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WILTON’S MUSIC HALL ANNOUNCE JANUARY – APRIL 2023 SEASON

·      London Premiereof The City and The Town, by Anders Lustgarten

·      New Reinvigoration of Gilbert and Sullivan’s, Ruddigore directed by Peter Benedict

·      Sell-out Return of Charlie and Stan from Told by an Idiot as part of LIMF

·      New Show Jarman from Mark Farrelly

·      New Distillation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth from The Faction

·      Edinburgh Fringe transfer for Paris from Piaf to Pop

Wilton’s Music Hall are delighted to announce their 2023 spring season, following on from a stellar year of world class theatre and music productions.  Next year’s January-April season is no different, as the oldest surviving grand music hall teams up with several prestigious production companies to host a range of exciting theatre, music, opera, spoken word, and cabaret.

Kicking off the 2023 season smash-hit produced by Seabright Productions Ltd Buffy Revamped [9-13 January] returns to Wilton’s. This show is the perfect parody for Buffy aficionados and those who never enrolled at Sunnydale High alike bringing the entire 7 seasons of the hit 90s TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer in just 70 minutes, as told through the eyes of the one person who knows it inside out…Spike. Highly satirical and bursting with pop-culture references, its creator Brendan Murphy recently won Best Play at the Worldwide Comedy Awards for Friend: The One with Gunther.

Next up a rather magical comedy musical inspired by real life events, Told by an Idiot’s acclaimed production of Charlie and Stan [18January-04 February]. This is the remarkable story of the greatest double act that nearly was and is a hilarious, charming, and deeply moving homage to two men Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel, who changed the world of comedy forever. The enticing live piano score is by composer Zoe Rahman and is aided by the odd ditty (song arrangements by Sophie Cotton) and clever projected captions will take the audience back to the heydays of Victorian music hall and Hollywood silent pictures. There couldn’t be a more perfect venue for this glorious show.

Making its UK premiere at Wilton’s Music Hall (following previews at Hull Truck and Northern Stage) is a new play by Anders Lustgarten, The City and The Town [21–25 February]. Directed by Dritero Kasapi this funny and eclectic production is a uniquely political piece of theatre that brings a fresh perspective to some of the political divides and problems facing our country today. When Ben returns home to his father’s funeral after 13 years away, he is confronted with uncomfortable truths about the past, present, and future of the community and the family he grew up in and left behind. A poignant must-see amid our current political climate.

Dead Poets Live returns to Wilton’s for three nights of An Evening of Sylvia Plath [07-09 February], starring the award-winning actor, Denise Gough. Sixty years on from Sylvia Plath’s death, this show retraces the exhilarating, breath-taking, and nail-biting ascent that Plath made, with her most authoritative and riveting poetry, some of which was written in her final months.

Multi award-winning and critically acclaimed ensemble The Faction bring their reputation for bold, innovative reimagining of the classics to create a dazzling and new distillation of Shakespeare’s fast paced tragedy Macbeth [14-18 February]. Performed entirely by two actors, Macbeth / Partners of Greatness presents Shakespeare’s play from the perspective of the Macbeths themselves.  Bound by an unspeakable loss, the inseparable pair share their ambition to take what they feel life owes them. Together, they experience the joy and terror of doing the unthinkable.

For one night only, one of the most well-loved movies BUSTER KEATON in Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) [28 February] plus shorts is presented by The Lucky Dog Picturehouse with a live piano score by the incredible Tom Temple Marlow. More music-filled nights are provided by Carradine’s Cockney Sing-along [01 & 04 March], which celebrates seven years of sell-out performances at Wilton’s with piano-playing host Tom Carradine returning for two uproarious evenings of song. Tom will lead in a traditional East End sing-along, for a good old-fashioned knees-up. And OneTrackMinds [02-03 March] makes a welcome return to Wilton’s with another vibrant selection of writers, thinkers, and musicians, each presenting a thought-provoking story about a transformational piece of music that has made a difference to their life changed their life. A life storytelling event that is a fascinating fusion of Desert Island Discs, The Moth Radio Hour and TED Talks.

Wilton’s is thrilled to be welcoming back the extraordinary genius that is writer and actor Mark Farrelly, with his vibrant new play Jarman [07,09 & 10 March]. In it he tells the story of filmmaker, painter, gardener, gay activist, and writer Derek Jarman, one of the most extraordinary lives ever lived. The play pays tribute to one of the UK’s most iconoclastic artists is an enthralling and at times distressing, but honest journey of Jarman’s life, from Prospect Cottage in Dungeness to deepest, brightest Soho. Mark Farrelly will also bring his masterful and uplifting play Naked Hope [08 and 11 March] giving the audience at Wilton’s Music Hall another chance of an up-close encounter with the original Englishman in New York, and one of the most memorable figures of the twentieth century, Quentin Crisp.

Not to be missed Oracle Productions presents a brand-new reinvigoration of Gilbert and Sullivan’s surreal comedy meets spooky melodrama Ruddigore [14–25 March]. Directed by Peter Benedict (Mapp & Lucia – The Musical and Terry Pratchett’s Guards! Guards!), expect all the familiar Gilbert and Sullivan’s elements: cheeky social satire, comic pathos and people singing faster than humanly possible – but with a seasoning of sinister spectres and splattering of visual surprises.

And the season will conclude with the smash-hit sell out show at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Paris from Piaf to Pop [28 March- 01 April] from award winning chanteuse, Christine Bovill, who is one of Europe’s finest interpreters of French song and no stranger to Wilton’s.  This show offers a sexy and delicious celebration of the Golden Age of French song and how it evolved during the Swinging Sixties. With her effortless vocals, singing in both French and English, Christine honours Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Serge Gainsbourg and Francoise Hardy, with a golden selection of musical numbers which will undoubtedly take the audiences breath away.

CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

By Charles Dickens
A new version by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
Music by Eamonn O’Dwyer
Lyrics by Eamonn O’Dwyer & Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
Directed by Rosie Jones
Set & Costume Design by Frankie Bradshaw

A Rose Original Production

2 December 2022 – 2 January 2023

Rose Theatre today announces casting for Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, adapted by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, with music by Eamonn O’Dwyer and directed by Rosie Jones. Penny Layden will play the role of Ebenezer Scrooge joined by Killian Macardle (Bob Cratchit / Marley / Fezziwig), Natasha Magigi (Mrs Cratchit/Pawnbroker), Elexi Walker (Dickens) and Lizzie Winkler (Elizabeth/Ghost of Christmas Present). A Christmas Carol runs from 2 December 2022, until 2 January 2023.

The cast also features forty young people from Rose Youth Theatre who will perform in two alternate casts.  The Rose Youth Theatre company includes: Viola Johnson, Lily Rowell (Maud), Jemima Leason, Luke Groarke (Jojo), Alex Forster, Amelie Abbott (Robin), Jacob Towey, Tom Hardman (Fred), Isobel Whurr, Chloe Nichols (Ghost of Christmas Past), Scarlett Coburn, Ellie Searle (Young Ebbie), Benjamin Haxton, Elliot Shepherd (Young Edmund), Cathra Plant, Isla Griffiths (Young Fan), Holly Schofield, Penny Bennet (Apprentice Scrooge/Ricky), Darcey Abel, Jasmine Procter–Tarabanov (Allie/Martha Cratchit), Amelia Forster, Silvia Shea (Eddie/Ernie Cratchit), Isabella Quijano, Alice Young (Spike/Vic Cratchit), Jack Fernie, Skylar Muwonge (Caroline), Sally Page, Summer Toibayeva (Micky), Audrey Johnston, Sam Step (Alex/Stevie), Louie McKillop, Max Middleton (Billy), Florence Datta, Tait Walsingham (Jack), Ted Cullen, Nico Ozag (Frankie/August), Jasmine Duman, Atticus Wright (Kit), Ren Walsingham (Bobby).

Further casting and full creative team is to be announced.

Morgan Lloyd Malcolm said: “I am so excited to have had the chance to make this show. I adore the original story and making a version for the Rose Theatre with its rich tradition of including a large ensemble of young people has been such a fun exercise in joy and Christmassy vibes!  The whole creative team are so brilliant and this will be a festive feast for audiences young and old.”

It’s a cold Christmas Eve on the snowy streets of Victorian London, and preparations for another Christmas are well underway – but not for Ebenezer Scrooge. The cruellest, wealthiest woman in town; Scrooge hates charity, she hates carol singers, and most of all… she hates Christmas. Bah, humbug!

Join Charles Dickens and the children of the town, as they take Scrooge on a time-bending, enchanting journey of self-discovery to confront her past, present and future. Can Scrooge open her heart to undo years of misdeeds before it’s too late?

From Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, writer of the Olivier Award-winning Emilia, comes a brand-new retelling of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic.  With all new songs by Eamonn O’Dwyer (Beauty and the Beast) and directed by Rosie Jones (Hansel & Gretel), step into this heart-warming tale of generosity and forgiveness, and experience the spirit of Christmas with the whole family.

This Rose Original Production features a wealth of local talent from the Rose Youth Theatre performing alongside a professional cast.

Announcing the opening production at the new

Ian McKellen Theatre at Saint Stephens

A  Christmas season of ‘The Nutcracker’

to Tchaikovsky’s  wonderful music

by Olivier Award-winning director Peter Schaufuss

The Ian McKellen Theatre at Saint Stephens in Edinburgh will open in December with a stunning new ballet production of ‘The Nutcracker’ to Tchaikovsky’s wonderful music by Olivier Award-winning director Peter Schaufuss.

