Helen Baxendale Returns To The Stage In New Play The Distance
It was announced today that Helen Baxendale will return to the stage after a break of five years to appear in Deborah Bruce’s play The Distance at the Orange Tree Theatre. Good friends should be there for one another – no matter what. But when Bea returns home after three years abroad having made a bold choice about her life, old friends struggle to support her. Or even to understand. One night in Brighton, things threaten to slide into chaos… The Distance is a sharply funny play about motherhood (and fatherhood); about keeping control and letting go. Relationships are hard: long-term ones harder still. What does it take to really go the distance? Helen Baxendale, Emma Beattie and Clare Lawrence-Moody play friends Bea, Alex and Kate in Deborah Bruce’s second full-length play: a tough, funny look at the responsibilities of being a parent, the strength of friendship, and trying to … Read more
