BLITHE SPIRIT
BY NOËL COWARD
10 November – 12 December 2026
“I remember her physical attractiveness, which was tremendous, and her spiritual integrity, which was nil.”
Charles Condomine is a man trapped between two wives – one living, one very much deceased.
When Charles and his second wife, Ruth, invite eccentric medium Madame Arcati to conduct a séance, he hopes to gather inspiration for his next novel. Instead, Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the mischievous ghost of Charles’s first wife, Elvira. Invisible to Ruth but impossible to ignore, Elvira sets about causing chaos in her former home.
First performed during the Blitz, Blithe Spirit offered much-needed laughter. Nearly nine decades later, Coward’s sparkling farce remains irresistibly funny and delightfully wicked.
“Stylistically, it is Coward’s masterpiece… his most complete success in imposing his own view of things on the brute facts of existence.” The Times
CREATIVE TEAM
Director Rosane McNamara
CAST
TBC
DATES/TIMES
Previews Tue 10 & Wed 11 Nov 7:30pm
Opening Night Thu 12 Nov 7:30pm
Thu – Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2pm
Final performance Sat 12 Dec 2pm
Running time: to be announced
Please note: latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance
tickets
Full $45
Concessions, Groups (6+) $40
New Theatre Members $30
Thrifty Thursdays $30
Preview $25
(booking fees apply)
New Theatre bar and
box office accepts card only
Main image: ©George Marks/Unsplash; Bettman/Getty Images; Composition: Maddy Withington