ABOUT INTIMATE APPAREL
“Do you think there’s something wrong with a woman alone?”
New York, 1905. Samira Wiley plays Esther, who sews exquisite lingerie for women from all walks of life. Successful and fiercely independent, she dreams of opening her own beauty salon, but can’t shake the longing to fall in love. When she begins to receive beautiful letters from a lonesome stranger, it looks like it could just be her ticket to happiness.
ABOUT NICOLA HUGHES
Nicola Hughes plays Mrs Dickson. Her theatre credits include Opening Night (Gielgud Theatre), Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Into the Woods (Theatre Royal Bath), Fairview; Yellowman (Young Vic), A Christmas Carol (The Old Vic), Allelujah! (Bridge Theatre), Caroline or Change (Chichester Festival Theatre), Porgy & Bess (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), The El Train (Hoxton Hall), The Color Purple (Menier Chocolate Factory), Marilyn and Ella (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Porgy & Bess – Olivier Award Nomination Best Actress in a Musical (Savoy Theatre), Follow My Leader (Hampstead Theatre), Simply Heavenly (Trafalgar Studios/Young Vic), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Derby Playhouse), Blues in the Night (Birmingham Repertory), Fosse – Olivier Award Nomination Best Actress in a Musical (Prince of Wales Theatre), Chicago (Adelphi Theatre), Damn Yankees (Adelphi Theatre), The Goodbye Girl (Albery Theatre), Tommy (Shaftesbury Theatre) and Crazy For You (Prince Edward Theatre). For television, her work includes Death in Paradise, The Split, Mount Pleasant, The Royal Bodyguard, Parents of the Band, Rock Rivals, Jonathan Creek and Trial and Retribution; and for film, Knives Out 3: Wake up Dead Man and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
Need to know: The production opens on 26 June, with previews from 20 June, and runs until 9 August. Visit Afridiziak Theatre News for more information and to book tickets
