Brief Encounter

I want to remember every minute. Always. Always to the end of my days.

Don't miss out, must close July 22!

Emma Rice and Kneehigh Theatre Company's celebrated adaptation of Noel Coward's 1945 classic returns to London once more, bringing the show back to its cinematic roots with a run at the Empire Cinema Haymarket. Mingling the romance of the silver screen with the magic of live theatre, Brief Encounter is a luscious and heartwarming experience that is sure not to leave a dry eye in the house.

Starring Jim Sturgeon as Alec Isabel Pollen as Laura, the production has already enjoyed sold-out runs across the world, proving that even though our trains have got a little more high-tech, there is nothing like a classic tale to keep us rapt.

What's Brief Encounter About

A romantic drama set in 1945, Brief Encounter sees housewife Laura set off on her weekly shopping trip via Milford Junction train station. After getting some grit stuck in her eye, she retreats to the station's waiting room, where Doctor Alec Harvey offers to help. Although both married to another, the pair cannot deny the instant connection that spraks between them.

As they battle with the anguish of infidelity but the realisation that they cannot be apart, they must decide whether to tear their lives apart or to simply let one another go...