Salisbury Playhouse – until 11th November 2023

Reviewed by Alexandra Browning

4****

We are quickly transported away to the life of Rachel Watson (played by Joanna Van Kampen). R. Watson is immediately the focal character with all her baggage on display for all to see, and it is clear Rachel has a lot. Joanna flawlessly fulfilled the role of Rachel in a scarily believable way, she perfectly matched the emotions of the character pace for pace.

The scenes on the train are perfectly set, using cast members to be other passengers and always having a focus on the relevant characters. They provide the perfect bridge into the next element of the thriller and add time tension to the show with a good use of gripping music.

Kampen’s role of Watson pairs very well with Emer McDaid’s role of Megan Hipwell or Jess.

Watson and McDaid’s lives are intertwined without even knowing it, they share a story that plays them off to be less than their worth and at the end of the thriller they resolve each other’s problems in the most dramatic ways.

The final stand-out performance of the show is Jason Merrells as D.I. Gaskill. He adds some comedic relief to the show when it starts to get a little low. He allows the audience to refocus on the thriller adding in details that make you question every character in the performance. He has a good heart and believes the best in everyone until the end of the seat gripper when he consoles the remaining characters on stage.

The show is high-octane at every step, you follow the lives of the characters gripped to find out the end of the story.

PURE EXPRESSION EXTENDS THE RUN OF 

IMMERSIVE 1984 TO DECEMBER 17 

DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND

Due to popular demand Pure Expression today announce that 1984 at Hackney Town Hall will extend the run until the 17 December 

The immersive theatrical version of George Orwell’s 1984 created by Adam Taub running at the Hackney Town Hall, is directed by Jem Wall and Richard Hahlo, the co-artistic directors of Hydrocracker and stars Jude Akuwudike (O’Brien), Kit Reeve (Julia) and Declan Rodgers (Winston). 

Adam Taub, the creator of Pure Expression said: “The audience reaction has been brilliant so far and to give more people the opportunity to see this outstanding cast and creative team bring to life the world of 1984 in this stunning Art Deco building is a huge pleasure for us.” 

The book, celebrating its 74^th year in publication, is the first live theatre production in Hackney Town Hall, and has been adapted by Adam Taub whose production company Pure Expression specialises in creating immersive shows in unique non-theatrical buildings like libraries, museums and civic spaces in the UK and USA. 

Pure Expression Theatre presents 

1984 

Written by George Orwell 

In a version by Adam Taub 

Cast: Declan Rodgers (Winston), Kit Reeve (Julia), Jude Akuwudlike (O’Brien) 

Co-Directors: Jem Wall and Richard Hahlo; Sound Designer: Thor Aswarm Set Designer: Dr Jeroen Van Dooren; Lighting Designer: Jonathan Simpson 

19 October – 17 December 2023  

It is the age of total surveillance. 

Everything you say or do is scrutinised and recorded. Even your innermost thoughts are probed. You cannot be too careful. 

In an era when we are tracked, monitored, and influenced, Orwell’s dystopian vision has never been closer to reality. 

In the magnificent setting of Hackney Town Hall (Grade II Listed, RIBA Award Winner 2018) experience the intensity of George Orwell’s gripping story.   

Welcome to the Ministry of Truth.  

Declan Rogers plays Winston. His theatre credits include Yes So I Said Yes, On McQuillan’s Hill (Finborough Theatre), The Birthday Party (UK and Ireland tour), Can’t Forget About You (Tron Theatre, Lyric Theatre), I’m With the Band (Traverse Theatre, UK tour), Carousel (Bush Theatre), Service (Theatre503), Hope Dies Last (Arcola Theatre), A Clockwork Orange (Rawlife Theatre), and Antigone (Lyric Theatre). His television credits include St. Mungo’s, Silent Witness, The Deceived, Six Degrees, Patrick Melrose, Good Boy, Ashes to Ashes, Cracking Crime, Primetime, and Mountbatten; and for film The Quarry, Shooting for Socrates, The Minnitts of Anabeg, You Looking at Me, Silent Valleys and Getting Lighter. 

Jude Akuwudlike plays O’Brien.His theatre credits include The Dumbwaiter and A Slight Ache (Greenwich Theatre), House of Ife (Bush Theatre), Henry V (Donmar Warehouse), Three Sisters, The Overwhelming, Edmond, The Machine Wreckers, Richard II, Ion (National Theatre), Young Hamlet (Young Vic), The Two Noble Kinsmen, Pericles (Shakespeare’s Globe), The Lower Depths (Arcola Theatre), The Royale (The Tabernacle/Bush Theatre), Workshop Negative (Gate Theatre), The Crucible, Master Harold and the Boys (Bristol Old Vic), Othello (US and UK tour), Ignorance (Hampstead Theatre), Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (National Theatre, UK tour), Marching for Fausa (Royal Court Theatre), Passing Wind (Pulse Festival, New Wolsey Theatre), Great Expectations (English Touring Theatre, Watford Palace Theatre), The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Young Vic, Southbank Centre), Iya-ile (Soho Theatre), Walking Waterfall (Almeida Theatre), The Resistible Rise of Arturo UI (Lyric Hammersmith), God in Ruins (Soho Theatre, RSC), Macbeth, Pericles, The Winter’s Tale, Luminosity (RSC), Brixton Stories (RSC, Tricycle Theatre), Judgement at Nuremberg, A Long Way from Home (Tricycle Theatre Light in the Village (Traverse Theatre),  Wiseguy Scapino (Theatre Clwyd), Death and the King’s Horsemen (Royal Exchange Theatre), The Fatherland (Riverside Studio), The Recruiting Officer, Our Country’s Good (Royal Court Theatre and world tour), and The Park (Sheffield Theatres). His television credits include Culprits, The Crown, Manhunt, Plebs, The A Word, Death in Paradise, Chewing Gum, Friday Night Dinner, Fortitude, Undercover, Cucumber, The Last Detective, Roger Roger, The Mahabharata, Land of Dreams, Madmen and Specialists, Downtown Lagos, Virtual Murder, Bad Girl, Sam’s Duck, Between the Lines, and A Likeness in Stone; and for film, Benediction, The Little Mermaid, Eyimofe, Beasts of No Nation, The Tempest, Touched by a Stranger, Whisper the Way of the Child, Sahara, Lucky Break, and A World Apart.  

