; three sell-out productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
COMPOSITION INCLUDES: Sixth Form Romeo by Nigel Williams; Great Again (Tristan Bates, VAULT Festival – MIRO magazine Pick of the Festival, Mercury Theatre Songwriting Award finalists); The Sex Ed Musical (Ice&Fire theatre company, touring schools and venues across the UK).
OTHER: Co-Founder and Creative Director of REPRESENT, a theatre company dedicated to redressing the socioeconomic imbalance in the arts.
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