Still Lives

Still Life is the original short play written by Noel Coward and which was the basis for the classic British film by David Lean, called Brief Encounter. In this version Dan Rebellato and Rebecca McCutcheon have worked together with permssion of the Noel Coward estate to create a new version integrating rarely performed scenes from Coward's later play, Quadrille, creating a wider range of characters and stories in the world of the train station. The performances at the OWR mark the first public stage in the the production's development which will go on to a full scale production in spring 2024.

In Coward's play world, the train station waiting room is a pause, a space for stepping out of every day life and opening up the potential for joy and passion, escape and new beginnings - if only for a brief while. Join us to experience how this delicate and profound play about the human condition of love resonates within the secret hidden world of the Old Waiting Room.

In November 2023 as part of Making Connections at the Old Waiting Room, Lost Text Fund Space spent a week working in the space to explore this new version of the play in this atmospheric environment. Described by audience members as inspiring, beautiful and engaging, we are planning to return tot he Old Waiting Room with a full production of the play in 2024.