Kit Reeve plays Julia. This marks her professional stage debut. Her television credits include Project Z, Medinah; and for film Act of God, The Manor, and Weekend. 

Executive Producer and founder of Pure Expression Adam Taub adapted 1984 for the stage. Previous productions include Frankenstein (UK and US tour), Einstein’s Brain (Grant Museum of Zoology) and The Animated Museum (Jewish Museum in Camden).   

Richard Hahlo and Jem Wall are the Co-Artistic Directors of Hydrocracker Theatre. Their work for the company includes The New World Order (Brighton Festival, Barbican and Shoreditch Town Hall), The Erpingham Camp (Brighton Festival on Brighton Pier), Shakespeare à La Carte (Brighton Festival and BBC Radio 4), Operation Black Antler with Blast Theory (Brighton Festival, Manchester HOME and Southbank Centre) and Who Cares 2032 (Northampton Royal & Derngate).

Listings

1984

Hackney Town Hall  

Mare Street, London E8 1EA 

19 October – 17 December 2023, 7:00pm and 9:00pm 

Running Time: 75 Minutes 

Age: Advised 14+. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. 

FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR

THOMAS OSTERMEIER’S PRODUCTION

OF IBSEN’S AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

David Binder Productions and Wessex Grove today announce the full company for the West End production of Thomas Ostermeier’s bold reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, originally produced at Schaubühne Berlin. Joining the previously announced Matt Smith as Dr Stockmann are Jessica Brown Findlay (Katharina Stockmann), Priyanga Burford (Aslaksen), Zachary Hart (Billing), Paul Hilton (Peter Stockmann), Nigel Lindsay (Morten Kiil), and Shubham Saraf (Hovstad). Making his West End debut, Ostermeier’s production opens at the Duke of York’s Theatre on 20 February 2024, with previews from 6 February, and runs until 6 April.

Thomas Ostermeier said today, “It’s a privilege to be starting rehearsals in the West End for the first time with a cast of this calibre, joining Matt Smith as Thomas Stockmann. I look forward to rediscovering the brilliance of Ibsen’s prescient masterpiece with this incredible group of actors as we build an English language production for London.”

David Binder Productions and Wessex Grove present

AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

by Henrik Ibsen

In a version by Thomas Ostermeier and Florian Borchmeyer

Conceived and directed by: Thomas Ostermeier

Originally produced by Schaubühne Berlin

What is truth without power?

Doubt spreads faster than disease in Ibsen’s thought-provoking play about truth in a society driven by power and money.

When Dr Stockmann makes an unbelievable discovery about the healing waters in his local baths, he holds the future of the town in his hands, but those with everything to lose refuse to accept his word. As the battle goes beyond contaminated water, barriers are broken in this contemporary production as Ostermeier shows us why this perennial classic will be relevant forever.

Making his West End debut, celebrated director Thomas Ostermeier‘s iconoclastic production of An Enemy of the People premieres at the Duke of York’s Theatre for a strictly limited run.

Jessica Brown Findlay plays Katharina Stockmann. Her theatre work includes for the Almeida Theatre, Uncle Vanya, Oresteia (also Trafalgar Studios), and Hamlet. For television, her work includes Flatshare, Life After Life, Brave New World, Harlots (as series regular Charlotte Wells), The Outcast, Jamica Inn, Labyrinth, Black Mirror: 15 Million Merits, Downton Abbey (as series regular Lady Sybil), and Misfits; and for film, The Hanging Sun, Munich: The Edge of War, The Banishing, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Iris Warriors, Monster Family, Steven, The Beautiful Fantastic, Frankenstein, The Riot Club, Winter’s Tale, Lullaby, and Albatross.

Priyanga Burford plays Aslaksen. Her theatre credits include Rapture (Royal Court Theatre), The Winter’s Tale, Eyam (Shakespeare’s Globe), and Consent (National Theatre). Her television work includes Innocent, Industry, Avenue 5, This Time with Alan Partridge, Press, W1A, and King Charles III; and for film, No Time To Die.

Zachary Hart plays Billing. His theatre credits include Julius Caesar (Bridge Theatre), and The Crucible (ALRA). For television, his work includes Bodies, Peaky Blinders, The Witcher: Blood Origin, Masters of the Air, Sitting in Limbo, and Doc Martin; and for film, Jericho Ridge, and Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes.

