Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing is a boy-meets-girl story like you’ve never seen on a stage before. Henry, a playwright, falls in love with Annie, an actress. The two elope together and leave their former partners for each other. But is their love the real thing? Doubts kick in and Henry starts to worry that he’s made a rash mistake. He’s not alone in these feelings, either, because when Annie gets pursued by a young co-star, she also struggles to remain loyal to her new flame. The play is a bitter love tale that looks at romance from a pessimist’s eyes, showing love can easily be swapped for betrayal and adultery.
The Real Thing is playing at New Theatre from Tuesday October 6 – Saturday November 7. We’ve got two double passes to give away to the performance on Sunday October 11 – enter below.
