GAVIN AND STACEY’S MATHEW HORNE AND DOWNTON ABBEY’S ED SPELEERS ANNOUNCED
FOR
THE CLASSIC SCREEN TO STAGE THEATRE COMPANY’S PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF
RAIN MAN
BY DAN GORDON
Directed by Jonathan O’Boyle
Based on the MGM motion picture · Story by Barry Morrow · Screenplay by Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow ·
Produced by special arrangement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Bill Kenwright presents the inaugural Classic Screen to Stage Theatre Company production of RAIN MAN. Mathew Horne (Gavin & Stacey, The Catherine Tate Show) stars as Raymond Babbit opposite Ed Speleers (Downton Abbey, Wolf Hall) as Charlie Babbit. RAIN MAN opens at Windsor Theatre Royal on 21 August, before embarking on a UK tour to Milton Keynes, Cardiff, Eastbourne, Southend, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Brighton, Guildford, Leeds, Richmond, Derby and Northampton. Further dates and casting to be announced in due course.
Mathew Horne is best known for playing Gavin in the much-loved, double BAFTA winning comedy series Gavin and Stacey, as well as the BBC series The Catherine Tate Show, and Jack Whitehall’s Bad Education. His most recent West End stage credit was The Miser opposite Griff Rhys Jones and Lee Mack. Ed Speleers starred as Jimmy Kent in the Golden Globe award winning series Downton Abbey. His breakthrough came after landing the lead role in the fantasy blockbuster Eragon, since then he has starred in many films and TV series and has just been announced as joining the cast of Outlander.
TWO BROTHERS. ONE DESTINY.
When self-centered salesman Charlie Babbitt discovers that his long-lost brother
Raymond, an autistic savant with a genius for numbers, has inherited the family fortune; he sets out to get ‘his half’.
Charlie ‘borrows’ Raymond from the institution where he has spent most of his life and the two brothers embark on a trip across America where Charlie soon discovers that Raymond is worth more than he could have ever imagined…
Inspired by the heart-warming Oscar-winning film, which famously starred Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman and won Oscar’s for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best Actor, Rain Man follows previous acclaimed Bill Kenwright productions of films to the stage such as A Few Good Men, The Shawshank Redemption and Twelve Angry Men.
The production will be directed by Jonathan O’Boyle whose credits include Rasheeda Speaking (Trafalgar Studios), This House (UK Tour); Pippin (Hope Mill Theatre/Southwark Playhouse); and Hair (Hope Mill Theatre/The Vaults) winner of the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Off West End Production.
BILL KENWRIGHT
Presents
The Classic Screen to Stage Theatre Company
MATHEW HORNE ED SPELEERS
IN
RAIN MAN
BY DAN GORDON
DIRECTED BY JONATHAN O’BOYLE
Based on the MGM motion picture · Story by Barry Morrow · Screenplay by Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow ·
Produced by special arrangement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Designed by Morgan Large
Lighting by Jack Weir
Sound by Dan Samson
LISTINGS
BILL KENWRIGHT PRESENTS THE CLASSIC SCREEN TO STAGE THEATRE COMPANY
RAIN MAN
BY DAN GORDON
21 AUGUST – 24 NOVEMBER 2018
UK TOUR
Website: www.kenwright.com
Twitter: @BKL_Productions
DATES AND VENUES
WINDSOR Theatre Royal – theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk – 01753 853 888
Tues 21 Aug – Sat 1 Sept
MILTON KEYNES Theatre – atgtiickets.com/miltonkeynes – 0844 871 7652
Mon 3 Sept – Sat 8 Sept
CARDIFF New Theatre – newtheatrecardiff.co.uk – 029 2087 8889
Mon 10 Sept – Sat 15 Sept
EASTBOURNE Devonshire Park Theatre – eastbournetheatres.co.uk – 01323 412 000
Tue 18 Sept – Sat 22 Sept
SOUTHEND Palace Theatre – southendtheatres.org.uk – 01702 351 135
Mon 24 Sept – Sat 29 Sept
EDINBURGH King’s Theatre – capitaltheatres.com/kings – 0131 529 6000
Mon 1 Oct – Sat 6 Oct
CAMBRIDGE Arts Theatre – cambridgeartstheatre.com – 01223 503 333
Mon 8 Oct – 13 Oct – On Sale Soon
BRIGHTON Theatre Royal – atgtickets.com/Brighton – 0844 871 7650
Mon 15 Oct – Sat 20 Oct
GUILDFORD Yvonne Arnaud – yvonne-arnaud.co.uk – 01483 440 000
Mon 22 Oct – Sat 27 Oct
LEEDS Grand Theatre – leedsgrandtheatre.com – 0844 848 2700
Mon 29 Oct – Sat 3 Nov
RICHMOND Theatre – atgtickets.com/Richmond – 0844 871 7651
Mon 5 Nov – Sat 10 Nov
DERBY Theatre – derbytheatre.co.uk – 01332 593 939
Mon 12 Nov – Sat 17 Nov
NORTHAMPTON Royal & Derngate – royalandderngate.co.uk – 01604 624 811
Mon 19 Nov – Sat 24 Nov On Sale 1 June