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BRITISH PANTOMIME ACADEMY TO TAKE PANTO INTO SCHOOLS

With trips to theatres hanging in the balance for many for this years panto season the British Pantomime Academy is working hard to take the show on the road and, providing lockdown restrictions allow, will be bringing some COVID safe Christmas magic to youngsters in schools across the UK.

The British Pantomime Academy who were created in 2019 to offer students of all ages workshop and learning opportunities with leading pantomime stars and creatives, will bring to life the two of the most loved Christmas tales of all, Cinderella and Aladdin, in hour long performances to schools across the UK.  The pantomimes which will feature four professional performers will contain all of your favourite traditional panto ingredients, with lots of magic, sparkle and adventure and even a surprise cameo from a school teacher! 

The Pantomimes have been written for a 2020 audience and have taken into consideration some of the challenges children have had to face this year.

Kev Orkian Founder of The BPA tells us “We are passionate about pantomime and have been working hard as a team to see what we can do to keep this magical tradition alive this year.  2020 has been a difficult year for everyone, not least the children who have had their lives and routines disrupted and a lot of simple pleasures taken away in the blink of an eye.  We know what a rewarding, fun and engaging experience pantomime provides for children and want to continue to make this experience possible and bring them some happiness for Christmas , keeping the spirit of pantomime alive in schools across the UK. ”

The British Pantomime Academy is planning to visit schools in December following the proposed lift on lockdown restrictions on 02 December but aims to be flexible and has built in contingency plans to reschedule any bookings into the New Year should they need to.

Kev continues “ Although we are still forging ahead for Christmas we have made a commitment to any school that we visit that, should restrictions stop our visit, will we come back at no extra cost in 2021.  Be it a New Years panto, an Easter panto or whenever! We will bring fun and laughter to school children of all ages”

You can find out more about the British Pantomime academy schools pantos at www.britishpantomimeacademy.com

TAMZIN OUTHWAITE REPLACES JANIE DEE IN

THE HAUNTING OF ALICE BOWLES

A NEW ADAPTATION BY PHILIP FRANKS

OF THE M.R. JAMES SHORT STORY THE EXPERIMENT

A NEW COMMISSION BY ORIGINAL THEATRE COMPANY

ONLINE STREAMING FROM 7.30PM ON 17 DECEMBER 2020

Janie Dee has had to withdraw from the production of The Haunting of Alice Bowles for personal reasons, but the producers, Original Theatre Company, are delighted to be able to announce that Tamzin Outhwaite will now be playing the titular character in this new supernatural thriller by Philip Franks, adapted for the first time from the M.R. James chilling short ghost story, The Experiment.

Original Theatre Company has already produced the critically acclaimed lockdown productions of Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong Online, Louise Coulthard’s Watching Rosie and the new commission by Torben Betts, Apollo 13: The Dark Side of The Moon. The Haunting of Alice Bowles is the company’s fourth original online production since theatres were closed by the Government in March this year.  It will be available to watch via originaltheatreonline.com from 7.30pm on 17 December 2020 until 28 February 2021. 

In 1918, the recently widowed Alice Bowles is left destitute as she seeks to solve a mystery left by her late husband Francis.  Moving to 2020, YouTube urban explorers Matt and Caitlin uncover a mysterious grave in an abandoned churchyard.  What starts as harmless entertainment soon turns darker when their discovery begins to unwrap a mystery which has lain dormant for over a century.  

Philip Franks said:

“I’ve loved M. R. James ever since I was terrified by ‘Whistle and I’ll Come To You’ on the BBC in 1968.  A series of brilliantly subtle and scary adaptations of his ghost stories were a highlight of Christmas viewing for many years.  Now it’s my turn.  I’ve taken a very short story of his – as far as I know never dramatised before – and given it a modern twist for our troubled times.  I hope audiences find it pleasurably terrifying.” 

Tamzin Outhwaite, who will star as Alice, is probably best known for her regular TV roles in EastEnders, New Tricks, Hotel Babylon and Red Cap.  Her theatre credits include Stepping Out (Theatre Royal Bath &Tour), How The Other Half Loves (West End), Di & Viv & Rose (West End & Hampstead), Sweet Charity (Menier Chocolate Factory & West End), Boeing Boeing (West End), Breathing Corpses (Royal Court), Oliver! (West End), Grease (West End), Carousel (National Theatre) and Radio Times (West End).