Paul Hilton plays Peter Stockmann. His theatre credits include Othello, Mosquitoes, Peter Pan, wonder.land, The President of an Empty Room, Mourning Becomes Electra – Olivier Award nomination, Three Sisters, The Oresteia (National Theatre), The Glass Menagerie, All New People, Riflemind, In Celebration (Duke of York’s Theatre), The Inheritance (Young Vic, Noël Coward Theatre, and Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore Theatre – Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor and Tony Award nomination), Anatomy of a Suicide, Terrorism, Mountain Language (Royal Court Theatre), The Cherry Orchard, The Daughter-in-Law (Young Vic), Dr Dee (ENO), Dr Faustus, As You Like It – nominated for the Ian Charleson Award, A Mad World My Masters (Shakespeare’s Globe), Polar Bears, The Wild Duck (Donmar Warehouse), Rosmersholm, The Storm (Almeida Theatre), On The Third Day (New Ambassadors Theatre), The Homecoming, Les Blancs, Ghosts (Royal Exchange Theatre), and The Mysteries Part I and I, Romeo and Juliet, and Richard III (RSC). His television work includes Slow Horses, The Crown, A Very English Scandal, Granchester, The Crimson Field, The Driver, The Ark, Case Histories, Labyrinth, Silk, Twenty Twelves, Laconia, Garrow’s Law, True Dare Kiss, The Relief of Belsen, Trial and Retribution, The Family Man, The Princes in the Tower, and The Last Dragon; and for film, Sweet Sue, Earwig, Eternal Beauty, Lady Macbeth, Swansong, London Road, Wuthering Heights, and Klimt.

Nigel Lindsay plays Morten Kiil. His theatre credits include Farewell Mister Haffman (Bath Theatre Royal), The Lehman Trilogy (Gillian Lynne Theatre), Woman in Mind (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Trials, Same Deep Water as Me (Donmar Warehouse), Faith Healer (Abbey Theatre), God of Carnage (Theatre Royal Bath), Harrogate, Sucker Punch (Royal Court Theatre), Guys and Dolls (Phoenix Theatre), Bull (Young Vic), Speed-the-Plow (Playhouse Theatre), A Small Family Business (National Theatre), Richard II (RSC), Shrek the Musical (Olivier Award nomination), Broken Glass (Tricycle Theatre – WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Actor), and Under the Blue Sky (Duke of York’s Theatre). His television work includes Kidnapped, The Chelsea Detective, Salisbury, Tin Star, Plebs, The Last Kingdom, The Capture, No Offence, Safe, White Gold, Innocent, Unforgotten, Victoria, Death in Paradise and Gifted; and for film, Six Minutes to Midnight, Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back), Access All Areas, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Breakfast with Jonny Wilkinson, Four Lions (nomination for Best British Comedy Performance in Film), First Night, Scoop and Rogue Trader.

Shubham Saraf plays Hovstad. His theatre credits include The Father and the Assassin (National Theatre), Three Sisters (Almeida Theatre), An Adventure (Bush Theatre), and Hamlet and As You Like It (Shakespeare’s Globe). For television, his work includes Shantaram (as series regular Prabhu), Criminal (as series regular Petit), A Suitable Boy (as series regular Firoz), Bodyguard, Boomers and Fresh Meat; and for film, Romeo and Juliet, 6 Underground, Overlord, The Cut, Honour, The Cut and Suspension.

Matt Smith plays Dr Stockmann. His theatre credits include Lungs (The Old Vic), Unreachable, Fresh Kills (Royal Court Theatre), American Psycho (Almeida Theatre), That Face (Duke of York’s Theatre and Royal Court Theatre), Swimming with Sharks (Vaudeville Theatre), Burn/Chatroom/Citizenship, The History Boys, On the Shore of the Wide World (National Theatre), and The Master and Margarita (NYT/Lyric Hammersmith). His television work includes House of the Dragon (as series regular Daemon Targaryen), The Crown (as Prince Philip), Bert and Dickie, Christopher and His Kind, the title role in Doctor Who, Moses Jones, Belle De Jour, The Street, Party Animals, and Ruby in the Smoke; and for film, Starve Acre, Morbius, The Forgiven, Last Night in Soho, His House, Official Secrets, Charlie Says, Mapplethorpe, Screen Gems, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Terminator Genisys, Lost River, Womb, and In Bruges.

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) was a Norwegian playwright. His principal works include Brand, Peer Gynt, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll’s House, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, The Lady from the Sea, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, John Gabriel Borkman, and When We Dead Awaken.

Since September 1999 Thomas Ostermeier is resident director and member of the Artistic Direction of the Schaubühne Berlin. His productions for the company include An Enemy of the People, Death in Venice, The Little Foxes – audience award of the Theatergemeinde Berlin, Richard III – Premio della Critica Teatrale, Bella Figura, Professor Bernhardi, Returning to Reims, History of Violence, Italian Night, Abgrund – co-production with Salzburger Festspiele, Youth Without God, Vernon Subutex, Ödipus, Qui a tué mon Père and The Seagull. His other theatre work includes Der starke Stamm, Vor Sonnenaufgang, Die Ehe der Maria Braun, and Susn (Münchner Kammerspiele), The Girl on the Sofa (Edinburgh Festival – Herald Angel Award), The Master Builder (Burgtheater in Vienna), The Seagull (Théâtre-Vidy, Lausanne), Knives in Hens, Nora – Nestroy Prize and Politika Prize, Hedda Gabler – audience award of the Theatergemeinde Berlin, Die Ehe der Maria Braun, Returning to Reims (Theatertreffen Berlin), John Gabriel Borkman – Grand Prix de la Critique of France, Hamlet – Barcelona Critics Prize and critic’s prize as Best International Production 2011 in Chile, The Cut – critic´s prize at the international theatre festival KONTAKT in Torun, Measure for Measure – Friedrich-Luft-Prize for the Best Theatre Performance in Berlin, La Nuit des rois ou Tout ce que vous voulez (Comédie-Française Paris) – Prix Molière for the best Production in France 2022 – as well as productions across the globe. In November 2004 Ostermeier was appointed Artiste Associé for the Festival d’Avignon by the artistic director of the festival, Vincent Baudriller, and has been presenting shows at the Festival regularly since then. In 2023 he opened the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence with his version of Brecht’s/ Weill’s The Threepenny Opera. He has been appointed Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the French ministry of Culture, was German president of the Deutsch-Französischer Kulturrat (DKFR) – German-French Council of Culture, was the recipient of the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale, Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and the KYTHERA-Price for Culture, and is a member of the Deutsche Akademie der Künste, of the Académie de Berlin and of the Deutsch-Französischer Kulturrat, as well as receiving honorary doctorates from the Universities of Kent and Gothenberg.