The only ‘Nutcracker’ performances in Edinburgh this Christmas will star Johan Christensen as the Prince and Katie Rose, leading a company from Edinburgh Festival Ballet.

Danish ballet star Johan shared the role of Hamlet with Sir Ian McKellen and Katie Rose was Ophelia in Peter Schaufuss’s record-breaking production of ‘Hamlet’, that proved to be the hottest ticket at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe seen by a capacity audience of 13,000.

Named Best Event Theatre at the Fringe by Theatre Weekly, the dance version of ‘Hamlet’ launched the 450-seat Ashton Hall at Saint Stephens Edinburgh, a new all-year performance venue in the Scottish capital from the legendary dance producer, director and choreographer, Peter Schaufuss, and named after the famous choreographer, the late Sir Frederick Ashton.

Schaufuss, who directed and choreographed ‘Hamlet, said: “Since the Fringe we have created a second 300-seat theatre at St Stephens, underneath the Ashton Hall, and I am delighted that Ian has accepted our offer to name the venue in his honour.

Tickets go on sale today for the ‘The Nutcracker’ ballet, which runs from 16 – 23 December.

Johan Christensen  (The Prince in ‘The Nutcracker’)

Johan Christensen was born in West Jutland in Denmark and joined the prestigious Royal Danish Ballet School as a child prodigy. He performed many of the children’s roles on stage, including the title role Peter in Sergei Prokofiev’s much loved ‘Peter and the Wolf’ and the Prince in the magical ‘Nutcracker’ production by Alexei Ratmansky.

During his schooling Johan was trained in the unique, to the Royal Danish Ballet, style of August Bournonville and participated in the 200th anniversary of the choreographers birth in 2005,
appearing in all the important children’s roles in the ballets presented during this the 3rd Bournonville Festival celebrations. After further extending his education at the world renowned choreographer John Neumeier’s school in Hamburg he joined Peter Schaufuss Ballet at only 16 as a dancer in 2008.

In the following years Johan developed and danced in the whole company repertoire including many leading roles such as the prince in Tchaikovsky’s ‘Swan Lake’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘The Nutcracker’ with great acclaim.  

In 2012 he danced the title role in Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ to Sir John Gielgud’s famous soliloquies and Tybalt in Sir Frederick Ashton’s legendary production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev in performances in London.

However, in 2019 his career turned full circle as he returned working with Peter Schaufuss as the founding Principal of Edinburgh Festival Ballet School.

At the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe he shared the role of ‘Hamlet’ with Ian McKellen to great acclaim.

Peter Schaufuss

Peter Schaufuss was quite literally brought up in the theatre and is an Olivier, Evening Standard and Edinburgh Critic’s Award-winning choreographer, teacher, director and widely recognized as one of the most talented male dancers on the international stage.

In a stellar career he has performed with the most celebrated ballerinas of his time at all major ballet companies, and staged upwards of 100 productions worldwide. He has had ballets and choreography specifically created for him by the likes of Sir Kenneth McMillan, George Balanchine, Roland Petit, Sir Frederick Ashton, among others.

Peter has also been the director of ‘English National Ballet’, ‘Berlin Ballet’ at the German Opera Berlin and ‘Royal Danish Ballet’. He is the Founder of the ‘English National Ballet School’, the ‘Peter Schaufuss Ballet & School’ and the ‘Royal Danish Ballet School in Holstebro’.

Peter has had his own Emmy Award nominated television programme ‘Dancer’ for the BBC as well as built ‘Black Box Theatre’ to his design, in Denmark, which is his native country.

LISTINGS INFO

The Nutcracker
a ballet for all the family
by Tchaikovsky

by Olivier Award-winning
director Peter Schaufuss

A Christmas treat for the whole family

The only Nutcracker performances in Edinburgh this Christmas!

with
Johan Christensen as the Prince

16 – 23 December
at 4pm and 7pm

Ian McKellen Theatre at
Saint Stephens
105 St Stephen Street,
Edinburgh
EH3 5AB

Tickets:
General Seating
This ticket is for an unreserved seat for the performance
£27.22 each
£25.00 + £2.22 booking fee

Children (under 12)
£13.82 each
£12.50 + £1.32 booking fee

Family Ticket
Includes 2 adults & 2 children
£64.74 each
£60.00 + £4.74 booking fee

Priority Ticket
This ticket is for a reserved seat for the performance
£34.72 each
£32.00 + £2.72 booking fee

Tickets can be booked here: https://www.citizenticket.co.uk/events/edinburgh-festival-ballet/nutcracker/

DONMAR WAREHOUSE ANNOUNCES FIRST THREE SHOWS OF NEW SEASON FOR 2022/2023

Artistic Director Michael Longhurst and Executive Director Henny Finch today announce the first three shows in the Donmar’s 30th anniversary season and plans for the theatre’s birthday celebrations.

Highlights of the new season include Lillian Hellman’s masterpiece political thriller Watch on the Rhine – given its first major London revival in over 40 years by director Ellen McDougall, with a cast including Kate Duchêne, Caitlin FitzGerald and Patricia Hodge. This is followed by the world première of Diana Nneka Atuona’s Trouble in Butetown for which she received the 50^th George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright and the Theatre Royal Haymarket’s Writers Award, directed by Tinuke Craig.

Also announced for Summer 2023 is Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical Next to Normal, directed by Longhurst.

Generously supported by Charles Holloway, Season Supporter

In Autumn 2022 the Donmar celebrates its 30^th birthday, and to mark this special milestone, it will provide 3,000 £10 tickets for audiences aged under 30, made possible by generous support from Associate Sponsor Barclays. Beginning with Watch on the Rhine, and running throughout the year, there will be £10 tickets available for every performance.

As the centrepiece of the celebrations, the Donmar will stage a fundraiser performance in November with all three former Artistic Directors – Michael Grandage, Sam Mendes and Josie Rourke as special guests, alongside Longhurst, with performances from notable alumni reprising roles they played at the theatre; as well as a free exhibition of production images across the theatre’s public spaces later in the year. The fundraiser will be directed by Simon Evans.

Michael Longhurst said today, “It is a privilege to be co-helming the Donmar as we approach this major milestone. I am grateful for the talent, tenacity and generosity of all those who have built that history. These shows kick off our birthday celebrations in classic Donmar style with an unearthed gem, a thrilling new play and later in the year, a long-awaited Broadway musical.  Lillian and Diana’s plays offer counterpoint perspectives from across the Atlantic at a pivotal moment in our history, presenting one of the most seminal American female writers of the 20th century alongside an exciting new British female playwriting talent. And I can’t wait for us to blow the roof off the building with an extraordinary rock musical next Summer.  Here’s to the next 30!”

Speaking about supporting the Donmar to offer thousands of £10 tickets for under 30s, Richard Atkinson, Marketing Director at Barclays Payments commented, “We are incredibly proud of our long affiliation with the Donmar Warehouse. We can think of no better way to mark its thirtieth year than by supporting the Donmar by enabling thousands of people to see this remarkable season for just £10.”

Alongside the productions on stage, the Donmar continues its innovative work with the local community, platforming the voices of local young people. The theatre’s schools programme also expands, working with 2200 students to attend productions and devise work with leading theatre makers to be shared on the Donmar stage.

The Donmar’s commitment to skills development continues as the theatre welcomes the next cohort of CATALYST trainees for their year-long traineeships in arts administration roles. The Creative CATALYST programme also goes from strength to strength, with 8 assistants working with the creative teams over the next year’s productions in roles including lighting, sound and design.

Following a successful pilot, Donmar’s LOCAL Young Writers programme runs from this Autumn 2022, with 16 young writers aged 16-19 who will develop new work led by Molly Taylor and a leading team of playwrights.

Alongside the production of Next to Normal the Donmar will run a new project exploring mental health and wellbeing with young people in our home boroughs.

As part of the Donmar’s ongoing commitment to accessibility, over 1000 free tickets will be available for audiences aged under 26 as part of the Donmar’s YOUNG+FREE scheme.

Every production will have a BSL performance, alongside its captioned and audio described performance offer.

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WATCH ON THE RHINE

by Lillian Hellman

Directed by Ellen McDougall

Designer – Basia Bińkowska
Lighting Designer – Azusa Ono
Sound Designer – Tingying Dong

Fight Director – Cristian Cardenas

Cast includes Kate Duchêne, Caitlin FitzGerald and Patricia Hodge

9 December 2022 – 4 February 2023

“It’s an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.”

Summer 1941. On a peaceful morning in a Washington D.C. living room, widow Fanny Farrelly anxiously awaits the return of her daughter and her German husband, fleeing Europe with their children.

As night falls, dark secrets emerge, and this American sanctuary becomes even more dangerous than what they left behind. 

Known for her success on Broadway (The Little Foxes, The Children’s Hour) Lillian Hellman was also a brilliant activist, ahead of her time. Watch on The Rhine is her masterpiece political thriller, given a timely revival by director Ellen McDougall. Cast includes Kate Duchêne, Caitlin FitzGerald and Patricia Hodge.

Lillian Hellman, born in New Orleans in 1905, was an American playwright and screenwriter. She studied at New York University and Columbia University. Her plays include The Children’s Hour (1934), The Little Foxes (1939, revived by the Donmar in 2001), Watch on the Rhine (1941), The Searching Wind (1944), Another Part of the Forest (1946), The Autumn Garden (1951), and Toys in the Attic (1960). Translations and adaptations include Jean Anouilh’s The Lark (1955), Voltaire’s Candide (1957), and My Mother, My Father, and Me (1963 –  from Burt Blechman’s novel How Much?). She also edited Anton Chekhov’s Selected Letters (1955) and a collection of stories and short novels, The Big Knockover (1966) by Hammett. She also published her memoirs An Unfinished Woman (1969), Pentimento (1973), and Maybe (1980). Her collected plays were first published in 1972. She died in 1984 aged 79.

