Brief Encounter

Adapted and directed by Emma Rice

Remembered as one of the most haunting love stories ever, Noël Coward’s Brief Encounter is retold by one of the UK’s most admired, award-winning theatre companies.

Switching seamlessly between theatre and film, using a combination of Coward’s original stage play, Still Life, and footage inspired by David Lean’s classic 1945 film, Brief Encounter takes us back to a bygone age of romance and the silver screen.

The irresistible passion of the chance encounter by Laura, a married woman, and the handsome Dr Alec Harvey in the famous railway station tea room is again brought to life in a breathtaking, delightfully funny and touching show interspersed with Coward’s typically debonair and witty songs.

Nominated for 4 Olivier and 2 Tony Awards, Melbourne audiences will see Brief Encounter in the original production that has already captured the imagination of audiences from London’s West End to Broadway, New York.

“A first-class return to romance” - The Daily Telegraph (UK)

“The most enchanting work of stagecraft ever inspired by a movie... exquisite” - The New York Times (USA)