For the Schaubühne Berlin, Florian Borchmeyer’s work includes The Return of Ulysses after Claudio Monteverdi, Eugene Onegin after Alexander Puschkin, Das wohltemperierte Klavier Musical theatre after Johann Sebastian Bach and László Krasznahorkai, An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, Galaxy, Summerfolk by Maxim Gorki, Hyperion. Letters of a Terrorist after Friedrich Hölderlin, Romeo und Julia by William Shakespeare, For the Disconnected Child by Falk Richter, The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman, 2666 by Roberto Bolaño, Kasimir and Karoline by Ödön von Horváth, The Marriage of Maria Braun after Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Richard III by William Shakespeare, Ödipus the Tyrant after Sophocles/Friedrich Hölderlin, Bella Figura by Yasmina Reza, Compassion. The History of the Machine Gun by Milo Rau, Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler, Dead Dog at Dry Cleaners: the Strong by Angélica Liddell, Returning to Reims after Didier Eribon, LENIN by Milo Rau & Ensemble, Im Herzen der Gewalt by Édouard Louis, Italian Night by Ödön von Horváth, Youth Without God by Ödön von Horváth, Returning to Reims after Didier Eribon, and Qui a tué mon père (Who killed my father). He is a filmmaker and works as a literature critic and curates the international programme at Filmfest Munich.

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ACCLAIMED NEW MUSICAL

THE LITTLE BIG THINGS

TO MAKE EXCLUSIVE CAST ALBUM RECORDING

ALL THE SONGS FROM THE NEW BRITISH MUSICAL

THE LITTLE BIG THINGS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME

Highlights include “Miles And Miles”, “One to Seventeen”

and the title track “The Little Big Things”

The critically acclaimed new British musical The Little Big Things –based on the Sunday Times best-selling memoir by Henry Fraser – is to release an official West End cast recording.

The 19-song collection, which has music by Nick Butcher and lyrics by Nick Butcher & Tom Ling, will be available digitally worldwide and on CD from @sohoplace. Release date and full details to be announced.

Michael Harrison and Nica Burns production of The Little Big Things, based on the best-selling memoir by Henry Fraser, with music by Nick Butcher, lyrics by Nick Butcher and Tom Ling and book by Joe White, opened @sohoplace on 2 September 2023, and has now extended until 2 March 2024.

Nick Butcher, Tom Ling and writer Joe White said:

“We’re thrilled that the Original West End Cast Recording of ‘The Little Big Things’ will be available soon and we look forward to sharing it with fans of the show and new audiences alike.

Our goal was to craft an epic soundtrack, one that celebrates the show’s unique heart and captures the electric atmosphere that our extraordinary cast and band bring to Henry Fraser’s extraordinary story every night in the West End.”

An extraordinary true story about an ordinary family.

When one moment changes everything, Henry’s family are split between a past they no longer recognise, and a future they could never foresee. 

Can Mum and Dad rally his three brothers; as the family start a journey to overcome the unimaginable?

Based on the Sunday Times best-selling autobiography by Henry Fraser, The Little Big Things is a new British musical with an explosive theatrical pop soundtrack in a world premiere production. This uplifting and colourful new musical is a life-affirming reminder about the transformative power of family, and how sometimes it really is the little things which matter the most.

“Nick Butcher and Tom Ling’s tune-filled, exhilarating work occupies that sweet spot where pop, rock and folk compounds with theatrical bombast.”

WhatsOnStage

An avid sportsman and academy player with a premiership Rugby club, Henry Fraser’s life changed forever when in 2009 he had a diving accident. From that moment he had a new life to live as a tetraplegic and new circumstances to accept and adapt to. Henry’s defiance and determination to prosper against devastating odds led to him wheeling himself out of hospital a whole year earlier than predicted. Today he is a successful artist, inspirational speaker and best-selling author.   

Cast: Ed Larkin and Jonny Amies as Henry Fraser, Linzi Hateley and Alasdair Harvey as Henry’s parents, Fran Fraser and Andrew Fraser. They are joined by Jordan Benjamin (Dom), Rebecca Bowden (Surgeon), Jamie Chatterton (Tom), Gracie McGonigal (Katie), Tom Oliver (Marco), Malinda Parris (Dr Graham), Cleve September (Will) and Amy Trigg (Agnes) alongside Stephen John Davis, Elena Pitsiaeli, George Salmon, Amy West and Joseph Wolff.