Ellen McDougall was Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre from 2017 to 2022. Theatre includes: Dear Elizabeth, Effigies of Wickedness (Songs banned by the Nazis), The Unknown Island, Idomeneus (Gate); Our Town (Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park); The Wolves (Stratford East); Othello (Shakespeare’s Globe); Aladdin, Cinderella (Lyric Hammersmith); The Rolling Stone (Orange Tree/Royal Exchange, Manchester); The Remains of Maisie Duggan (Abbey Theatre, Dublin); The Glass Menagerie (Headlong); Anna Karenina (Royal Exchange, Manchester); Henry the Fifth (Unicorn); Glitterland (Secret Theatre/Lyric Hammersmith); Ivan and the Dogs (Olivier Award nomination, Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre; Actors Touring Company/Soho). Ellen was formerly part of the Secret Theatre Company at the Lyric Hammersmith. She trained as an assistant to Katie Mitchell and Marianne Elliott. She was awarded an International Artists’ Development Award (ACE/British Council) in 2012.

Kate Duchêne’s theatre credits include Henry V (Donmar Warehouse), Suzy Storck (Gate Theatre), Hedda Gabler, Everyman, Hansel and Gretel, A Woman Killed with Kindness, Beauty and the Beast, Attempts on Her Life, Women of Troy, Iphigenia at Aulis (National Theatre/Dublin Abbey Theatre), Waves (National Theatre/UK tour), The Forbidden Zone (Barbican/Amsterdam), Ten Billion (Royal Court Theatre/Avignon Festival), The Trail of Ubu (Hampstead Theatre), Henry VIII (Shakespeare’s Globe), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (City of London Sinfonia), The Sugar Syndrome (Royal Court Theatre), and The Herbal Bed, The Cherry Orchard, The Country Wife and Richard III (RSC). Her television credits include Cursed, Doctor Who, Foyle’s War, Afterlife, Family Life, and Kiss Me Kate; and for film, Roxane, All Good Children and An Education.

Caitlin FitzGeraldcan currently be seen in Patrick Somerville’s HBO Max limited series Station Eleven for director Hiro Murai, and Shonda Rhimes’s hit Netflix limited series Inventing Anna. Previously she starred in Aaron Sorkin’s feature The Trial of Chicago 7, the HBO series Succession, the Starz series Sweetbitter, Sophia Takal’s independent feature Always Shine, and the third season of Emmy-nominated series Unreal. Caitlin is also known for her work in the Showtime series Masters of Sex, and had a season-long arc on the finale season of SundanceTV’s Rectify. Additional credits include Adult Beginners; Nancy Meyers’ It’s Complicated; Whit Stillman’s Damsels in Distress; and Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock.

Patricia Hodge’s theatre credits include: Private Lives (Theatre Royal Bath/UK tour); A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Trafalgar Studios); Copenhagen; Travels With My Aunt; As You Like It (Chichester Festival Theatre); Relative Values (Harold Pinter Theatre/Theatre Royal Bath); Dandy Dick (Theatre Royal Brighton/UK tour); Calendar Girls (Chichester Festival Theatre/UK tour/Noel Coward Theatre); The Clean House (Sheffield Crucible/Royal and Derngate, Northampton/UK tour); The Country Wife (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Boeing Boeing (Comedy Theatre); His Dark Materials; Noises Off; Summerfolk; Money (Olivier Award Best Supporting Actress); A Little Night Music (National Theatre); Heartbreak House (Almeida); The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Strand Theatre/UK tour); Separate Tables (Albery Theatre/UK tour); Shades (Albery Theatre); Nymph Errant (Adlephi Theatre/Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Noel and Gertie (Warehouse Theatre/Comedy Theatre, Olivier Award Best Actress in a Musical nomination); Benefactors (Michael Codron); The Mitford Girls (Chichester Festival Theatre/Globe Theatre, Olivier Award Best Actress in a Musical nomination); Then and Now (Hampstead Theatre); Happy Yellow (Bush Theatre); Pal Joey Look Back in Anger; The Beggar’s Opera (Nottingham Playhouse); Hair (Queen’s Theatre); Maudie (Thorndike Theatre); Pippin (Her Majesty’s Theatre); The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Phoenix Theatre); Popkiss (Globe Theatre); All My Sons; Say Who You Are; The Birthday Party; The Anniversary (Traverse Theatre). Television includes: Murder in Provence; All Creatures Great and Small; Roadkill; A Very English Scandal; Downton Abbey Christmas Special; Miranda; Poirot; Maxwell; Hustle; Miss Marple; Sweet Medicine; Waking the Dead; The Falklands Play; The People’s Passion; The Moonstone; The Legacy of Reggie Perrin; The Cloning of Joanna May; Rich Tea and Sympathy; The Secret Life of Ian Fleming; The Shell Seekers; The Heat of the Day; Inspector Morse; Let’s Face the Music of…; Exclusive Yarns; The Life and Loves of a She-Devil; Time for Murder, The Return of Sherlock Holmes; Oss; Robin of Sherwood; Hotel Du Lac (BAFTA Best Actress nomination); Behind Enemy Lines; The Death of the Heart; Dust to Dust; Hay Fever; Jemima Shore Investigates; Holding the Fort; Nanny; The Professionals; The Other ‘Arf; Edward and Mrs Simpson; Target; Rumpole of the Bailey; The One and Only Mrs Phyllis Dixey; Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic; Softy Softly; The Naked Civil Servant; Quiller; The Girls of Slender Means; Menace. Films include: The Laureate; Before You Go; Prague Duet; Jilting Joe; The Leading Man; Sunset; Just Ask for Diamond; Thieves in the Night; Vilde, The Wild One; Betrayal; Riding High; Charlotte; The Elephant Man; Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang; Heavy Metal; Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse; The Disappearance.

TROUBLE IN BUTETOWN

By Diana Nneka Atuona

Directed by Tinuke Craig

10 February – 25 March 2023

“First thing I’m a need you to do is keep my secret. Can’t let nobody know I’m here and I mean nobody”

In her illegal boarding house in Butetown, Cardiff, Gwyneth Mbanefo toils tirelessly to keep afloat.

It’s a port town during the war; home to souls from every corner of the globe.  When Nate, an African American GI, escapes his barracks and discovers this new world without segregation, can he find safe harbour? And with danger on every corner, whom can he trust? 

Trouble in Butetown is a world première by the award-winning playwright Diana Nneka Atuona (Liberian Girl), directed by Tinuke Craig.

Trouble in Butetown is a recipient of the Theatre Royal Haymarket Writers Award.

Casting to be announced.

Diana Nneka Atuona is a Nigerian-British playwright from Peckham, London. She studied at South Bank University before winning a scholarship from Gray’s Inn to study law. Her first play Liberian Girl won the 2013 Alfred Fagon Award and opened at the Royal Court Theatre in 2015. Atuona was also nominated for the Evening Standard Award as Most Promising Playwright and the Writer’s Guild award for Best New Play. In 2019 she received the 50th George Devine Award for most promising playwright for Trouble in Butetown. Diana is currently working on a short play for Tiata Fahodzi’s project, ‘Talking about a Revolution’ for Autumn 2022. She is also developing work for television and film and is currently under commission with the Royal Court and The Old Vic.

Tinuke Craig’s directing credits include: Jitney (Headlong / Leeds Playhouse and Old Vic), Last Easter (Orange Tree), Aisha (the black album) (Old Vic), Crave (Chichester Festival Theatre), Hamlet For Young Audiences (National Theatre), Cinderella (Lyric Hammersmith), Vassa (Almeida Theatre), The Color Purple (Leicester Curve/Birmingham Hippodrome), random/generations (Chichester Festival Theatre), I Call My Brothers (Gate Theatre), dirty butterfly (Young Vic). Tinuke trained at LAMDA and received the Genesis Future Director Award 2014. In 2015-2016 Tinuke was the Gate Theatre’s Associate Director and she is currently an Artistic Associate at the Lyric Hammersmith. She is the current Baylis Director at the Old Vic.

NEXT TO NORMAL

Music by Tom Kitt

Book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey

Directed by Michael Longhurst

12 August – 7 October 2023

“It is much more than a feel-good musical; it is a feel-everything musical.” New York Times

Critically acclaimed Broadway musical Next to Normal is an intimate exploration of family and loss. At its heart is Diana Goodman, a suburban wife and mother living with bipolar disorder and haunted by her past. Donmar Artistic Director Michael Longhurst directs the long-awaited UK première of this powerful rock musical about a far from average family.

Next to Normal is the winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and three Tony Awards including Best Original Score.

Casting to be announced.