The Haunting of Alice Bowles also stars Max Bowden (EastEnders, Waterloo Road, Birdsong) as Matt, Stephen Boxer (The Crown, Humans, Garrow’s Law, countless productions for the RSC and National Theatre) as Dr Hall, Jack Archer (Monogamy, Quaint Honour, Nivelli’s War) as Joseph, Alexandra Guelff (Witness for the Prosecution, The Habit of Art) as Caitlin, Robert Mountford (Holby City, North Square, The Habit of Art) as the Lawyer, Poppy Roe (A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life, Royal Matchmaker) as Mrs Ivey and Tim Treloar (Birdsong, King Lear) as the Boatman.

Alastair Whatley, Artistic Director of Original Theatre Company, said:

“It’s a real pleasure to be announcing our fourth major project for Original Theatre Online.  Philip Franks’s brand new adaptation provides a new twist on a classic ghost story in time for Christmas.  The Haunting of Alice Bowles continues our work innovating a new form of creating and sharing work online, a cine-theatrical event for dark December nights.”

The Haunting of Alice Bowles will be co-directed by Philip Franks and Alastair Whatley, designed by Adrian Linford and edited by Tristan Shepherd, with sound design and original music composed by Max Pappenheim.

The online production of The Haunting of Alice Bowles is produced by Original Theatre Company.

@OriginalTheatre #HauntingAlice

LISTINGS INFORMATION

THE HAUNTING OF ALICE BOWLES

By Philip Franks

Dates: 17 December 2020 – 28 February 2021

Running Time: approximately 45 minutes

Age guidance: 15+

Book: originaltheatreonline.com

Tickets:

·        Early bird (booked by 30 November) – £12.50

·        Standard – £15

·        Supporter Package (booked by 30 November) – £50 (includes supporter credit on the final film and digital programme)

·        Premium Package (booked by 31 October) – £100 (includes signed script by cast/creative member of your choice, supporter credit on the film, digital programme) 

ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE ANNOUNCES

PHOENIX BY MIKE BARTLETTAS PART OF SIGNAL FIRESNew Mike Bartlett audio-drama read by Bertie Carvel in rapid response to the present moment, marking the beginning of a new lockdown.

ETT (English Touring Theatre) today announces Phoenix, an audio drama written by Mike Bartlett and read by Bertie Carvel, Olivier Award winners, who previously collaborated on the BBC’s Doctor Foster. The production is part of Signal Fires, a project conceived by ETT and Headlong to bring together over forty of the UK’s leading touring companies to tour an idea at a time when traditional touring isn’t possible. Phoenix is released on Thursday 5 November on ETT’s website and social media channels ahead of a release on iTunes and Spotify.

Released on Bonfire Night, Phoenix is a story about fire, destruction, and rebirth; about the impact an individual’s choice can have on the national psyche; about the breakdown of collective trust. This is a story of someone in power who breaks the rules. 

A searing exploration of Britain’s relationship to its government, Phoenix is a beautifully written, sharply comic and darkly provocative piece that interrogates the tension between our collective responsibility and individual desires. 

Richard Twyman, Artistic Director and Sophie Scull, Executive Producer of ETT, said today, “As we head into a second lockdown, we’re delighted to be able to offer this short story by Mike Bartlett that looks at how the trust of the first was broken. We were originally due to produce a live storytelling event for an audience gathered around a fire, as part of Signal Fires. But as we’re unable to gather in person, Mike wrote a new piece, set by a fire, for audiences to enjoy at home. Performed by the extraordinary Bertie Carvel we hope audiences can sit back, light a candle or a fire and listen to this offering for Bonfire Night and the dark evenings ahead.”

The audio drama has sound design by Ben and Max Ringham.

Mike Bartlett is a multi-award-winning stage and screen writer. He has won three Olivier Awards for his plays Cock (Royal Court Theatre – Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre), King Charles III (Almeida Theatre/Wyndham’s Theatre – Best New Play; also winner of Critics’ Circle Award for Best New Play), Bull (Young Vic – Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre). He also won the UK Theatre Award for Best New Play for Love, Love, Love, which transferred to the Royal Court Theatre. Other plays include Snowflake (Kiln Theatre), Albion, Game (Almeida Theatre), Wild (Hampstead Theatre), 13, Earthquakes In London (National Theatre) and many others. He has previously been Writer-in-Residence at the Royal Court Theatre, National Theatre and Paines Plough. His television work has also won national acclaim, including hit BBC One series Doctor Foster, which won BAFTA, National Television, Royal Television Society and Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. Other TV credits include Press (BBC), Trauma, The Town (ITV – BAFTA nominated) and the TV adaptation of King Charles III and Albion (BBC).

