by Elizabeth McGovern
Based on the book by Peter Evans & Ava Gardner
PW is General Manager of the world premiere of Elizabeth McGovern’s new play Ava: The Secret Conversations at Riverside Studios, London.
A fading star of Hollywood's golden age, now living a quiet life in 1980s London, hires a journalist to write her biography in order to bring in much needed income. The journalist can’t believe his luck. A devastating beauty whose hard drinking, hard loving lifestyle kept the gossip columnists busy as her movies thrilled the punters. The ultimate femme fatale - Ava Gardner.
This compelling new play explores the fractured relationship between the public and private lives of one of Hollywood's great icons.
Produced by Karl Sydow.