Bakersfield Mist at the Duchess Theatre starring Kathleen Turner

Kathleen Turner and Ian McDiarmid star in new play Bakersfield Mist by Stephen Sachs at the Duchess Theatre.

Polly Teale directs Hollywood legend Kathleen Turner in new play Bakersfield Mist at the Duchess Theatre, inspired by true events.

This new play is by award-winning American playwright and director Stephen Sachs, and tackles the question of what makes art and people truly authentic.

Kathleen Turner returns to the London stage following her acclaimed performance eight years ago in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? She plays opposite Olivier and Tony award-winning actor Ian McDiarmid, directed by Evening Standard award-winner Polly Teale.

THE STORY

Maude (Kathleen Turner), a fifty-something unemployed bartender, has bought a painting for a few dollars from the charity shop. Despite almost trashing it, she’s now convinced that it is an original Jackson Pollock worth millions. But when world-class art expert Lionel Percy (Ian McDiarmid) flies over from New York to visit her in her trailer park in Bakersfield to authenticate the painting, he really has no idea what he is about to discover.

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Photos: Kathleen Turner in Bakersfield Mist at the Duchess Theatre

Production photos of Bakersfield Mist at the Duchess Theatre starring Kathleen Turner Stephen Sachs' colourful new play Bakersfield Mist is now in previews at the Duchess Theatre in London. Inspired by true events, this comedy drama raises some interesting questions about what makes art and people authentic. The story concerns a a clapped-out fifty-something ex-bartender, played by Hollywood star Kathleen Turner, who bought a painting from a charity shop and has now convinced herself it is a priceless Jackson Pollock and her ticket out of trailer park hell. In flies New York art dealer Lionel Percy, played by Tony award-winning British actor Ian McDiarmid (Star Wars), to authenticate the painting... resulting in an extraordinary clash of cultures and series of unexpected events. The play is directed by Evening Standard award-winner Polly Teale and runs at the Dcuhess Theatre until 30 August 2014. [ngg src="galleries" ids="294" display="basic_imagebrowser"]

Rehearsal Photos: Bakersfield Mist starring Kathleen Turner and Ian McDiarmid

Rehearsal photos of Bakersfield Mist at the Duchess Theatre starring Kathleen Turner and Ian McDiarmid Bakersfield Mist starts previews on 10 May 2014 at the Duchess Theatre in London. Hollywood legends Kathleen Turner and Ian McDiarmid star in this new play by Stephen Sachs, directed by Polly Teale. Bakersfield Mist sees Kathleen Turner play Maude, a fifty-something unemployed bartender who becomes convinced that a painting she bought from a charity shop is a Jackson Pollock worth millions! [ngg src="galleries" ids="278" display="basic_imagebrowser"] Photos copyright Simon Annand. BOOK Book tickets to Bakersfield Mist at the Duchess Theatre

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