Tom Kitt received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, two Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Score for Next to Normal (Second Stage Theater/Broadway). He is also the composer of If/Then (Tony and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), High Fidelity (Broadway), Bring it On, The Musical (co-composer with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Broadway), Superhero (Second Stage), Disney’s Freaky Friday (Stage Production and Original Disney Channel Movie Musical), Dave (Arena Stage), The Winter’s Tale, All’s Well That Ends Well, Cymbeline (Public Theater’s NYSF), From Up Here, The Madrid (Manhattan Theatre Club), Orphans (Broadway), The Retributionists (Playwrights Horizons), and As You Like It  (Toho Co., Japan). As a music supervisor, arranger, and orchestrator, credits include SpongeBob Squarepants, The Musical (Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk Award nominations), Head Over Heels, Jagged Little Pill; Grease Live!, Rise (NBC), and American Idiot. His work with Green Day also includes additional arrangements for their Grammy Award-winning album 21st Century Breakdown and their album trilogy, ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! Tom received an Emmy Award as co-writer (with Lin-Manuel Miranda) for the 2013 Tony Award opening number, Bigger. Other television songwriting credits include a musical episode of Royal Pains, and songs for Penny Dreadful, Sesame Street, and Julie’s Greenroom. As a musical director, conductor, arranger and orchestrator, credits include the Pitch Perfect films, 2Cellos featuring Lang Lang (Live and Let Die), The Kennedy Center Honors, 13, Debbie Does Dallas, Everyday Rapture, Hair, Laugh Whore, Pippin (Deaf West), and These Paper Bullets. Upcoming projects include musical adaptations of the films Almost Famous (premiering on Broadway in October 2022), Magic Mike, and The Visitor.

Brian Yorkey received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as the 2009 Tony Award for Best Score for Next to Normal (Second Stage Theater/Broadway). He was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical for Next to Normal, and his work on the show earned him the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Score. He partnered again with the Next to Normal team on If/Then (Tony Award nominee for Best Score) starring Idina Menzel. He co-wrote the libretto for The Last Ship (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, with John Logan), with a score by Sting. His musical adaptation of Freaky Friday for Disney Theatricals enjoyed a national tour before being adapted into a Disney Channel Original Movie. Current theatrical projects in development include the original musical Jesus in My Bedroom, with composer Tim Symons, as well as a stage musical adaptation of Magic Mike. Additional theatre credits include Making Tracks, which has played off-Broadway and regionally, the musical adaptation of Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet, and the play, Book of Jobs with Alex Glover. Brian was the Executive Producer and Showrunner of 13 Reasons Why for Netflix, Paramount Television and Anonymous Content.

The season is presented in partnership with Wessex Grove. We are also delighted that Simmons & Simmons have renewed their Associate Sponsorship of Donmar Warehouse for a further two years.

DONMAR WAREHOUSE

LISTINGS

41 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, London WC2H 9LX

Members Priority Booking:

Director’s Forum members can book from Monday 10 October

Steel members from 9am (online) and 12pm (phones) on Tuesday 11 October

Copper members from 9am (online) and 12pm (phones) on Wednesday 12 October

Friends from 9am (online) and 12pm (phones) on Friday 14 October

Public booking:

From 12pm (online and phones) on Monday 17 October

Box Office: www.donmarwarehouse.com / 020 3282 3808                                     

PERFORMANCE TIMES

Evenings Mon – Sat: 7.30pm

Matinees Thu & Sat: 2.30pm

TICKET PRICES

Watch on the Rhine, Trouble in Butetown

£55 (£50) / £41 (£38) / £21 (£19)

£10 standing tickets

Next to Normal

£60 (£55) / £45 (£41) / £23 (£21)

£10 standing tickets

Preview discounts apply to the first four performances only

YOUNG+FREE

YOUNG+FREE tickets for 16-25 year olds released by ballot. Sign up at www.donmarwarehouse.com.

Generously supported by IHS Markit.

DONMAR DAILY

New tickets on sale every day at the Donmar. Allocations of tickets will be made available every day for performances 7 days later. Tickets will be available across the auditorium at every price band.

ACCESS

The Donmar Warehouse is fully wheelchair accessible. Guide dogs and hearing dogs are welcome in the auditorium. There is a Loop system and a Radio Frequency system fitted in the main auditorium and there are also hearing loops at all the front of house counters.

ASSISTED PERFORMANCES

If you require a companion to attend the Donmar, their ticket will be free. To book call 020 3282 3808 or email [email protected].

For all other access enquiries or bookings call 020 3282 3808.

CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES – 7.30pm (captioned by Stagetext)

Watch on the Rhine: Monday 23rd January

Trouble in Butetown: Monday 20th March

Next to Normal: Monday 25th September

AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE – 2.30pm (audio-described by VocalEyes)

Watch on the Rhine: Saturday 28th January

Trouble in Butetown: Saturday 11th March

Next to Normal: Saturday 30th September

BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES

Watch on the Rhine: Saturday 21st January, 2.30pm

Trouble in Butetown: Friday 24th March, 7.30pm

Next to Normal: Saturday 23rd September 2.30pm

SEASON AT A GLANCE:

THE BAND’S VISIT

24 September – 3 December 2022

Captioned: Monday 28 November 7.30pm

Audio-Described: Saturday 26 November 2.30pm

British Sign Language Interpreted: Saturday 19 November 2.30pm

WATCH ON THE RHINE

9 December 2022 – 4 February 2023

Captioned: Monday 23rd January 7.30pm

Audio-Described: Saturday 28th January, 2.30pm

British Sign Language Interpreted: Saturday 21st January, 2.30pm

TROUBLE IN BUTETOWN

10 February – 25 March 2023

Captioned: Monday 20th March, 7.30pm

Audio-Described: Saturday 11th March, 2.30pm

British Sign Language Interpreted: Friday 24th March, 7.30pm

NEXT TO NORMAL

12 August – 07 October 2023

Captioned: Monday 25th September, 7.30pm

Audio-Described: Saturday 30th September, 2.30pm

British Sign Language Interpreted: Saturday 23rd September, 2.30pm

SECOND PERFORMANCE ADDED DUE TO PUBLIC DEMAND!

ONCE – IN CONCERT

THE MULTI AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL

STARRING CARRIE HOPE FLETCHER AND JAMIE MUSCATO

3PM PERFORMANCE ADDED ON SUNDAY 12 MARCH

SHOWS NOW AT 3PM AND 7PM AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM

Lambert Jackson, the producers of ONCE – IN CONCERT at the London Palladium are delighted to announce that they have added a second performance, due to overwhelming public demand. A 3pm show has been added to the existing 7pm performance on Sunday 12 March at the London Palladium.

Carrie Hope Fletcher (Heathers, Cinderella, Les Misérables) and Jamie Muscato (Heathers, Bend It Like Beckham, The Undeclared War) will reunite in 2023, starring as ‘Girl’ and ‘Guy’.

They will head an actor-musician cast in this very special concert version of the critically acclaimed and much-loved musical. Full casting will be announced at a later date.

Winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, ONCE tells the unforgettable story of a Dublin street musician and a beautiful and quirky Czech woman, drawn together by their shared love of music. Over the course of one fateful week, as they assemble a band from her wild family and his unconventional mates, the music flows and they slowly fall in love.

From the very first note, ONCE draws you in and never lets go. Achingly beautiful, it’s the only show to have won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Olivier Award and a Tony Award for its extraordinary music.

Featuring all the magical songs from the smash-hit film, including the Oscar-winning “Falling Slowly,” this joyously uplifting show strikes an unforgettable chord and celebrates the power of music to connect us all.

ONCE has a book by Enda Walsh with music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. It is based on the motion picture written and directed by John Carney and is performed in London by arrangement with Music Theatre International. ONCE – IN CONCERT is directed by Dean Johnson with musical direction by Adam Hoskins.

Carrie Hope Fletcher and Jamie Muscato first starred together in the UK premiere of Heathers The Musical, based on one of the greatest cult teen films of all time, at The Other Palace in June 2018. They subsequently transferred the show to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in September that year.

ONCE – IN CONCERT is produced by Lambert Jackson and Positive Sum Productions.

Founded by Jamie Lambert and Eliza Jackson in 2018, Lambert Jackson were recently nominated for an Olivier for Best Play for their production of Cruise at the Duchess Theatre with a successful return run at the Apollo Theatre this August/September. They are arguably one of the most exciting theatrical production companies in the UK at the present time. Having been put on the map by their production of the UK Premiere of Doctor Zhivago the musical, they entered the global pandemic with vigour and determination, creating one of the largest online concert series the UK has ever seen, Leave a Light On and leading the way with streamed productions such as The Last Five Years, BKLYN, title of show, Songs for a New World – the latter opening the West End at a sell-out concert at the London Palladium.

Founded in 2022, Positive Sum Productions was created to cultivate original theatre, and celebrate existing shows already loved by many.

TICKETS CAN BE FOUND AT www.lwtheatres.co.uk

Instagram and Facebook: @lambertjacksonproductions Twitter: @ljprods

LAMBERT JACKSON ANNOUNCE

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO – IN CONCERT

THE SENSATIONAL BROADWAY MUSICAL

PLAYS ONE NIGHT ONLY

AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM ON SUNDAY 7 MAY 2023

STARRING RAMIN KARIMLOO AND CELINDE SCHOENMAKER

Following the spectacular success of the 2019 UK concert premiere of DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, its stars Ramin Karimloo and Celinde Schoenmaker will reprise their roles in DOCTOR ZHIVAGO – IN CONCERT at the London Palladium for one-night-only on Sunday 7 May 2023. Full casting will be announced at a later date.

Based on the Nobel Prize-winning novel by Boris Pasternak, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO tells the story of Yurii Zhivago (Ramin Karimloo), a political idealist, physician, and poet whose life is tossed by the tides of history as he is torn between a life with his close childhood friend and wife, and the passionate and mysterious Lara Guishar (Celinde Schoenmaker).

With a book by Oscar nominee Michael Weller and lyrics by Tony nominee Michael Korie and Emmy nominee Amy Powers, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO features a sweeping score by two-time Grammy winner and Tony nominee Lucy Simon.

