Poster advertising The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol, devised by Théatre de Complicité, Stratford upon Avon, Swan Theratre, 8-12 February 1994.

Poster printed in black and red featuring a black and white photograph by Red Saunders of Lilo Baur as Lucie Cabrol in The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol. Lettering, below, gives the name of the company, the title of the play, details of the authors and production team, the name of the venue, The Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Anon, and the date. Logos on the poster show that the production won the Prudential Award for Theatre, 1993, and that the production was Arts Council Funded.

Given by Complicite

Poster produced to advertise The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol, Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 8 - 12 February 1994, a Theatre de Complicite production based on a story by John Berger, adapted by Simon McBurney and Mark Wheatley. Directed by Simon McBurney; designed by Tim Hatley; lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Christopher Shutt. The Company comprised Lilo Baur, Simon McBurney, Hannes Flaschberger, Hélène Patarôt, Christine Marx, Stefan Metz, Tim McMullan and Mick Barnfather. The poster features a logo showing that the production was a Prudential Award for Theatre winner, 1994. The performances at the Swan Theatre were part of the 1994/95 tour of the production which in 1995 included the Shaftesbury Theatre, 18 Jan-25 February; Liverpool, Everyman, 27 Feb-4 March; Blackpool Grand Theatre 20-25 March; Bury St. Edmunds, Theatre Royal, 27 March-1 April; Newcastle Playhouse, 5-8 April; Paris, Theatre Des Bouffes Du Nord 12-22 April, and Bournemouth Festival, Poole, 25-27 May. In April/May 1995 the production also visited Munich, Basel, Berlin, Hamburg and Helsinki, and between September and December 1995 went to Johannesburg, Tokyo, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney.

Historical significance: The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol was a Theatre de Complicite production which opened at the Manchester City of Drama Festival at the Dancehouse Theatre, 12 January 1994. The narrative of the story was based on the life of a peasant woman from the Haute Savoie, whose story was told originally to the author John Berger by friends from the region.

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