THE LITTLE BIG THINGS

Creative Team

Music                                                                                              Nick Butcher

Lyrics                                                                                               Nick Butcher and Tom Ling 

Book                                                                                                Joe White

Director                                                                                          Luke Sheppard

Set Design                                                                                      Colin Richmond

Choreographer                                                                             Mark Smith

Costume Design                                                                           Fay Fullerton

Video Design                                                                                 Luke Halls

Lighting Design                                                                             Howard Hudson

Sound Design                                                                                Paul Gatehouse

Orchestrator, Arranger and Musical Supervisor                   Matthew Brind

Musical Director                                                                           Laura Bangay

Dramaturg/Associate Director                                                 Nickie Miles-Wildin

Casting Director                                                                            Jill Green CDG 

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We are open on Monday & Tuesday in the evening from 4.30pm-11pm, and open for lunch and dinner Wednesday to Saturday from 12pm to 11pm. ‘stars’ serves a contemporary international menu focusing on fine British and European produce from Head Chef Constantin Apostu.

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LEAD CASTING ANNOUNCED

FOR UK TOUR OF

AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN

THE MUSICAL

The producers of the Curve production of AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN THE MUSICAL are delighted to announce Luke Baker, Georgia Lennon, Jamal Crawford, Paul French and Sinead Long will star as Zack Mayo, Paula Pokrifki, Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley, Sid Worley and Lynette Pomeroy respectively. The musical will open at The Alexandra, Birmingham, on 23 February 2024 booking through to 16 November 2024.

Based on the 1982 film starring Richard Gere, AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN THE MUSICAL has a book by Douglas Day Stewart & Sharleen Cooper Cohen and will be directed by Artistic Director of Curve, Nikolai Foster, with choreography by Joanna Goodwin.

Further casting to be announced.

Luke Baker most recently starred as Tony in Billy Elliot (Curve, Leicester). His other credits include Dean in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Apollo Theatre/Sheffield Crucible), Ren in Footloose (UK Tour), American Idiot (Arts Theatre, West End), Standby Ray Davies in Sunny Afternoon (Harold Pinter Theatre, West End) and Link Larkin in Hairspray (Cork Opera House). His television credits include Andor (Star Wars/Disney Plus) and Masters of the Air (Apple TV).

Georgia Lennon originated the role of Marie Osmond in the world premiere of The Osmonds: A New Musical (UK Tour). Her other theatre credits include Lady Chatterley in Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Shaftesbury Theatre), One Enchanted Evening (Glastonbury Abbey), Belle in Beauty and the Beast (Grand Opera House, Belfast) and Princess Apricot in Jack and the Beanstalk (Grand Opera House, Belfast).  

Jamal Crawford’s theatre credits include: Tyrone Jackson in Fame The Musical (UK Tour, Troubadour Theatre), Big Jule Cover/Ensemble in Guys and Dolls (UK Tour, Chichester Theatre Revival); Ensemble in The Bodyguard (UK Tour); Ensemble in Thriller Live (Lyric Theatre); Ensemble in Back To The Future The Musical (Adelphi Theatre) and Prince Charming in Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (Theatre Royal, Nottingham).

Paul French was nominated for Best Performer in a Musical at the WhatsOnStage Awards in 2023 for the role of Kenickie in Grease (Dominion Theatre, West End). He has also starred as Rooster in Annie (UK Tour) and TinMan/Hickory in Wizard of Oz (Curve Theatre).

Sinead Long has appeared in 9 To 5 (Daegu Opera House), Sylvia (The Old Vic), Hamilton (Victoria Palace), Sweet Charity (Nottingham Playhouse), King In Concert (Hackney Empire), Chess (London Coliseum), Cinderella (Hackney Empire) and Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) and Jersey Boys (UK and Ireland tour). Her television credits include: Prince Andrew The Musical (Hat Trick Productions, Channel 4) and Doctors (BBC).

AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN THE MUSICAL is based on the award-winning 80s movie which starred Richard Gere. This timeless story of love, courage, and redemption will make your heart soar and leave you breathless, longing for more. Be part of the emotional journey of Zack Mayo, a fearless young officer candidate, and the captivating Paula Pokrifki, whose fiery spirit matches his own. Their encounters ignite a spark that transcends boundaries, awakening a passionate love that defies all odds.

With every note, every step, and every heartfelt ballad, immerse yourself in this romantic masterpiece. Set to a smash-hit soundtrack featuring the songs of Madonna, Bon Jovi, Cyndi Lauper, Blondie, and many more, the power of music will carry you through the highs and lows of their extraordinary love story, including the award-winning (Love Lift Us) Up Where We Belong. 

AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN THE MUSICAL invites you into a world where dreams and destinies intertwine. Don’t miss your chance to experience this captivating romance brought to life on stage.

AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN THE MUSICAL UK Tour will have set & costume design by Michael Taylor, musical supervision and orchestration by George Dyer, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Tom Marshall, wig, hair and make up design by Sam Cox and casting by Debbie O’Brien. This Made at Curve production is produced by Jamie Wilson, Jack Maple, Gavin Kalin and Jason Haigh-Ellery in association with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros Theatre Ventures.

