20/04/2023
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
As part of our Welcoming Spaces programme, Wise Children’s award-winning musical about a struggling chocolate factory, ‘Romantics Anonymous’, will be on the big screen at KWMC.
‘Funny, tender and painfully awkward, Romantics Anonymous is a delicious love story about breaking the mould and finding the courage to be happy’.
There will be free chocolate for everyone!
(Captions available on request)
Wise Children, Bristol Old Vic & Plush Theatricals presentRomantics AnonymousDirected by Emma RiceBook by Emma Rice, Lyrics by Christopher Dimond, Music by Michael KoomanBased on the film Les Émotifs Anonymes written by Jean-Pierre Améris and Philippe Blasband Angélique is a gifted chocolate maker crippled by social anxiety and Jean-René is the boss of a failing chocolate factory. Angélique is so timid, she faints when people look at her; Jean-René so awkward he relies on self-help tapes and is prone to embarrassing sweating. When Angélique takes a job in Jean-René’s struggling factory, a fragile love affair unfolds.
The world premiere of Romantics Anonymous was originally produced by Shakespeare’s Globe for the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse by special arrangement with Radio Mouse Entertainment.
For ages 8+
The film is 2 hours long. There will be an interval and it will be a relaxed screening.
Refreshments included!
Contact
Just come along, no need to book.
For more info, or to let us know any access needs email Gail at: enquiries@kwmc.org.uk or call +44 (0) 117 903 0444