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO – IN CONCERT is directed by Jordan Murphy (Sunset Boulevard, Matilda, Mary Poppins) with musical direction by Adam Hoskins (The Secret Garden, Dr Zhivago, Camelot).

Olivier and Tony Award nominee Ramin Karimloo made his name in some of the West End’s most enduring productions, most notably The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables. He originated the role of the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera sequel Love Never Dies in 2010 before making his Broadway debut in the 2014 revival of Les Miserables. Karimloo has also performed show tunes on a series of solo recordings, including his second album, 2019’s From Now On, which landed on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. He is currently starring as Nicky Arnstein in Funny Girl on Broadway.

Celinde Schoenmaker is a Dutch actress and singer, known for appearing as Fantine in the West End production of the musical Les Misérables and as Christine Daae in the West End production of The Phantom of the Opera. Other London theatre credits include Jenny Lind in Barnum at the Menier Chocolate Factory. She also played Renate Blauel in the Elton John biopic Rocketman.

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO – IN CONCERT is produced by Lambert Jackson and Positive Sum Productions.

Founded by Jamie Lambert and Eliza Jackson in 2018, Lambert Jackson were recently nominated for an Olivier for Best Play for their production of Cruise at the Duchess Theatre with a successful return run at the Apollo Theatre this August/September. They are arguably one of the most exciting theatrical production companies in the UK at the present time. Having been put on the map by their production of the UK Premiere of Doctor Zhivago the musical, they entered the global pandemic with vigour and determination, creating one of the largest online concert series the UK has ever seen, Leave a Light On and leading the way with streamed productions such as The Last Five Years, BKLYN, title of show, Songs for a New World – the latter opening the West End at a sell-out concert at the London Palladium.

Founded in 2022, Positive Sum Productions was created to cultivate original theatre, and celebrate existing shows already loved by many.

TICKETS CAN BE FOUND AT www.lwtheatres.co.uk

Instagram and Facebook: @lambertjacksonproductions Twitter: @ljprods

FAMILY PORTRAITS RELEASED FOR

H A R R Y   P O T T E R   A N D   T H E   C U R S E D   C H I L D

PARTS ONE AND TWO

MEET THE POTTERS, THE GRANGER-WEASLEYS AND THE MALFOYS

WWW.HARRYPOTTERTHEPLAY.COM

Today (10 October 2022) the producers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions – are delighted to release family portraits of the Potters, the Granger-Weasleys and the Malfoys in advance of the new Company’s first performance on 13 October 2022.  The original two-part multi award-winning production is currently booking to 30 July 2023.

Sam Crane plays Harry Potter, with Frances Grey as Ginny Potter and Thomas Grant who plays their son Albus Potter. Thomas Aldridge and Michelle Gayle continue as Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and Grace Wylde plays their daughter Rose Granger-Weasley. James Howard continues as Draco Malfoy and Adam Wadsworth plays his son Scorpius Malfoy. 

They are joined by Gabriel Akamo, Troy Alexander, Harry Ames, David Annen, Sue Appleby, Sabina Cameron, Phil Cheadle, Robert Curtis, Tim Dewberry, Iskandar Eaton, Lewis Edgar, Jack Gardner, Jemma Gould, Kelton Hoyland, April Hughes, Max Hutchinson, Emma Louise Jones, Tom Mackean, David Mara, Henry Maynard, Kathryn Meisle, Gigi Noel-King, Melaina Pecorini, Niamh Perry, Ruchi Rai, Ian Redford, Rosalind Steele, Tom Storey, Joshua Talbot, Susan Vidler and Wreh-asha Walton. Fletcher Bell, Alice Langton-Farrell, Max Forde, Lottie Grey, Rafferty Ison, Abbiegail Mills and Harry Munson, who alternate two children’s roles, complete the 46-strong company.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the first Harry Potter story to be presented on stage and the eight story in the Harry Potter series, has sold over 5 million tickets worldwide since its world premiere in London in July 2016 and holds a record 60 major honors, with nine Laurence Olivier Awards including Best New Play and six Tony Awards including Best New Play. This summer, the international phenomenon celebrates the start of its seventh year with six productions running worldwide in London, New York, Melbourne, Hamburg, Toronto, and Tokyo. 

Adventure runs in the family. When Harry Potter’s head-strong son Albus befriends the son of his fiercest rival, Draco Malfoy, it sparks an unbelievable new journey for them all—with the power to change the past and future forever. Prepare for a mind-blowing race through time, spectacular spells, and an epic battle, all brought to life with the most astonishing theatrical magic ever seen on stage.

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play by Jack Thorne, directed by John Tiffany.  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child features movement by Steven Hoggett, set by Christine Jones, costumes by Katrina Lindsay, music & arrangements by Imogen Heap, lighting by Neil Austin, sound by Gareth Fry, illusions & magic by Jamie Harrison, music supervision & arrangements by Martin Lowe and casting by Julia Horan CDG.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions.

Tickets remain priced from £15 per part. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child partners with TodayTix for The Friday Forty,the production’s Lottery for Patrons to apply for some of the very best seats in the theatre priced at £40 (£20 per part) which will secure a seat for both Part One and Part Two on consecutive performances. The regular performance schedule is as follows – Monday, Tuesday and Thursday – no performance; Wednesday, Friday and Saturday – 2pm Part One & 7pm Part Two; Sunday – 1pm Part One & 6pm Part Two.

Tickets are now on sale for the next access performance on Saturday 5 November 2022 which will be captioned. For patrons with physical access needs call 0330 333 4815 (please note, there are no general ticket sales on this number) or email [email protected]

Details of all productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child can be found at HarryPottertheplay.com

Box Office – 0330 333 4813

WWW.HARRYPOTTERTHEPLAY.COM

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GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD WINNER, MULTI-EMMY AWARD NOMINEE AND STAR OF THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON STRANGER THINGS MATTHEW MODINE

TO PLAY ATTICUS FINCH

MULTI-OLIVIER AWARD NOMINEE

CECILIA NOBLE

TO PLAY CALPURNIA

AND FURTHER CAST ANNOUNCED TO JOIN THE COMPANY

OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

CURRENTLY RUNNING IN THE WEST END

THE NEW COMPANY BEGIN PERFORMANCES FROM

MONDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2022

Barry Diller and Sonia Friedman announced today that Matthew Modine and Cecilia Noble will lead the new company of the critically acclaimed production of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird – a new play by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Bartlett Sher, currently running at the Gielgud Theatre, West End.

Matthew Modine’s iconic portrayals in films such as Alan Parker’s Birdy, Louden Swain in Vision Quest, Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, and Dr. Martin “Papa” Brenner in the global phenomenon Stranger Things have cemented Matthew’s legacy in the entertainment industry.

Cecilia Noble is a highly acclaimed stage and screen actress, nominated for two Olivier Awards and two Evening Standards Awards.  Her extensive stage credits include Faith, Hope and Charity, Nine Night, Downstate and The Amen Corner at the National Theatre, and her television credits include Killing Eve, Teacher, Call the Midwife and Black Mirror.

Anna Munden will play the pivotal role of Scout Finch, joined by Sam Mitchell as Jem Finch, and Ellis Howard as Dill Harris. Taking the role of Bob Ewell is Welsh stage and screen actor Jason Hughes.

Matthew Modine and Cecilia Noble are joined by Cheryl Burniston, Colin R Campbell (Mr Roscoe/Dr Reynolds), Jack Crumlin, Alan Drake, Max Ferguson, Phillipa Flynn, Ellis Howard (Dill Harris), Jason Hughes (Bob Ewell), Niamh James, Julie Legrand, Nigel Lister, Sam Mitchell (Jem Finch), and George Telfer. The new company will begin performances on 21 November, 2022. Remaining in the company are Harry Attwell (Mr. Cunningham/Boo Radley), Helen Belbin (Miss Stephanie/Dill’s Mother), Niall Buggy (Judge Taylor), John Hastings (Bailiff), Rebecca Hayes (Mayella Ewell), Simon Hepworth (Link Deas), Tom Mannion (Sheriff Heck Tate), Anna Munden (Scout Finch), Tiwai Muza, Itoya Osagiede, Jude Owusu (Tom Robinson), Oyin Oyija, David Sturzaker (Horace Gilmer), and Natasha Williams (Mrs Dubose’s Maid). Candida Caldicot (on organ), Ciyo Brown and Jack Benjamin (on guitar) also continue with the production.

The current company, with Richard Coyle as Atticus Finch, will play their final performance on 19 November. The production is currently booking until 4 February, 2023.

★★★★★

“ALL RISE FOR A MAGNIFICENT ‘MOCKINGBIRD’.

UNBEARABLY MOVING. SHEER EMOTION AND MORAL FORCE MAKE THIS

A POWERFULLY UPLIFTING EVENT’ EVENING STANDARD

★★★★★

“THIS UTTERLY RIVETING AND REVELATORY STAGING

BLAZINGLY CAPTURES THE ZEITGEIST.” DAILY TELEGRAPH

The Harper Lee adaptation has been one of the major hits of this year’s West End season, playing to packed houses at the Gielgud Theatre since its opening in March.

Set in Maycomb, Alabama in 1934, To Kill a Mockingbird has provided American literature with some of its most indelible characters: lawyer Atticus Finch, the tragically wronged Tom Robinson, Atticus’ daughter Scout, her brother Jem, their housekeeper and caretaker Calpurnia and the reclusive Arthur “Boo” Radley. For the past six decades and for every generation, this story, its characters and portrait of small-town America have helped to, and continue to, inspire conversation and change.

