Little Women visits Theatre Royal Bath starring Belinda Lang and Juliet Aubrey

A new stage adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s much loved novel Little Women is set to visit Bath as part of a UK tour. The production written by Anne-Marie Casey and directed by Loveday Ingram will appear at the Theatre Royal from Tuesday 28 October to Saturday 1 November. Belinda Lang (Sister Boniface Mysteries and 2point4 Children) will reprise her role as Aunt March, with TV Bafta award winner Juliet Aubrey (Middlemarch, Professor T, All Creatures Great and Small) starring as Marmee.

The cast is completed by Natalie Dunne as Jo, Jewelle Hutchinson as Amy, Megan Richards as Beth, Tom Richardson as Brooke/Bhaer, Jade Oswald as Meg and Perry Williams as Laurie.

The creative team also includes design by Ruari Murchison, lighting by Mike Robertson, composer and sound designer Mathew Bugg and movement by Mike Ashcroft.

Writer, Anne-Marie Casey’s other play adaptations include Wuthering Heights, adapted from the novel by Emily Brontë; Tess, the circus adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Ubervilles. For television, her credits include Miss Haversham, The Shockers, The Story of Lucy Gault, adapted from the novel by William Trevor, Wild Irish Girl, and The Master.

Belinda Lang plays Aunt March. Her theatre credits include The Country Wife (Chichester Festival Theatre), Humble Boy (Orange Tree Theatre), Oklahoma! (Albert Hall Prom), The Constant Wife (Gate Theatre), The School For Scandal (Park Theatre), The Letter of Last Resort (Traverse Theatre), The Bomb (Tricycle Theatre), The Killing of Sister George (Arts Theatre), Hay Fever (Royal Exchange Theatre, Theatre Royal Haymarket), Liberty (Globe Theatre), What The Butler Saw (Criterion Theatre), Dead Funny (Savoy Theatre) and Mrs Klein (National Theatre). Belinda Lang has made many appearances at the Theatre Royal Bath including The Clandestine Marriage (1984), Blithe Spirit (1997), An Hour and A Half Late (2006), The Reluctant Debutante (2011), Ladies in Lavender (2012), Oklahoma! (2015).

Juliet Aubrey plays Marmee. Her theatre credits include The Last Yankee (Bolton Library Theatre), An Oak Tree (Soho Theatre), Ivanov, Summerfolk (National Theatre), The Tempest (Oxford Stage Company), and The Long Mirror (Theatre Clwyd).

Director, Loveday Ingram’s credits include Room 13 (Barn Theatre), Rebus: A Game called Malice,  Fatal Attraction (UK tours), Dinner with Groucho (Dublin Theatre Festival, Belfast International Festival and Arcola Theatre), The Girl on the Train (Salisbury Playhouse) The Rover (RSC), My One and Only, Pal Joey (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Blue Room (Theatre Royal Haymarket).