Mood Music | |
Setting: | A recording studio and consulting rooms in London |
Premiere: | 21 April 2018 |
Place: | The Old Vic, London |
Orig Lang: | English |
Subject: | The music industry |
Characters: | Cat Bernard Vanessa Ramsay Miles Seymour |
Mood Music is a play by Joe Penhall
The play premiered at The Old Vic, London from 21 April to 16 June 2018 in a production directed by Roger Michell and starring Ben Chaplin as Bernard (who had assumed the role following the departure of Rhys Ifans) and Seána Kerslake as Cat.[1] [2]
In July 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, an archive recording of the Old Vic production was streamed on YouTube for one week as part of the Your Old Vic project.
Cat, a recording artist | Seána Kerslake | |
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Bernard, a record producer | Ben Chaplin | |
Vanessa, her psychotherapist | Jemma Redgrave | |
Ramsay, his psychotherapist | Pip Carter | |
Miles, her lawyer | Kurt Egyiawan | |
Seymour, his lawyer | Neil Stuke |
The production opened at the Old Vic to positive reviews, with five stars from the Evening Standard[4] and four stars from The Times,[5] The Guardian,[6] The Independent[7] and The Arts Desk.[8]