Sat 04 Aug 2018
Whitehall, London, SW1A 2DY
New York City. The late 1950's. Two broken souls reach out to each other in an attempt to stick themselves back together again. Jerry the brooding Nebraska lawyer has relocated to New York City to escape an unhappy marriage and meets a beatnik dancer from the Bronx, Gittel, whose life is drifting after a number of failed relationships in William Gibson’s timeless comedy-drama, Two for the Seesaw.Despite their very different backgrounds and personalities, this unlikely couple embarks on a bittersweet and tempestuous love affair which forces them to confront, with heartfelt honesty, the very nature of who they are and want they want from love and life. Their relationship hits the rocks when their lingering ties to previous partners and the differences in their backgrounds and temperaments come to the fore.Charles Dorfman will play Jerry. Charles studied Theatre at Trinity College Dublin and the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles. Recent theatre includes The Ugly One, LUV, Some Girl(s) (all Park Theatre) and Miss Julie (Etcetera Theatre) for Buckland Theatre Company. Other stage work includes Taking Steps, Dangerous Corner, and Wuthering Heights (Manor Pavilion Sidmouth). Film credits include Myrtle, The Show and Present.Elsie Bennet will play Gittel. Previous theatre credits include Luv (Park Theatre) for Buckland Theatre Company, Progress (Red Rose Theatre) and Pirates of Penzance (Tabard Theatre). Elsie has also had television roles in The Last Czars (Netflix), Birds of a Feather (BBC One) and Little Crackers (Sky 1) as well as the films Why Hide and Passing By.Coming to Trafalgar Studio 2 from 12 July to 4 August 2018, book your Two for the Seesaw tickets today!
Map & Directions: Trafalgar Studios 2
CAPACITY: 98
WHEELCHAIR SPACES: Yes, in the front row. Transfer seating also available.
INFRARED SYSTEM: Yes. Reception is best in seats A5-8, B6-9 C7-10 or D7-8. Devices are at the Box office (induction loop necklaces and headsets).
ACCESSIBLE TOILETS: Yes.
GUIDE DOGS: Yes.
NEAREST TUBE/RAIL STATION: Charing Cross and Embankment.
BUSES: 3, 11, 12, 24, 53, 77a, 88, 91, 139, 159 and 453.
NEAREST CAR PARKS: Trafalgar Square Car Park, via Spring Gardens.
ACCESS: Trafalgar Studios 2 is accessible for wheelchair users. The main entrance to the theatre is on Whitehall. The Foyer, Foyer Bar and Box Office are on street level. Access is step free into the foyer, take the lift to the lower level then there is level access into the auditorium. The wheelchair space is in the front row and clear view.