Harper Lee’s enduring story of racial injustice and childhood innocence has sold more than 45 million copies of the novel worldwide. 2020 marked the 60^th anniversary of its publication. 

Harry Attwell plays Mr Cunningham/Boo Radley. His theatre credits include The Great Murder Mystery (The Lost Estate), Artists Talk (The Yard Theatre), Frankenstein, Twelfth Night, The Skriker, Orpheus Descending (Royal Exchange Theatre), A Tale of Two Cities (Royal & Derngate and tour), The Crucible, The Duchess of Malfi (The Old Vic), Henry V (Michael Grandage Company), and for the Donmar Warehouse, Richard II, King Lear (also UK tour and BAM), Hamlet (also Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway), Hamlet and Twelfth Night (Donmar West End at Wyndham’s Theatre). For television, his credits include On Order and Away, The Night Manager, Da Vinci’s Demons, Mayday, The Identity; and for film Wakefield, Text for You, Intervention, Breathe, Genius and Maleficent.

Helen Belbin plays Miss Stephanie/Dill’s Mother. Her theatre credits include Wuthering Heights (Oxford Shakespeare Company), Market Boy (Union Theatre), About Last Night (Arcola Theatre), A Haunting (Belgrade Theatre Coventry), The History Club (Old Red Lion), Kings (Vault Festival), The Flouers O’ Edinburgh, Northern Star (Finborough Theatre) and Verdict (UK tour). Her television work includes The Outlaws, Holby City Silent Witness, Call the Midwife, and Wolfblood; and for film Mad to Be Normal, Waterboys, The Carrier, Always in the Present and Je Suis Daddy.

Niall Buggy plays Judge Taylor. His theatre credits include Krapp’s Last Tape (Tron Theatre, Leeds Playhouse), The Old Tune (Jermyn Street Theatre), Furniture (Druid Theatre), The Plough and The Stars (Lyric Hammersmith), St Joan (Donmar Warehouse), On Blueberry Hill (Origin 1st Irish Theatre Award Best Actor – Trafalgar Studios, Dublin Theatre Festival, New York), The Importance of Being Earnest (Harold Pinter Theatre), Translations (Sheffield Theatres / Rose Theatre), The Hanging Gardens (Abbey Theatre), DruidMurphy (Druid Theatre, Hampstead Theatre and Washington), The Weir (Royal Court Theatre, Duke of York’s Theatre, New York), Haunted (Sydney/Royal Exchange/New York), Penelope (Druid Theatre/Hampstead Theatre/Edinburgh/New York/Washington), John Bull’s Other Island (Tricycle Theatre), After Play (Gate Dublin, Edinburgh, New York, Sydney), Uncle Vanya (Irish Times Best Actor- Gate Dublin), A Kind of Alaska (Gate Dublin). Dead Funny (Olivier Award, Best Actor – Hampstead / Vaudeville Theatre), Juno and The Paycock (TMA Award – Albery Theatre), Rough Crossing, Love for Love, The Threepenny Opera, The School for Scandal (National Theatre), and Aristocrats (Clarence Derwent Award, Time Out Award, Drama Desk Award, OBIE Award – Hampstead Theatre /New York). For television, his work includes Cobra, Will, My Mother and Other Strangers, Malice Aforethought, Grease Monkeys, The Cruise, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Upwardly Mobile, Agony Too, Father Ted, and The Citadel; and film includes, As Luck Would Have It, The Duel, Mr Turner, Sleeping with the Fishes, Rufus Stone, Mamma Mia!, The Libertine, Sweeney Todd, Anna Karenina, and Cruise of the Gods. 

Colin R Campbell plays Mr Roscoe/Dr Reynolds.  His stage work includes The Incident Room (New Diorama Theatre/The Pleasance), The Epic of Gilgamesh (The Listening Hare), The Mirror Crack’d (Salisbury Playhouse/Wales Millennium Centre), The Throne (King’s Head Theatre), Blood Wedding (False Dawn on the Leaves), Skellig (Birmingham Stage Company/New Victory Theatre, New York), George’s Marvelous Medicine, and Twelfth Night (Birmingham Stage Company). For television, his work includes The Diplomat, The Long Shadow, Unforgotten, The Crown, The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe; Broken, Jericho and Downton Abbey; and for film, This is Christmas. 

John Hastings plays Bailiff. His theatre work includes Corpse! (Park Theatre), Season’s Greetings (Manor Pavilion Theatre), Small Island, Angels in America, The Beaux’ Stratagem, King Lear (National Theatre), King Lear (Chichester Festival Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre), Frozen (Theatre Royal Haymarket), King Lear (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare’s Globe), The Homecoming (Harold Pinter Theatre). For film, his work includes Hot Property and Love Me Do. For radio, his credits include The Corrupted.

Rebecca Hayes plays Mayella. Her theatre work includes The Rhythmics (Southwark Playhouse), Constellation Street (National Theatre Wales/Sherman Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Bristol Old Vic), The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru), The Playboy of the Western World, Split, The Night Watch, Punk Rock, Stars in the Morning Sky (The Richard Burton Company), and Romeo and Juliet (National Youth Theatre of Wales). For television, her work includes The Pact, Bregus, Bang, 35 AWR and The Bastard Executioner.

Simon Hepworth plays Link Deas. His theatre credits include La Cage aux Folles, Mother Of Him (Park Theatre), Absolute Hell (National Theatre), Antony and Cleopatra (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Lion in Winter (Theatre Royal Haymarket), King Lear (Guildford Shakespeare Company), Joe & I (King’s Head Theatre), The Rivals (Compass Theatre Company), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth (Arundel Festival and tour), Twelfth Night (Bristol Old Vic), The Winter’s Tale, The Glass Menagerie, The Deep Blue Sea (Royal & Derngate), Bang Bang (After Feydeau), Romeo and Juliet, Burn This, Tartuffe, My Cousin Rachel (Mercury Theatre, Colchester), Mario and the Magician (Almeida Theatre), Party Trap (Shoreditch Town Hall), Agatha Christie Theatre Festival 2001 (Palace, Westcliff) and The Best Man, The Hollow (UK tours). His television work includes This Sceptred Isle, Endeavour, Fearless, Foyle’s War, Law and Order UK, Trial and Retribution, Wire in the Blood, Inspector Morse – The Remorseful Day, Wallis & Edward, Bliss, Bodyguards, Departures, EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Ruth Rendell’s Thornapple and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles; and for film, Walking With The Enemy, Under Her Skin, Sink, Love’s Kitchen, 47 Cleveland, The Holly Kane Experiment, Tezz and The Walker. He appeared as The Politician in the music video for BΔSTILLE’s Fake It (Universal Music).

Ellis Howard plays Dill Harris. His theatre work Romeo and Juliet (National Theatre). For television, his work includes Home, Red Rose and Catherine the Great.

Jason Hughes plays Bob Ewell. His theatre credits include Violence & Son, 4:48 Psychosis, A Real Classy Affair (Royal Court Theatre), The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? (Theatre Royal Haymarket), In Flame (Ambassador’s Theatre), Our Country’s Good, Look Back in Anger (National Theatre), Way Upstream (Chichester Festival Theatre), In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play (St James Theatre), Design for Living, The Fight for Barbara (Theatre Royal Bath), Caligula, Badfinger (Donmar), Kiss Me Like You Mean It (Soho Theatre), The Herbal Bed (RSC/UK tour), Snake in the Grass (Old Vic), The Illusion (Royal Exchange, Manchester) and Macbeth (Theatr Clwyd). For television, his credits include series regular Warren in This Life, series regular Detective Sergeant Ben Jones in Midsomer Murders, series regular Max in The Pact and series regular Vince Whitman in Marcella; and for film, Crow, For N(o)ne, Dead Long Enough, Dirty Bomb, Phoenix Blue, Killing Me Softly, Shooters, House! and We Are Kings.

Julie Legrand plays Mrs Dubose. Her theatre work includes The Indian Queen (The Opera House, Lille), My Fair Lady (Italy), Richard III, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre), Lady of Letters (Lichfield Festival), Gypsy (Savoy Theatre/Chichester Festival Theatre), The Rivals (Bristol Old Vic), Wit (Royal Exchange Theatre), This is Not an Exit, The Ant and The Cicada, Romeo and Juliet (RSC), To Kill a Mockingbird, The Importance of Being Earnest (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Wicked (Apollo Victoria), See How They Run (Duchess Theatre, UK tour), The Wizard of Oz (Royal Festival Hall), and Fiddler on the Roof (Sheffield Theatres and Savoy Theatre). Her television work includes The Romantic Getaway, Silent Witness, The Power, Flack, Call the Midwife, Edge of Heaven, Footballers’ Wives, Fields of Gold and North Square; and for film, One for the Road, Prick Up Your Ears and Water.

Tom Mannion plays Sheriff Heck Tate. His theatre work includes Macbeth (National Theatre tour), Insignificance (Arcola Theatre), Hamlet (Trafalgar Studios and UK tour), The Autumn Garden (Jermyn Street Theatre), All My Sons (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), An Inspector Calls (UK tour), The Price (Octagon Theatre, Bolton),  A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Globe), Metamorphosis (Lyric Hammersmith), Hamlet (The Old Vic) and for the RSC, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Cyrano de Bergerac, Much Ado About Nothing and The Duchess of Malfi. For television, his work includes Traces, The Crown, Bridgerton, The Victim, Fearless, Unforgotten, Lucky Man, Mr Selfridge, Inside Men, Identity, Lip Service, Spooks, Missing, Belle de Jour, John Adams, New Tricks and Life on Mars; and for film, Susu, Waterboys, Centurion, F, Beyond the Sea, Brothers, Iris and Beautiful Creatures.

