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Ustinov Studio Lisa Dillon, Josefina Gabrielle, Alexander Hanson, Nigel Lindsay, Ciarán Owens

Farewell Mister Haffmann

by Jean-Philippe Daguerre; Adapted by Jeremy Sams; Directed by Lindsay Posner
  • 24 August - 23 September
Farewell Mister Haffmann

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Evenings 7.30pm

Matinees Thursdays*, Saturday** & Tue 29 Aug 2.30pm *(no matinee on Thurs 31 Aug) **(no matinee on Sat 26 Aug) 

Press Night Thursday 31 August 7pm (previously advertised as Wed 30 Aug)

Running Time: 1 hour 35 minutes

Thu 24 Aug — Sat 23 Sep

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Adam Blanshay Productions and Norel Productions present

FAREWELL MISTER HAFFMANN

Starring Lisa Dillon, Josefina Gabrielle, Alexander Hanson, Nigel Lindsay and Ciarán Owens

One of France’s most successful new plays receives its English language premiere in Bath this summer.

The year is 1942. Paris is under Nazi occupation. Jews are being rounded up. Joseph Haffmann, a Jewish owner of a jewellery shop and his long- standing employee Pierre Vigneau change roles as part of a strange deal which could only take place against the background of an absurd and tragic reality. Joseph Haffmann will transfer the ownership of the jewellery store to Pierre, on the condition that Pierre hides him from the Nazis. In return, Pierre insists that Joseph enter into a very unusual arrangement with Isabelle, Pierre’s wife...

Add to that a Matisse painting, an ‘art loving’ Nazi officer and his outrageous wife, and marital difficulties amplified by the bizarre domestic situation, it is no wonder that Pierre is driven to the brink.

Bath favourite Nigel Lindsay (God of Carnage, Speed-the-Plow) fresh from the hugely acclaimed The Lehman Trilogy in the West End, joins the previously announced stage and screen star Lisa Dillon (Cranford, Bright Young Things); West End stars Josefina Gabrielle (Olivier Award nominee for Oklahoma!, Sweet Charity, Merrily We Roll Along) and Alexander Hanson (The Sound of Music, Sunset Boulevard, Jesus Christ Superstar), and Ciaran Owens (Peaky Blinders, The Windsors).

Director Lindsay Posner returns to the Ustinov Studio fresh from his widely acclaimed production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? One of the UK’s most accomplished directors, his recent productions in Bath include Noises Off, God of Carnage, Stone in his Pockets, She Stoops To Conquer and Hay Fever.

The French play Adieu Monsieur Haffmann by Jean-Philippe Daguerre has been a commercial and critical success in France, and won four Molière Awards in 2018, including Best New Play. It has been one of the longest running plays in France and was recently made into a French movie.

Thursday 24 August - Saturday 23 September 2023

Monday - Saturday 7.30pm

Matinees Thursdays*, Saturday** & Tue 29 Aug 2.30pm *(no matinee on Thurs 31 Aug) **(no matinee on Sat 26 Aug) 

Press Night Thursday 31 August 7pm (previously advertised as Wed 30 Aug)

All tickets £37.50 / £26.50 discounts

Discounts apply to children, students in full-time education and members of the Theatre Royal Bath's access register.

Preview Performances Thurs 24 - Tues 29 August £32.50 / £24.50 discounts

A booking fee of £2.50 per ticket applies.

Adam Blanshay Productions and Norel Productions present

Lisa Dillon, Josefina Gabrielle, Alexander Hanson, Nigel Lindsay and Ciarán Owens in

The English language World Premiere of

FAREWELL MISTER HAFFMANN

A new play by Jean-Philippe Daguerre

Adapted by Jeremy Sams

Directed by Lindsay Posner

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