Website: officerandagentlemanthemusical.com  

Facebook/ Instagram/ X: @OfficerGentUK

2024 TOUR SCHEDULE

23 February – 2 March           Birmingham Alexandra

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5 – 9 March                             Glasgow Kings Theatre

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12 – 16 March                         Belfast Grand Opera House                                     

www.goh.co.uk                                                          

19 – 23 March                         Llandudno Venue Cymru                                          01492 872000

                                                www.venuecymru.co.uk       

25 – 30 March                         Bradford, Alhambra Theatre                                     01274 432000

                                                www.bradford-theatres.co.uk                                    

1 – 6 April                                London New Wimbledon Theatre

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15 – 20 April                            Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre

                                                www.wmc.org.uk

23 – 27 April                            Brighton Theatre Royal

                                                www.atgtickets.com/brighton

30 April – 4 May                      Manchester Opera House    

                                                www.atgtickets.com/manchester

6 – 11 May                              Stoke Regent Theatre

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13 – 18 May                            Newcastle Theatre Royal                                          0191 232 7010

                                                www.theatreroyal.co.uk                                             

20 – 25 May                            Dartford Orchard Theatre                                         01322 220000

                                                www.orchardtheatre.co.uk

27 May – 1 June                     Oxford New Theatre

                                                www.atgtickets.com/oxford

4 – 8 June                               York Grand Opera House

                                                www.atgtickets.com/york

17 – 22 June                           Sheffield Lyceum                                                      0114 249 6000

                                                www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk                                     

25 – 29 June                           Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre                          02380 711811

                                                www.mayflower.org.uk

2 – 6 July                                Torquay Princess Theatre

                                                www.atgtickets.com/torquay

9 – 13 July                              Canterbury Marlowe                                                 01227 787787

                                                www.marlowetheatre.com

16 – 20 July                            Southend Cliffs Pavilion

                                                www.thecliffspavilion.co.uk

22 – 27 July                            Liverpool Empire Theatre

                                                www.atgtickets.com/liverpool

29 July – 3 August                  Nottingham Theatre Royal                                        0115 989 5555              

                                                trch.co.uk

5 – 10 August                          Woking New Victoria Theatre

                                                www.atgtickets.com/new-victoria-theatre

12 – 17 August                        Leicester Curve                                                         0116 242 3595

                                                www.curveonline.co.uk

20 – 24 August                        Truro Hall for Cornwall                                              01872 262466

www.hallforcornwall.co.uk                                        

2 – 7 September                     Bristol Hippodrome

                                                www.atgtickets.com/bristol

10 – 14 September                 Ipswich Regent Theatre

www.ipswichtheatres.co.uk                                       

17 – 21 September                 Eastbourne Congress                                               01323 412 000

                                                www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk

23 – 28 September                 Wolverhampton Grand                                             01902 429212

                                                www.grandtheatre.co.uk

1 – 5 October                          Blackpool Opera House

                                                www.wintergardensblackpool.co.uk

8 – 12 October                        Aberdeen His Majesty’s Theatre                               01224 641122

www.aberdeenperformingarts.com               

21 – 26 October                      Milton Keynes Theatre

                                                www.atgtickets.com/milton-keynes-theatre

28 October – 2 November      Bromley Churchill Theatre                                         0343 310 0020

                                                www.churchilltheatre.co.uk                                       

4 – 9 November                      Hull New Theatre                                                       01482 300 306

                                                www.hulltheatres.co.uk

CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRST EVER
UK AND IRELAND TOUR OF

Casting is announced for first ever UK and Ireland tour of Come From Away, the multi award-winning ‘Best Musical’ across the globe. This critically acclaimed show comes direct from the West End where it celebrated over 1000 performances and played to more than 850,000 people at the Phoenix Theatre.

The cast will include Natasha J Barnes (Hex at the National Theatre, The Witches of Eastwick at the Sondheim Theatre) as Janice & others, Daniel Crowder (Mamma Mia UK and International tour, The Mousetrap at St. Martin’s Theatre) as Nick, Doug & others, Mark Dugdale (Previously Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre in London and Abbey Theatre in Dublin, The Book Thief at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and Curve in Leicester) as Kevin T, Garth & others, Rosie Glossop (Kinky Boots: The Musical at the Adelphi Theatre and feature film, Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist as part of The Honeybuns) as Bonnie & others, Amanda Henderson (Robyn Miller in BBC’s Casualty, and Oliver! at Theatre Royal Drury Lane) as Beulah & others, Kirsty Hoiles (Mamma Mia! at the Novello Theatre, Spend, Spend, Spend UK tour) as Diane & others, Oliver Jacobson (The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre and Grease UK tour) as Oz & others, Dale Mathurin (Frankenstein UK tour, Evita at Regents Park Open Air Theatre) as Bob & others, Nicholas Pound (Cats at the formerly named New London Theatreand on UK and international tour, Elf at the Dominion Theatre) as Claude & others, Sara Poyzer (Mamma Mia! Novello Theatre, UK and International tours, Billy Elliot the Musical at the Victoria Palace) as Beverley, Annette & others, Bree Smith (Titanic The Musical UK tour and The Color Purple UK tour) as Hannah & others, Jamal Zulfiqar (Migrations, a Welsh National Opera UK tour and Tiger Bay at the Wales Millennium Centre) as Kevin J, Ali & others, with Angeline Bell (Matilda at the Cambridge Theatre and Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre), Daniel Cane (The Country Wife at Southwark Playhouse and Spamalot UK tour), Ashleigh Harvey (Mamma Mia! UK and International tour and Heathers at The Other Palace), Alyn Hawke (Disney’s Beauty & the Beast UK tour and 42^nd Street UK tour), Kathryn Pemberton (The Sopranos UK and international tour and Catch Me at Upstairs at the Arts), and Kevin Yates (Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations at the Prince Edward Theatre and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical UK tour).