Bertie Carvel’s theatre credits include Ink (Almeida Theatre/Duke of York’s Theatre/Samuel J. Friedman Theater – Winner of the Best Featured Actor in a Play Tony Award), The Hairy Ape (The Old Vic), Bakkhai, Rope (Almeida Theatre), Damned by Despair, The Man of Mode, The Life of Galileo, Coram Boy (National Theatre), Matilda the Musical (RSC/Cambridge Theatre/ Shubert Theatre – Winner of the Best Actor in a Musical Olivier Award), The Pride (Royal Court Theatre), The Circle (Chichester Festival Theatre/UK tour) and Parade (Donmar Warehouse). His television credits include The Sister, The Pale Horse, Baghdad Central, Doctor Foster, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and Babylon; and for film, Macbeth and Les Misérables.

Ben and Max Ringham’s previous theatre credits for Sound Design include Blindness, Teenage Dick, Berberian Sound Studio, Cyrano de Bergerac, Pinter at the Pinter, Betrayal (West End), The Seven Ages of Patience, Pass Over (Kiln Theatre), Ugly Lies the Bone (National Theatre), Pygmalion, Dial M for Murder (UK tour), Party Skills (Shoreditch Town Hall), The Meeting (Chichester Festival Theatre), Machinal (Almeida Theatre), Love and Information (Sheffield Theatres), and Gloria (Hampstead Theatre).

Maybe We Should All Be Less Afraid of the Dark,an open-air fireside storytelling event written and performed by Alissa Anne Jeun Yi, was due to run at Betteshanger Park, Deal on Saturday 7 November as part of Signal Fires 2020. Due to national Coronavirus lockdown measures, the performance has been cancelled and will be rescheduled as soon as possible.

STEPHEN FRY & JAMES NORTON

TO RE-OPEN THE WEST END POST-LOCKDOWN

PALACE THEATRE LONDON

7^TH – 8^TH DECEMBER 2020

Produced by the Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield in association with Guy Chapman:

THE UNDERSTUDY

By Henry Filloux-Bennett, based on the best-selling novel by David Nicholls

    

STARRING

Stephen Fry, James Norton, Mina Anwar, Natalie Casey, Sasha Frost, Marie Lawrence, James McNicholas, Lizzie Muncey & more

A cast of 14, including Stephen Fry and James Norton, will celebrate the re-opening of the West End in an exclusive semi-staged rehearsed readingof The Understudy which was presented as an animated online play in May to raise funds for the theatre industry. The play will once again be raising much needed funds for the UK’s theatre industry, and proceeds from the play will be split between Acting For Others, the Equity Charitable Trust and The Theatre Development Trust, run by the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre.

For two nights only at London’s Palace Theatre, this is a perfect pre-Christmas treat for theatre lovers.

The stellar line-up of actors currently confirmed to perform in The Understudy includes Stephen Fry, James Norton, Mina Anwar, Natalie Casey and many more. Having previously recorded their lines in isolation, this will be the first time the actors will be performing together in the flesh as they swap their makeshift recording studios at home for the real life stage, which has been prohibited since March. Directed by Giles Croft, this is a stage adaptation written by Henry Filloux-Bennett and will be accompanied by Dusthouse’s wonderful animation from the play’s online adaptation.

Based on the novel by the best-selling author David Nicholls, The Understudy tells the story of an underdog – a failed husband, a failing father, a failing actor, and the impossible choice he’s going to have to make between stealing the show and stealing another man’s wife.

Giles Croft, Director of The Understudy, comments: “Over the past seven months I have watched as theatres, theatre companies and artists have struggled to manage the impact of COVID-19. I have been impressed by their resilience and ingenuity and saddened by the heartache and the loss. Having been through the ‘Zoom revolution’ we are now entering, tentatively, the era of the socially distanced audience and bubbled actors, which I have no doubt will lead to great creativity and inventiveness, but things will not be the same as they were. Success will depend as much on creating confidence that theatres (permanent or pop up) are safe places to spend time, as much as on the work produced. Having experienced my first visit to a socially-distanced show last week, I am confident that it will happen and very excited that this excellent project, born out of lockdown, is going to play a part in bringing live theatre back to UK stages.”

