Lincoln venue The Blue Room is to celebrate its first anniversary with a performance of The Night Watch, a theatrical adaptation of the novel by Sarah Waters.
The play focuses on a group of women in 1940s London during and after World War II and looks at what it was like to be a young, gay woman at that time.
Steve Gillard, theatre director at the Blue Room, said, “we’re delighted to mark our first anniversary by performing such an interesting and highly acclaimed story. This is the biggest performance we’ve ever attempted at The Blue Room so it should be a fantastic weekend.
“The selling point of the play for me was that all the characters are incredibly human and relatable. I particularly like that the main characters are gay but it isn’t their defining feature—instead the plot is centred around love, desire, regret and everything in between.”
He added, “we have a really mixed cast, with some very experienced actors and some recent graduates, all of whom are from Lincolnshire.”
The cast comprises Charlotte Brindley (Kay), Sophie Marlowe (Helen), Emma Haigh (Viv), Jordan Leith (Duncan), Jessica Margaret (Julia), Samuel Mant (Fraser) and Emily Bickerdike (Mickey).
The Night Watch will run at The Blue Room from Thursday 9 until Sunday 12 August.