Lift the curtain on the life of Jane Austen’s most roguish gent with the definitive Mr Wickham…
BEING MR. WICKHAM
Performed by ADRIAN LUKIS
Ustinov Studio, Monday 20 & Tuesday 21 January
Olivier Award nominee Adrian Lukis returns to one of his most iconic roles – Mr. Wickham, from the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice – to lift the sheets on exactly what Austen’s most roguish gent has been up to in the last thirty years.
Join George Wickham, now on the eve of his sixtieth birthday – to discover his version of some very famous literary events. What really happened with Darcy? What did he feel about Lizzie? What happened at Waterloo, not to mention Byron…? Mr. Wickham is finally ready to set the record straight!
Adrian Lukis received an Olivier Award nomination in 2019 for his performance in the Theatre Royal Bath production of The Price, opposite David Suchet. As well as a distinguished stage career, which recently saw him playing Laurence Olivier himself in Orson’s Shadow at the Southwark Playhouse, Adrian has been a familiar face on British television dramas since the late 1980s. His notable roles include Sgt. Doug Wright in The Bill, Marc Thompson in Judge John Deed, Dr David Shearer in Peak Practice and Mark Judd in Chandler & Co. Other significant appearances include The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Maigret, Miss Marple, Down To Earth, Silent Witness, Death in Paradise, Black Mirror and Toast of London.
He has written Being Mr. Wickham with Catherine Curzon, a renowned historian, author and lover of all things 18th century. Performances will be followed by a Q&A with Adrian and Catherine.
BEING MR. WICKHAM is at the Ustinov Studio on Monday 20 & Tuesday 21 January at 8pm. Tickets are on sale now from the Box Office on 01225 448844 or online at www.theatreroyal.org.uk/ustinov