Sam Mitchell makes his professional stage debut as Jem Finch.

Matthew Modine plays Atticus Finch. On stage, Modine’s credits include Arthur Miller’s Finishing the Picture (Chicago’s Goodman Theatre) and Resurrection Blues (The Old Vic), and in 2010, he starred in the 50th Anniversary Broadway rival of The Miracle Worker (Circle in the Square Theatre). For television, Modine is currently playing Dr Martin “Papa” Brenner in the global phenomenon Stranger Things – Screen Actors Guild Best Ensemble Performance Award. Other television work includes the Emmy-winning Showtime series Weeds. An acclaimed film actor, Modine has worked with many of the industry’s most respected directors, including Oliver Stone, Sir Alan Parker, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, Alan J. Pakula, John Schlesinger, Tony Richardson, Robert Falls, Sir Peter Hall, Abel Ferrara, Spike Lee, Jonathan Demme, John Sayles, and Christopher Nolan, but it was Robert Altman who propelled Modine to international acclaim with his film adaptation of David Rabe’s play Streamers – for which the cast received an unprecedented Best Actor Award from the Venice International Film Festival. His signature roles include as Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, Alan Parker’s Birdy – which won the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix, Louden Swain in Vision Quest, Treat in Alan Pakula’s film adaptation of the hugely successful Lyle Kessler play Orphans, F.B.I. agent Mike Downey in Jonathan Demme’s screwball comedy Married to the Mob and Robert Altman’s Shortcuts – Golden Globe for Best Ensemble. Other recent credits include Oppenheimer, Hard Miles, Retribution opposite Liam Neeson, Foster Boy with Louis Gossett Jr, Miss Virginia opposite Uzo Aduba, Wrong Turn and Operation: Varsity Blues: The College Admission Scandal. Modine has directed several distinguished short films When I Was a Boy (1993), Smoking (1994), Ecce Pirate (1997), I Think I Thought (2008), To Kill an American (2008), Jesus Was a Commie (2011) and soon to be released, I Am What You Imagine Is Love. In 2010, Modine co-founded Cinco Dedos Peliculas (CDP) with former Apple Marketing executive Adam Rackoff. CDP develops narrative films, documentaries, animation projects, mobile apps, and initiatives with a focus on environmental activism.

Anna Munden plays Scout Finch. She trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Her stage work includes Starcrazy (Miracle Theatre), Youth Without God (The Coronet Theatre), Spilikin (Pipeline Theatre) and The Crucible (Cube Theatre Company). Her television work includes Father Brown, Showtrial and The Nevers.

Cecilia Noble plays Calpurnia. Her theatre work includes The Welkin, Faith, Hope and Charity, Downstate, Nine Night – Olivier and Evening Standard Award for Best Supporting Actress, The Amen Corner – Olivier, Evening Standard and WhatsOnStage Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress, His Dark Materials, Henry V and The Recruiting Officer (National Theatre), The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, The Tempest (RSC), Liberian Girl (Royal Court Theatre) and In the Red and Brown Water (Young Vic). Her television work includes Killing Eve, The Teacher, Small Axe, Semi-Detached, Black Mirror, Call the Midwife, Undercover, Together, Nurse, Our Girl, Silent Witness, Death in Paradise, Waking the Dead, EastEnders, Doctors and Holby City; and for film, Dead in a Week, The Lady in the Van, Danny and the Human Zoo – MViSA Award for Best Actress, Kaleidoscope, Of Mary, New Year’s Day, Native and Mrs Caldicott’s Cabbage War.

Jude Owusu plays Tom Robinson. His theatre work includes The Taming of the Shrew, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Bartholomew Fair (Shakespeare’s Globe), Tamburlaine, I Cinna, Julius Caesar (RSC), The Cherry Orchard (Bristol Old Vic), A Tale of Two Cities (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Jeramee, Hartleby and Ooglemoore (Unicorn Theatre), The Comedy of Errors (National Theatre), Othello (Malachite Theatre), Africker (Hoxton Hall), Wayne (Etcetera Theatre), and The Robbers (New Diorama Theatre). For television, his work includes The Dumping Ground, Father Brown and The Hollow Crown: Wars of the Roses – Richard III.

David Sturzaker plays Horace Gilmer. His theatre credits include The Cutting Edge (Arcola Theatre), Creditors, Bloody Poetry (Jermyn Street Theatre), Tamburlaine, Timon of Athens, The White Devil (RSC), Frost/Nixon (Sheffield Theatres), Nell Gywnn (Apollo Theatre), Richard II, The Merchant of Venice, Titus Andronicus, Comedy of Errors, Troilus and Cressida, Measure for Measure and The Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare’s Globe), Eternal Love, Anne Boleyn (Shakespeare’s Globe/UK tour), Cool Hand Luke (Aldwych Theatre), Journey’s End (Playhouse Theatre), The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Chichester Festival Theatre/Duchess Theatre), A Doll’s House (Royal Exchange); Four Knights in Knaresborough (Southwark Playhouse), Kingdom of Earth (The Print Room), As You Like It (The Rose, Kingston), War and Peace (Shared Experience), Visiting Mr Green and Romeo and Juliet (UK Tour), Future Me (Theatre 503), Bash (Trafalgar Studios), Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing (Tour De Force); and for television, Endeavour, Father Brown, Da Vinci’s Demons, Medici, and as series regulars in Murder on the Home Front and Doctors. His radio credits include The Forsyte Saga, Last of the Volsungs, King Solomon’s Mines, Everybody’s got Conditions, Gudrun, Blood and Milk and Richard II.

Natasha Williams plays Mrs Dubose’s Maid. Her theatre work includes Malindadzimu (Hampstead Theatre), Off the Endz, Ambulance (Royal Court Theatre), Black Crows (Arcola Theatre), You Can’t Take It With You (King’s Head Theatre), and The Fatherland (Bush Theatre). For television, her credits include It’s a Sin, Whitechapel, Quick Cuts, Silk, The Jury, Phone Shop, Silent Witness, Doctor Who, Pinochet in Suburbia, Rose and Maloney, The Commander, Grease Monkeys, The Last Detective, Fugee Girl, Time Gentlemen Please, The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, Blood River, The Bill – as series regular Delia French, Last Supper and Fighting Back; and for film, Slum Woman, City Rats, The Fourth Angel, Ruby’s Slippers and The Theory of Flight.

Cheryl Burniston’s theatre credits include Chelsea’s Choice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Alter Ego Theatre Company), Sweet Love (Futures Theatre Company), Isobel’s Tree (MunMun Productions), Pandora (Unnamed Theatre Productions), Stig of the Dump (Jump the Moat Theatre Company), and Road (Royal and Derngate). Her television work includes Pistol, Pennyworth, The Nevers and Flirt English; and for film, The Railway Children Returns, Paintball Massacre, Dragon Kingdom, Hooligan Escape: The Russian Job, and Identicals.

Jack Crumlin recently graduated from Actors Centre Australia. His theatre work includes Anatomy of a Suicide, Chorus and Amongst Ruins (Red Line Productions), Journey’s End (Australian Theatre for Young People), and Wasted (Kings Collective). For television, his work includes Reef Break; and for film, The Casting Game.

Alan Drake’s theatre credits include The Railway Children (King’s Cross Theatre), Boeing Boeing (Harrogate Rep and Eastbourne), Fen, Far Away (Sheffield Theatres), Kissing Sid James (59E59 Theatre New York, Jermyn Street Theatre), and Danny’s Wake (King’s Head and Edinburgh). His television work includes Peaky Blinders, Call The Midwife, The Amazing Dermot and Little Miss Jocelyn.

Max Ferguson’s theatre includes Felt (Southwark Playhouse/Vaults Festival), Man Down (Tristan Bates Theatre), The Night Just Before the Forest (Out of Ink), and Healing Wounds (Wardown Museum/ The Hope Theatre). For film, his work includes Cost of Living.

Phillipa Flynn’s theatre credits include People, Places and Things (National Theatre / Wyndham’s Theatre), Nell Gwynn (Shakespeare’s Globe / English Touring Theatre), Girl on a Train (Duke of York’s Theatre), Strangers on a Train, How the Other Half Loves (UK tours), Confusions, Hero’s Welcome, Roundelay (Stephen Joseph Theatre), Macbeth (National Theatre Luxembourg), Pride and Prejudice, Much Ado about Nothing (Heartbreak Productions), and The Secret Garden (Proper Job Theatre).

Niamh James’ theatre credits include The Mirror and the Light (RSC) and The Weatherman (Park Theatre).

Nigel Lister’s theatre credits include Our Man in Havana, The Secret Adversary (The Watermill Theatre), The Wizard of Oz (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Partners in Crime (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch), Footloose the Musical (UK tour), and Sex and Docks and Rock n Roll (Red Ladder). His television work includes It’s a Sin, The Crown, WPC 56, Dream Team, Steel River Blues, and Footballers’ Wives.

Oyin Orija’s theatre credits include Here’s What She Said To Me (Utopia Theatre), The Werewolf of Washington Heights (Cockpit Theatre/ Camden Fringe Festival), and Hilda and the Northern Powerhouse (Grimsby Minster).

