Kenneth Alan Taylor stars in The Father for its North West premiere
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Actor, director, former Artistic Director of Nottingham Playhouse and twice former Artistic Director/Chief Executive of Oldham Coliseum Theatre, Kenneth Alan Taylor, stars as André in The Father. The Father is a French drama phenomena that has been performed internationally to great acclaim; this is its North West premiere.
André is a charming elderly gentleman who once had a glittering career as a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter Anne and her husband Antoine in a chic Parisian apartment. Or was he once an engineer whose daughter Anne moved to London with her new partner Pierre? The trouble is, he can’t quite remember, and he can’t find his watch…
Taking the audience on a journey through André’s perspective, The Father is a powerful and moving black comedy about the devastating impact of dementia on one man and the people in his life.
Kenneth Alan Taylor has performed in over 320 Oldham Coliseum Theatre productions since his first appearance at the then Oldham Repertory Theatre in 1959. He became Artistic Director from 1978 to 1982, reopening the theatre after a nine month closure and reconstituting the Oldham Repertory Theatre as Oldham Coliseum Theatre. He returned as Chief Executive of the theatre from 1996 – 2002 and was presented with the Horniman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre in 1997.
Kenneth was also Artistic Director of Nottingham Playhouse for five years, where he has written and directed over 30 pantomimes. As a director, his West End credits include One Night Stand (Apollo Theatre) and And Then There Were None (Duke of York’s Theatre).
Writer Florian Zeller is a literary sensation whose first novel, Artificial Snow, was published when he was still at university, aged 22. The Father, his seventh play, won France’s prestigious prize, the Molière Award, for Best Play in 2014. Translated into English by Christopher Hampton, it earned a further string of accolades and nominations from hit runs in London’s West End and New York’s Broadway, including a Lawrence Olivier Award and a Tony Award.
The Father runs at Oldham Coliseum Theatre from Friday 16 June – Saturday 1 July 2017
Tickets can be booked on 0161 624 2829 or at www.coliseum.org.uk
Author: Jude Gidney - Editor
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