Opening in at Leicester’s Curve Theatre in March 2024, the production will tour to Liverpool, Cardiff, Plymouth, Southampton, Oxford, Leeds, Birmingham, Hull, Dublin, Belfast, Ipswich, Sheffield, Llandudno, Newcastle, Bristol, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Nottingham, Wimbledon, Norwich, Wolverhampton, Canterbury, Chichester, Milton Keynes, and Salford.

For full schedule, information, and tickets, please visit comefromawaylondon.co.uk

Winner of Best New Musical across the globe, Come From Away shares the incredible real-life story of the 7,000 air passengers from all over the world who were grounded in Canada during the wake of 9/11, and the small Newfoundland community that invited these ‘come from aways’ into their lives.

Experience the joyous story and soaring music as spirited locals and global passengers come together and forge friendships that will stay with them forever. The first female American Airlines captain, the quick-thinking town mayor, the mother of a New York firefighter and the eager local news reporter are among the many real characters caught at the start of the moment that changed the course of history, and whose stories became a true celebration of hope, humanity, and unity.

The international hit musical has celebrated record-breaking engagements in the West End, on Broadway, in Canada, throughout Australia, and on a 60-city North American Tour.

The Come From Away Creative team include Irene Sankoff and David Hein (Book, Music and Lyrics), Christopher Ashley (Director), Kelly Devine (Musical Staging), Ian Eisendrath (Music Supervision and Arrangements), Beowulf Boritt (Scenic Design), Toni-Leslie James (Costume Design), Howell Binkley (Lighting Design), Gareth Owen (Sound Design), David Brian Brown (Hair Design), August Eriksmoen (Orchestrations), Pippa Ailion CDG and Natalie Gallacher CDG (Casting), Tara Overfield Wilkinson (UK Associate Director), Richard J. Hinds (UK Associate Choreographer), Kirsty Malpass (UK Assistant Director), Alan Berry (UK Musical Supervisor), Andrew Corcoran (UK Musical Director), Zoë Hurwitz (UK Associate Set Designer), Sabrina Cuniberto (UK Costume Supervisor) and Marcus Hall Props (UK Props Supervisor).

Come From Away is produced in the UK by Smith & Brant Theatricals in association with Curve.

LISTINGS

COME FROM AWAY

Website www.ComeFromAwayLondon.co.uk 
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1 March 2024 – 9 March 2024
Curve, Leicester
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12 March 2024 – 23 March 2024
Liverpool Empire
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2 April 2024 – 6 April 2024
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
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9 April 2024 – 13 April 2024
Theatre Royal Plymouth
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16 April 2024 – 20 April 2024
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
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23 April 2024 – 27 April 2024
Oxford New Theatre
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30 April 2024 – 11 May 2024
Leeds Grand Theatre
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21 May 2024 – 1 June 2024
Birmingham Hippodrome
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4 June 2024 – 8 June 2024
Hull New Theatre
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11 June 2024 – 22 June 2024
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin
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25 June 2024 – 29 June 2024
Grand Opera House, Belfast
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2 July 2024 – 6 July 2024
Ipswich Regent Theatre
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9 July 2024 – 20 July 2024
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
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30 July 2024 – 3 August 2024
Venue Cymru, Llandudno
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6 August 2024 – 17 August 2024
Newcastle Theatre Royal
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20 August 2024 – 31 August 2024
Bristol Hippodrome
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10 September 2024 – 14 September 2024
His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen
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17 September 2024 – 21 September 2021
Edinburgh Playhouse
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24 September 2024 – 28 September 2024
Kings Theatre, Glasgow
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1 October 2024 – 5 October 2024
Nottingham Theatre Royal
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8 October 2024 – 12 October 2024
New Wimbledon Theatre
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15 October 2024 – 26 October 2024
Norwich Theatre Royal
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5 November 2024 – 9 November 2024
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
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12 November 2024 – 16 November 2024
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
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18 November 2024 – 23 November 2024
Chichester Festival Theatre
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26 November 2024 – 30 November 2024
Milton Keynes Theatre
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3 December 2024 – 5 January 2025
The Lowry, Salford
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Queen of the West End Kerry Ellis on major UK tour

She’s starred in the West End’s biggest roles; now leading lady Kerry Ellis will hit the road for a new UK tour.

Kerry has been the Queen of the West End for more than 20 years, having starred in iconic shows from My Fair Lady to We Will Rock You, and from Les Misérables to Wicked.

Her list of credits is remarkable, and includes Oliver!, Cats and Miss Saigon.

Having conquered the West End and Broadway, collecting numerous awards along the way, Kerry will now take to the road for a nationwide tour, sharing with fans her life and music.

Along with a stellar stage career, Kerry has recorded four studio albums and toured the world as a solo artist and with good friend Sir Brian May.

She said: “I am really looking forward to this tour – I can’t wait to share my stories, as well as perform some West End favourites.

“It will be an opportunity to really get to know my fans – and for them to get to know me – in an intimate setting.”

Singing songs from the biggest musicals and telling stories about how she came to play roles, this is a unique opportunity to see and hear the West End’s timeless hits in a very intimate setting on a tour of the UK. Don’t miss it!

Kerry’s tour, ‘Kerry Ellis – Queen of the West End’, kicks off in Autumn 2024 in conjunction with www.westwaymusic.com . Tickets go on sale on October 27, at 10am, at local venues. See the full tour dates at www.awaywithmedia.com/tours

For more information on Kerry visit kerryellis.com; X @kerryjaneellis1; Instagram @kerryellis79

BLOODY HELL! With London performances of true crime punk rock musical LIZZIE the Musical starting tonight at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, a gory new photo is released of Lauren Drew as infamous Lizzie Borden.

