Romantics Anonymous
Originally staged at the Globe Theatre in London, Emma Rice directs this critically acclaimed new musical – Romantics Anonymous.
This funny, charming and awkward love story is adapted by Emma Rice from the French-Belgian film Les Emotifs Anonymes. Filled with all the joy and pain it takes to survive and love in the modern world, Romantics Anonymous is a tale that will lift any heart.
Angélique makes beautiful chocolates, carefully infused with all the emotion that seems to overwhelm her in daily life. Jean-René runs a chocolate factory that is running out of steam, rather like his own existence. Both seek help from the usual sources: Jean-René favours self-help tapes and Angélique joins a support group, Les Émotifs Anonymes.
Romantics Anonymous is an unusual and tender love story in which the obstacles to happiness are not the usual external barriers, but those sneaky little ones we know all too intimately: the ones within.
Don’t miss this “life-affirming treat” (Time Out) when Romantics Anonymous embarks on an 11-week tour in the 2019-2020 season, including stops in Beverly Hills (March 17-29, 2020 at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts) and Washington, DC (April 7 – May 17, 2020 at Shakespeare Theatre Company).
Music by Michael Kooman, lyrics by Christopher Diamond and book by Emma Rice.
Booked in conjunction with Tim Smith, Pemberley Productions.