Noel & Gertie

This is a telegram exchange between Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence sent in 1930:
Gertie: Play opens tomorrow. Bring a friend. If you have one.
Noël: Cannot make opening night. Will come second night. If you have one.

Noel & Gertie is a warm and witty musical comedy based on the legendary friendship and professional collaboration of actor, playwright and songwriter Noel and the alluring and charismatic actress Gertie.

A major revival of Sheridan Morley’s hit play that originally ran in the West End for nine years, it is affectionately crafted from diaries and letters between a pair who epitomised an era of sophistication and elegance.

Featuring songs, sketches and snippets of scenes, the production has the entrancing effect of accurately portraying the relationship of this extraordinary duo, inseparable until Gertrude’s premature death of cancer, which left a large void in ‘the Master’s’ life.