Nimax Chief Executive Nica Burns, comments: “There couldn’t be a better way of reopening the Palace Theatre following our second national lockdown:  Stephen Fry leading a fantastic cast in two charity performances of THE UNDERSTUDY.   The theatre community continues to stand together using their talents entertaining eager audiences in support of our performers and freelancers.  Standing centrestage is the Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield which continues like many regional theatres, to be at the heart of its local community while providing them with wonderful entertainment.”

Praising the play’s digital premier in May, Dominic Cavendish at The Telegraph writes: “Stephen Fry steals the show in this witty, star-studded online comedy… Cometh the hour of our theatres’ closure, cometh the cohort of acting talent helping to give the story the kind of playful boost it deserves.”

Additionally, The Stage’s Fergus Morgan comments: “It is a story that wittily steps between two very different acting worlds – the red velvet and rooftop parties of the West End, and the crappy agents’ offices and converted garages that sit somewhere south of success.”

Synopsis

Actor Stephen McQueen has just landed a dream West End role. Well, that’s not quite true – he’s going to be is understudying film star (and 12^th Sexiest Man in the World) Josh Harper in the brand-new show ‘Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know’, but still…Whilst he’s waiting for his time to shine, he reflects on his career – one that has spanned everything from (non-speaking) Rent Boy 3 in ‘The Bill’ to his recent starring role as Sammy in the (low-budget) regional tour of ‘Sammy The Squirrel’s Seriously Silly Safari’.

With this new job Stephen’s stage career may be destined for the dizzying heights, but not everything is going quite as well. Stephen’s wife left him two years ago, wondering if he’d ever grow up; his daughter wonders when he’ll get an actual job; worst of all, he’s starting to fall for the leading man’s wife.

The Understudy was originally commissioned by The Lowry, Salford.

THURSFORD’S ENCHANTED JOURNEY OF LIGHT TO OPEN ON 3 DECEMBER 2020

Following recent government implementation of further lockdown measures impacting leisure, entertainment and hospitality venues throughout the month of November, Thursford’s Enchanted Journey of Light will now open to the public on 3 December. Customers who had purchased tickets for dates between 19 November and 2 December will have already been issued refunds which should reach their accounts within the next 5 working days. Customers are encouraged to rebook for another day.

For over 40 years, the tiny Norfolk village of Thursford has been the go-to destination for the magic of Christmas and 2020 will be no exception. A truly festive family treat, Thursford’s Enchanted Journey of Light will include an all-new indoor Wonderland Trail: a maze of steam engines, fairy-tale characters and an immersive experience of light and sound including one of the UK’s biggest kinetic light displays. The trail will lead through to a 4-acre Lantern Light Extravaganza: a beautiful, breath-taking outdoor installation of luminous sculptures, from a fantasy forest of jungle animals to the wilds of the North Pole.

The award-winning Thursford Christmas Spectacular, which is due to return in 2021, has entertained more than 6 million visitors of all ages from across the globe, becoming one of Europe’s biggest seasonal shows.

Tickets for Thursford’s Enchanted Journey of Light are £15 each (free for under 3 years), with time slots allocated from 3pm daily via the Thursford Box Office www.thursford.com or 01328 878477.

NEW NATIONAL RESTRICTIONS FORCE

SPINE-CHILLING GHOST STORY

WHEN DARKNESS FALLS

TO BE POSTPONED

Following the Government’s announcement on 31 October 2020 of new national restrictions from 5 November 2020, the new spine-chilling ghost story, WHEN DARKNESS FALLS, which was due to play a limited season from 25 November to 12 December 2020 at The Union Theatre in London, will now be postponed.  The Box Office will be in touch with ticket holders as soon as possible.

WHEN DARKNESS FALLS is written by James Milton and Paul Morrissey. The production at the Union Theatre was to be directed by Paul Morrissey, with Will Barton playing John Blondel and Alex Phelps The Speaker. 

The producers added, “We were so excited to be going back into rehearsals this week for what we know is going to be a truly terrific production. However the safety of the audience, cast and crew are of paramount importance. It’s a huge blow, but we will be back as soon as we possibly can.”

