Autumn , and the orchard is full of cider apples: Beauty of Bath, Kingston Black and Glory of the West. Inside the farmhouse, the rule of the matriach Irene is challenged when her estranged daughter returns and her middle-aged son, beginning to tire of being tied to the unprofitable farm, grows restless. a richly evocative tale about life in our changing rural landscape.
Praise for Comfort Me with Apples
‘atmospheric power and imagination…nothing has so excited or enthralled me in years’
– Evening Standard
‘breathtaking in its simplicity and depth of feeling’
– Daily Telegraph
Cast & Creatives
Irene, Anna Calder – Marshall
Len, Alan Williams
Roy, Peter Hamilton Dyer
Brenda, Helen Schlesinger
Linda, Kate Lonergan
Director, Lucy Bailey
Designer, Mike Britton
Lighting Designer, Neil Austin
Music & Sound Designer, Neil Catchpole
Assistant Director, Dan Ayling
Costume Supervisor, Fiona Coutts
Voice & Dialect Coach, Jan Van Hool
Casting, Siobhan Bracke