Brief Encounter

Kneehigh Theatre Presents

Noel Coward's

Brief Encounter

Adapted for the stage by Emma Rice

In 1946 the classic film Brief Encounter premiered at the cinema on the Haymarket. In 2008 the Kneehigh Theatre production of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter was brought back to the cinema on the Haymarket, this time Live on Stage! Brief Encounter is now on a US tour, visiting San Francisco, New York & Minneapolis. Please see the Calendar for the list of venues.

Switching seamlessly between theatre and film using a combination of Coward's original stage play Still Life and the screenplay of Brief Encounter, Emma Rice, Kneehigh's Artistic Director, takes you back to a bygone age of romance and the silver screen from the moment the commissionaire opens the doors.

The lives and loves of three couples are played out in the famous station tearoom using the words and songs of Noël Coward to create a breathtaking, delightfully funny and tear-inducing show.