WHEN DARKNESS FALLS was to be produced at the Union Theatre by Paul Morrissey Ltd, Christopher Wheeler and Molly Morris.

Website: whendarknessfalls.co.uk

LISTINGS INFORMATION

Union Theatre

229 Union Street

London SE1 0LR

Box Office:  020 7261 9876

Website: uniontheatre.biz

Twitter & Facebook: @TheUnionTheatre

Instagram: @theuniontheatre

Further to the government’s announcement of enhanced national restrictions, The Cockpit and Hairy Bear Productions can now announce that performances of A PERFECT CHRISTMAS will begin on Monday 7 December and run until Thursday 24 December.

Children’s show CHRISTMAS IS RUINED will start performances on Sunday 6 December (with three shows on that day). There are plans to livestream performances in December, and eventually offer a recorded version for sale – details to be announced.

For further details and to book, please go to thecockpit.org.uk

Windsor Royal Theatre – until Saturday 7 November

Reviewed by Carly Burlinge

4****

Lloyd George Knew My Father by William Douglas-Home is the story of Lady Shelia Boothroyd (Liza Goddard) when she finds out that the authorities are planning to put a bypass through her estate, this makes her very unhappy indeed. She loves her house and loves to tell the history of her estate. To anyone that will listen. When this sad news comes she announces to her family that if the bulldozers start on their scandalous work she is going to kill herself. Which causes quite the commotion within the household! Her Husband General Sir William Boothroyd (Tom Conti) who likes to reminisce and tell a story or two, is a little forgetful and dithery as well as a little eccentric, short of hearing, loves a laugh and thinks that his wife is not all there and totally bonkers. Tells everyone that she hasn’t listened in years so why will she listen now? Tom Conti and Liza Goddard both play their  part brilliantly well and had the audience in laughter on many occasions.

Their son Hubert Boothroyd (Robert Duncan) who happens to be a typical MP and is under pressure from his mother Lady Shelia Boothroyd (Liza Goddard) to try and make the Minister of Transport see sense and feels that he should resign to make a point! He gets very frustrated when he is unable to help her in the matter and stop the bulldozer from destroying some of their land.

As all the family try to offer their support they call on Rev Trevor Simmonds (Martin Carroll) to see if he can talk her out of her outrageous idea! Will she go ahead with it or not?

This show had lots to offer, with great acting, many laughs from the audience and was generally a delight to watch definitely a show to see.

Sounds affects which were executed by Martin Carroll were marvellous from the crunching of toast to the clinking of glasses, opening of curtains, rustling of the papers, giving the show a sense of depth and reality very well done indeed.

Streaming 3 – 8 November

Reviewed by Claire Roderick

3***

This rehearsed reading of Steven Carl McCasland’s imaginary meeting of some extraordinary women has a stellar cast, but even they cannot spark life into this verbose play.

Inspired by the literary feud between Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy – who questioned Hellman’s claims in Pentimento that she had worked with the activist and close friend Julia to save Jews during WWII, insisting that she had stolen the story of Muriel Gardiner – McCasland engineers an accidental meeting between Hellman and Gardiner at one of Gertrude Stein’s salons.

Stein (Linda Bassett) and her partner Alice Toklas (Catherine Russell) give Muriel (Sarah Solemani) money to arrange 3 fake passports and safe passage for Jews to escape from the Nazis. A mix up means that Muriel arrives on the same evening as the couple and their maid Bernadette (Natasha Karp) are expecting literary guests – Hellman (Juliet Stevenson), Dorothy Parker (Debbie Chazen) and Agatha Christie (Sophie Thompson). Muriel decides to stay to meet the writers, and a night of drinking, insults, soul-searching and confessions begins.

The performances are faultless, with Bassett and Stevenson exchanging barbs with arrogance, charm and increasing vulnerability, and Solemani nailing the drive and passion of a revolutionary. Thompson is sharp and unrelenting inquisitive as Christie and Chazen nails Parker’s arch comebacks. The heart of the play is Russell’s loving and steadying Toklas and Karp’s mysterious Bernadette, traumatised after a horrific encounter with Nazis.

