WORLD PREMIERE
“Money stinks. I wish I had nothing.” Brecht’s classic master and servant comedy is given a gender-switched adaptation by award-winning novelist and playwright Denise Mina (The Detective Alex Morrow, Garnethill and Paddy Meehan series). When sober, landowner Mrs Puntila is a ruthless and avaricious capitalist overlord, but the minute drink is taken she becomes a kind and generous benefactor. Her shrewd chauffeur Matti divides his time between extricating her from drunken mishaps and wooing her wayward daughter Eva - a match which will only be possible if Mrs Puntila can get over the class divide. The role of Mrs Puntila will be taken by beloved Scottish actor Elaine C. Smith, well known for her comic small-screen creations in City Lights, Rab C. Nesbitt and Two Doors Down (BBC), but also a celebrated stage presence whose work includes a national tour of Calendar Girls, This Wide Night (Tron Theatre) and Guys and Dolls at The Lyceum. DOT Theatre’s Murat Daltaban returns to direct this entertaining classconscious comedy (think Karl Marx crossed with Groucho Marx) after his barn-storming production of Rhinoceros for The Lyceum which also sold out its performances at The Edinburgh International Festival. Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti is a coproduction between the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Citizens Theatre in association with DOT Theatre, Istanbul.
28 February – 21 March 2020 DIRECTOR
Murat Daltaban
PERFORMANCES & PRICES Previews
Friday 28 and Saturday 29 February and Monday 2 March, 7.30pm £10 (Preview tickets on sale from 27 January)
Evenings
Tuesday through Saturdays, 7.30pm £16 – £33
Matinees from 4 March
Wednesdays and Saturdays, 2pm £14 – £29
Season Ticket Saving See pages 16 – 17
WHY NOT TRY...
Free events tailored to the show
Post-Show Discussion
Tuesday 10 March
LYT Curtain Raiser Friday 13 March
Talk Show
Monday 16 March See pages 25 – 29 for more details
ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES Thursday 12 March, 7.30pm Saturday 14 March, 2pm Wednesday 18 March, 7.30pm For icon key see pages 36 – 37 For more information lyceum.org.uk/access
TICKETS 0131 248 4848
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