Itoya Osagied’s theatre work includes Notes on Grief (MIF), Tears are a Luxury, Belong (Royal Court Theatre), The Hunt (Almeida Theatre), Twelfth Night (Gods and Monsters), Palm Wine and Stout (Eastern Angles Theatre), Blue/Orange (Contexture Theatre), and Teach Me (Soho Theatre). For television, his credits include War on Drugs, Beowulf, American Odyssey, and Spotless; and for film, Second Coming, Farming, Okora and Dark Lights.

George Telfer‘s theatre credits include Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice (Derby Theatre), as well as work at The Mill at Sonning. He has been working for several years with Stephen Berkoff on Corpse in which he plays Sir John Gielgud. For television, his work includes Emmerdale, Sister Boniface; and for film, Innocent Crimes and The Auton Trilogy.

To Kill a Mockingbird is running the All Rise ticket scheme in an exclusive partnership with TodayTix, offering £15 seats for every performance across the run. The initiative provides access at affordable prices to as wide an audience as possible. More than 1,400 tickets will be released each month. In addition to the All Rise initiative, there is an opportunity to purchase £15 tickets via Today Tix daily rush – where a limited number of additional seats will be available on each performance day via the app. The TodayTix app can be downloaded onto iOs or Android devices for free via the app store; or you can access online via TodayTix.com.

Sher and the original Broadway creative team – Miriam Buether (Set), Ann Roth (Costume), Jennifer Tipton (Lighting), Scott Lehrer (Sound), Adam Guettel (Original Score), Kimberly Grigsby (Music Supervision) and Campbell Young Associates (Hair & Wigs) – are joined by Serena Hill as Casting Director, Hazel Holder as Voice & Dialect Coach, Titas Halder as Associate Director, Candida Caldicot as Musical Director, Tavia Rivée Jefferson as Cultural Coordinator and Rasheka Christie-Carter as Assistant Director.

DATES AND VENUE CONFIRMED FOR LIZ KINGSMAN’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, SMASH-HIT

ONE WOMAN SHOW

★★★★★

“Do everything legal you can to get a ticket” Evening Standard

Wessex Grove, Ambassador Theatre Group Productions and Bad Robot Live today announce dates for the West End transfer of Liz Kingsman’s critically acclaimed, smash-hit One Woman Show. The production will open at the Ambassadors Theatre on 19 December, with previews from 14 December, and runs until 21 January 2023. Priority booking opens today, with public booking opening tomorrow, 11 October – tickets are from £15.

WESSEX GROVE, AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP PRODUCTIONS AND BAD ROBOT LIVE PRESENT

ONE WOMAN SHOW

Written and performed by Liz Kingsman

Director Adam Brace; Designer Chloe Lamford; Lighting Designer Daniel Carter-Brennan;

Sound Designer Max Perryment;Choreographer Joshua Lay

★★★★★

“A gloriously stupid, ‘Airplane’-esque daft romp… Fight for a ticket” Telegraph

Following sensational critical acclaim One Woman Show played sold out runs at Soho Theatre London and Traverse Theatre Edinburgh and was called “the single hottest ticket in the capital right now” (Time Out).

Liz Kingsman’s Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated show within a show is “an uproarious spoof” (Telegraph) of the genre it borrows its title from, and was listed as The Guardian’s Number 1 Comedy Event of 2021.

A bold, irreverent, raw, moving and triumphant celebration of adjectives, this blurb will nail down nothing. This is a show so unflinching you’ll be begging for a flinch.

Trigger warning: contains blinding ambition.

Liz Kingsman is an actor and writer, and creator of the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated One Woman Show. She can currently be seen in the second season of critically acclaimed French political satire Parlement on France 2, and Down From London, streaming on Topic (US), which she co-created and wrote with Sharon Horgan’s Merman Productions based on an award-winning short film. Previous acting credits include BAFTA-nominated ITV2 sitcom Timewasters, Borderline on Netflix, and topical Channel 4 comedies Ballot Monkeys and Power Monkeys. She is this year’s winner of the Times Breakthrough Award at the Sky Arts South Bank Awards, and was named in The Evening Standard and The Observer’s Faces to Watch in 2022.

Adam Brace directs. He is Associate Director at Soho Theatre, London where he works across Comedy, Theatre and Performance Art, in roles spanning dramaturg, director and writer. He has developed a varied range of work including 9 Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated shows, 2 Herald Angel Award-winners, 3 Fringe First Winners, 2 nominees for the Melbourne Barry Award, and 2 Southbank Sky Arts Awards. Directing credits include all of Alex Edelman’s shows, most recently Just For Us (Drama Desk Nominee 2022 – extended six times Off-Broadway, transferring to London in January); Age is a Feeling by Haley McGee (Fringe First 2022, returning to Soho Theatre in Feb 2023); all of Sh!t Theatre’s multi-award-winning international shows. Previously he was a playwright and was produced by Almeida Theatre, the National Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse; his plays are published by Faber and Faber. 

One Woman Show was originally produced at the Soho Theatre and Traverse Theatre by Country Mile Productions.

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ONE WOMAN SHOW

LISTINGS

Ambassadors Theatre

West Street, London WC2H 9ND

www.atgtickets.com

Box Office: 0844 871 7615

14 December 2022 – 21 January 2023

Tickets from £15

FULL PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

Wednesday 14 December 2022                8pm

Thursday 15 December 2022                     6pm      8.30pm

Friday 16 December 2022                          8pm

Saturday 17 December 2022                     6pm      8.30pm

Monday 19 December 2022                      7pm

Tuesday 20 December 2022                      8pm

Wednesday 21 December 2022                6pm      8.30pm

Thursday 22 December 2022                     8pm

Friday 23 December 2022                          6pm      8.30pm

Saturday 24 December 2022                     5pm     

Tuesday 27 December 2022                      6pm      8.30pm

Wednesday 28 December 2022                6pm      8.30pm

Thursday 29 December 2022                     8pm

Friday 30 December 2022                          6pm      8.30pm

Saturday 31 December 2022                     5pm     

Tuesday 3 January 2023                             8pm

Wednesday 4 January 2023                       8pm

Thursday 5 January 2023                            7pm      9.15pm

Friday 6 January 2023                                 7pm     

Saturday 7 January 2023                            6pm      8.30pm

Monday 9 January 2023                             8pm

Tuesday 10 January 2023                           7pm      9.15pm

Wednesday 11 January 2023                     7pm     

Thursday 12 January 2023                         8pm

Friday 13 January 2023                               7pm      9.15pm

Saturday 14 January 2023                          6pm      8.30pm

Monday 16 January 2023                           8pm

Tuesday 17 January 2023                           7pm      9.15pm

Wednesday 18 January 2023                     7pm     

Thursday 19 January 2023                         8pm

Friday 20 January 2023                               7pm      9.15pm

Saturday 21 January 2023                          6pm      8.30pm

REBECCA LOCK

COMPLETES THE CAST OF

ELF THE MUSICAL AT

LONDON’S DOMINION THEATRE

FOR A STRICTLY LIMITED 8-WEEK SEASON

FROM 14 NOVEMBER 2022

Renowned theatre actress Rebecca Lock will play Emily Hobbs in ELF, the smash hit musical which returns to London in a new production at the Dominion Theatre for a strictly limited 8-week season. Rehearsals for ELF begin today in anticipation of previews from 14 November and an official opening on 24 November 2022, with the season finishing on 7 January 2023.

Rebecca Lock’s credits include Rosalie Mullins in School of Rock (UK tour), Carmen in Curtains (UK tour and Wyndhams Theatre), Ms Fleming/Veronica’s Mom in Heathers (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Rosie in Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre), Carlotta Giudicelli in The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut in Avenue Q (Noel Coward Theatre) and Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre).

She joins the previously announced Simon Lipkin as Buddy, Georgina Castle as Jovie, Tom Chambers as Walter Hobbs, Kim Ismay as Debs, Nicholas Pound as Santa and Dermot Canavan as Store Manager.

Also in the cast are Evonnee Bentley-Holder, Kyle Cox, Jade Davies, Bethan Downing, Francis Foreman, Morgan Gregory, Ryan Jupp, Ellis Linford-Pill, Shane O’Riordan, Theo Reece, Chloe Saunders, Heather Scott-Martin, Jessica Spalis, Michael Tyler, Katie Warsop and Natalie Woods.

Dexter Barry, Logan Clark, Alfie Morwood and Frankie Treadaway will alternate the role of Michael.

Based on the beloved 2003 New Line Cinema hit starring Will Ferrell, ELF features a book by Tony Award winners Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray) and Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone), with songs by Tony Award nominees Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin (The Wedding Singer).

The new production will be directed by Philip Wm. McKinley, with original set and costume design by Tim Goodchild, choreography by Liam Steel, lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe, sound by Gareth Owen, video design by Ian William Galloway, music direction by Alan Williams and wig and hair design by Richard Mawbey.  Casting is by Grindrod Burton Casting.

ELF is the funny and charming tale of Buddy, who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts as a baby and is transported back to the North Pole and raised as an elf! Unaware that he is actually human, Buddy’s enormous size and poor toy-making abilities finally cause him to face the truth and realise he’ll never belong in the North Pole. With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York to find his birth father, discover his true identity and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.

ELF the Musical is produced by Temple Live Entertainment.

Website: elflondon.com

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Facebook: @elfmusicalLDN

Twitter: @elfmusicalLDN

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LISTINGS INFORMATION

ELF the Musical

14 November 2022 to 7 January 2023

Dominion Theatre

268-269 Tottenham Court Road

London W1T 7AQ

Box Office:  0345 200 7982

Performances: Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm, Thursday & Saturday at 2.30pm

Running Time:  2 hours 25 minutes (including interval)