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The creative team for DOUBT a parable also features Peter McKintosh (Set & Costume Designer), Paul Pyant (Lighting Designer), Elizabeth Purnell (Composer and Sound Designer) and Ginny Schiller CDG (Casting Director). DOUBT a parable appears at the Ustinov Studio at the Theatre Royal Bath from Friday 7th February to Saturday 8th March. Reviews Doubt: A Parable at Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio - review Lindsay Posner's revival, starring Maxine Peake and Ben Daniels, runs until 8 March.
Theatre review of Doubt a parable (John Patrick Shanley) from Theatre Royal Bath Productions at Theatre Royal Bath, Ustinov Studio - reviewer: Jacob Newbury. Theatre Royal Bath has announced that Maxine Peake will star in a new production of John Patrick Shanley's award. Theatre Royal Bath Productions confirms full casting for John Patrick Shanley's award-winning drama DOUBT a parable at Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio from Friday 7 February - Saturday 8 March 2025.
Olivier Award winner Ben Daniels, West End star Rachel John, and Holly Godliman join the previously announced Maxine Peake in this new production, directed by Lindsay Posner. Maxine Peake. Set in 1964 New York, the plot centres around the parish of St Nicholas where Father Flynn finds himself at the centre of accusations concerning himself and a young pupil.
The full cast has been announced for John Patrick Shanley's award-winning drama DOUBT a parable which runs at the Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio from February 2025. on Theatre and Tonic. Doubt casting confirmed with Maxine Peake joined by Ben Daniels & Rachel John Theatre Royal Bath Productions has announced full casting for John Patrick Shanley's award-winning drama Doubt A Parable.
The revival will run at Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio from 7 February to 8 March 2025. Maxine Peake will star in Doubt: A Parable, running at Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio from 7 February to 8 March 2025. Set in 1964 at a Catholic school in the Bronx, the play follows Sister Aloysius, the school's principal, as she becomes suspicious that one of the school's priests may be abusing a student.
Theatre Royal Bath Productions has confirmed full casting for John Patrick Shanley's award-winning drama DOUBT a parable at Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio from 7 February.
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