Get an exclusive look into the rehearsal room as Director Michael Attenborough and cast members Robyn Addison, Warren Brown, Tom Burke and Lauren O’Neil talk about Neil LaBute’s new comedy Reasons to be Happy.
Reasons to be Happy runs on Hampstead Theatre’s Main Stage 17 April – 23 May. Click here for more information and tickets –
Three years after a difficult breakup, Steph and Greg are wondering if they can start over again. The trouble is, she’s now married to someone else and he’s started a relationship with Carly – her best friend. Meanwhile, Carly’s ex-husband, Kent, wants her back, even more so when he hears about her new romance with Greg – his best friend.
With emotions running high, all four soon find themselves entangled in a web of hidden agendas, half-truths and confusion as they desperately search for that most elusive goal in life: happiness.
Neil LaBute’s romantic comedy explores “unfinished business”: even though couples breakup and friends may drift apart, certain relationships never really cease. But does stepping backwards ever bring true happiness? Or is it actually sometimes the only way to secure it?
LaBute’s many other plays include The Shape of Things, Bash, The Mercy Seat and F*t Pig. Reasons to be Happy is a companion piece to his critically acclaimed Reasons to be Pretty, which was also directed by Michael Attenborough in 2011 when he was Artistic Director of the Almeida.
‘LaBute is writing some of the freshest and most illuminating American dialogue to be heard anywhere’ Ben Brantley, The New York Times.
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