The themes of the play are still frighteningly relevant, with the women talking about attitudes towards lesbians, abortions, anti-Semitism, Holocaust denial and personal accountability, but the structure of the play is just too much like a talking therapy session between Stein and Hellman proving how clever and talented they are to each other, every character gets a big emotional speech that acts to break down the barriers between the women – and their consciences- and the pragmatic and initially selfish Hellman gets to become a hero. And Parker is perhaps the least snarky of the women! The round robin of confessions acts to lessen the impact of stories that would otherwise be much more affecting, and it’s only Parker and Bernadette who really have any lasting impact in that respect. It’s as if the writer was unwilling to discard any research or idea and the result is an overegged pudding. The actors are recorded separately and are presented like a wartime Zoom meeting by director Hannah Chissick, but this isolation probably doesn’t impact too much on the production, as the script is definitely one where characters speak at, rather than connect with each other.

A worthy but over wordy play that is worth a look for the impressive performances, and is raising funds for Women For Refugee Women

RIVERSIDE STUDIOS ANNOUNCES FAMILY PRODUCTION OF

DEAR SANTA LIVE

Riverside Studios today announces the first production of their 2020 Christmas season, scheduled to begin following the November lockdown. Norwell Lapley Productions’ stage adaptation of Rod Campbell’s family-favourite and much-loved picture book, Dear Santa Live, directed by Tim Wallers runs from 2 December until 24 December. The season, to be announced very soon, will include a dazzling array of live cabaret, comedy, music and theatre that will run throughout December.

Interim Creative Director, Rachel Tackley today said “We know that the month ahead is going to be a hard one for many and so we wanted the news of our programme to be a light at the end of the tunnel for those who have been craving the return of live performance. We are sure that Dear Santa Live will provide pure joy, escapism and entertainment. Join us, relax and be merry – we can’t wait to have you back in the building.”

Norwell Lapley Productions present

Rod Campbells’

DEAR SANTA LIVE

Adapted for the stage by Michael Gattrell and Rod Campbell

Directed by Tim Wallers

At Riverside Studios

2– 24 December 2020

Santa is determined to deliver the most fantastic Christmas present to Sarah, but he doesn’t get it right straight away! With the help of his cheeky Elf, he finally settles on something ‘perfect’, just in time for Christmas Eve.

From the author of the well-loved children’s book Dear Zoo, Rod Campbell, comes Dear Santa and it’s LIVE!

Dear Santa Live is recommended for audiences between 2 and 6 years old.

Tony Lankester, Interim Executive Director,commenting on the announcement said: “Dear Santa Live is a great way to welcome audiences back to Riverside – and we’re working hard to make sure that our audiences are kept safe and comfortable once we re-open after lockdown.”

Social distancing measures will be in operation at Riverside Studios, with audiences being seated in households. All patrons, unless they have a known medical condition, will be required to wear a face covering at the venue. In case of cancellation, Riverside Studios will offer tickets holders a full refund. For full details on the measures implemented to ensure audience safety and wellbeing, please visit: www.riversidestudios.com

Rod Campbell is a Scottish writer and illustrator of children’s books. Best known for his classic lift-the-flap title Dear Zoo, which has sold over 2 million copies worldwide, he is also the creator of the much-loved preschool character Buster. His credits include ABC Zoo, Oh Dear!, It’s Mine!, I’m Hungry!, I Won’t Bite!, Baby’s Busy Book, My Presents, Noisy Farm, Farm Babies, Here’s Buster, But Where’s Teddy and Buster Gets Dressed.

This is Tim Wallers’ directorial debut. Hisstagecredits as an actor includes The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson, Dead Sheep (Park Theatre/UK tour), An Ideal Husband (Vaudeville Theatre), Travesties (Menier Chocolate Factory), Yes Prime Minister, Lady Windermere’s Fan, The School For Scandal (Chichester Festival Theatre), A Right Royal Farce (King’s Head Theatre), The Cabinet Minister (Albery Theatre) and for TV his credits include as series regular Prince Andrew in The Windsors.

RIVERSIDE STUDIOS LISTINGS

Riverside Studios, 101 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9BN

DEAR SANTA LIVE

Adapted for the stage by Michael Gattrell and Rod Campbell

Directed by Tim Wallers

2 December – 24 December at 11am

5,6,12,13, 17 – 24 December at 11am and 1pm

Box Office: 020 8237 1010 / www.riversidestudios.co.uk

Opening Hours:

Box Office                            Monday – Sunday, 10am – 10pm

The Bakery                          Monday – Saturday, 9am – 4pm

Bar and Kitchen                Monday – Sunday, 10am – 9pm