Rose playing at the Ambassadors Theatre from May

An award-winning, critically acclaimed production of Rose transfers to the West End this summer, playing at the Ambassadors Theatre for 28 performances only from May 23.

Following sell-out runs in Park Theatre, Maureen Lipman will once again take the role of Rose.

Rose, a woman whose tumultuous journey through anarchic times takes her from the devastation of Nazi- occupied Europe to the allure of the American dream.

Through the life of one woman, Rose tells the story of a century where everything changed except the violence of the strong against the weak.

The original production of Rose was produced at the National Theatre and on Broadway in 1999.

It is perhaps even more relevant today, with the plight of refugees and allegations of antisemitism continuing to dominate the news.

This powerful production is a moving reminder of the harrowing events that shaped the last century.

Olivier Award-winning Maureen Lipman has performed with The National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has starred in West End productions.

For the last five years she has been delighting television audiences as Evelyn Plummer in Coronation Street.

Maureen Lipman said, “I am delighted to be putting Rose back on her bench for a limited run at the Ambassadors in May.

“I thought I could never have the power to revisit Martin Sherman’s mystical, magical deeply philosophical and wildly funny creation, but Rose is in my blood, and she has to be revived.”

Martin Sherman, playwright of Rose, said: “Maureen Lipman’s performance as Rose is the greatest gift a playwright could ever dream of.

“Performance is perhaps the wrong word; she totally inhabits the role, the woman, the space, the language, the times, the events. I’m so happy that her astonishing alchemy has the opportunity to be witnessed again, for four weeks at the Ambassadors Theatre.”

Picture: Maureen Lipman in Rose Picture: Mark Senior