Rage! Sex! Betrayal & BLOODY MURDER! 

LIZZIE is directed & choreographed by William Whelton, co-founder  of Manchester’s acclaimed Hope Mill Theatre.

London run at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, 

from 26 October to 2 December.

The cast features three stars of ‘SIX’ the musical:

Lauren Drew (Catherine of Aragon, ‘SIX’, UK tour; Brooke in ‘Legally Blonde’, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre; ‘The Voice’ 2021 semi finalist, team will.i.am) plays Lizzie.

Maiya Quansah-Breed (Olivier nominated Best Supporting Actress as Catherine Parr, ‘SIX’, original West End cast; Mimi in ‘Rent’, Hope Mill Theatre; and just announced to play Princess Diana in ‘Diana the Musical in concert) is Alice.

Shekinah McFarlane (Anna of Cleves, SIX’, UK tour, Anna of Cleves & Catherine Aragon alternates in ‘SIX’, West End; Alysha in ‘American Idiot’, UK tour, Dionne in ‘Hair’, 50th anniversary UK tour, ‘The Voice’ 2022 semi-finalist under the name Shaka, team Olly Murs) is Emma.

Mairi Barclay (Fastrada/Berthe in ‘Pippin’, Southwark Playhouse; Monkey in Ian McKellen’s ‘Mother Goose’, West End & UK tour) is Bridget.

Ayesha Patel (Dima Bawab in ‘Broken Wings’, Charing Cross Theatre, receiving a Broadway World nomination for ‘Best Performance as an Understudy or Alternate’ for covering and playing the lead role of Selma Karamy) is cover Bridget.

Emma Louise Hoey (Lou in ‘Club Mex’, Hope Mill Theatre) is cover Lizzie and Alice.

Creative team:
Director/Choreographer William Whelton
Set and Lighting Design Andrew Exeter
Musical Supervision Katy Richardson
Associate Choreographer Yandass Ndlovu
Video Design Dan Light
Musical Direction Honor Halford-Macleod
Costume Design Rachel Tansey
Sound Design Adam Fisher
Casting by Pearson Casting CDG CDA CSA
Produced by Hope Mill Theatre.
LIZZIE premiered in New York in 2009 at The Living Theatre, with the Danish production of the show running in London in 2017 at the Greenwich Theatre.

This new production will be the first UK-created version of the show and the first UK tour.

Stratford East Theatre, Stratford – until 28th October 2023

Reviewed by Bobbi Fenton

5*****

I, Daniel Blake is an incredibly hard-hitting and emotional story, that sheds light on the immense struggle of people who are forced survive on benefits. Made especially relevant by our current cost of living crisis, this story features Daniel Blake (David Nellist), a carpenter who is recovering from a heart attack, and his friend Katie (Bryony Corrigan), struggling single mother to Daisy (Jodie Wild) who is trying to make a fresh start in a new flat miles away from everyone she knows.

This play is nothing short of phenomenal, as we see the characters battle with the mess that is the benefits system, being sent round and round in circles and expected to jump through hoops just to have enough money to live. We watch as Katie sacrifices her own wellbeing, starving herself so that her daughter has enough food to eat, which leads to an incredibly intense scene in which Katie, in her desperation for food after going hungry for so long, rips into a tin of beans outside the food bank, eating the cold beans with her bare hands. All the while, Dan is doing his best to apply for jobs he knows he won’t be able to accept because his doctor has told him not to work, just so that he can get enough money to survive himself. Through the duration of the play, we watch the relationship between these characters move from doing anything to help the other to hiding the truth from one another when they both begin to really struggle.

One part of this play that I loved was seeing and hearing quotes from actual politicians played out loud and projected onto the stage in the form of tweets, all revolving around the topics of work, benefits, or the economy. This is ingenious as it perfectly highlights how especially relevant this play and this story is today, with the current cost of living crisis. One quote, by Damian Green, is used twice as it is him talking about the film I, Daniel Blake. In this quote, he says that he has not seen the film, and says that it is “a work of fiction”. Through using these quotes in the transitions between scenes, even the least politically inclined people would be filled with rage towards the politicians who run the country. I also loved a monologue delivered by Micky Cochrane, as a homeless man. He gives a really harsh but deserved commentary on our current government, and how all they do is create catchy three-word slogans to push their agenda and distract us all from the real issues, as well as commenting on their useless policies that do nothing to actually help people. He talks about the Thursday night ‘Clap for the NHS’ during Covid, and how a nurse finishing the night shift has had to visit a food bank because you can’t buy food with claps. This really shows that this play is not just a piece of fiction, but it represents the real lives of so many people.

Not to forget Janine Leigh and Micky Cochrane’s portrayal of the people working at the job centre. From watching this performance, you can’t help but develop a deep hatred not only for the characters they play, but for the real-life people they represent, which is a sign of brilliant acting.

There are no words that can do justice to this play, it is without a doubt the best show I have ever seen.

Festival Theatre, Malvern – until 28th October 2023

Reviewed by Courie Amado Juneau

5*****

Agatha Christie continues to thrill us with “And Then There Were None” – which I read is one of her most popular works, despite having neither of her two big hitters (Poirot or Marple) in it.

Ten characters are invited to Soldier Island for diverse reasons. Events unravel rapidly as things are not entirely as they seem and not everyone is being candid about their identity (or past). When the murders start and the significance of the Ten Little Soliders poem in each guest’s room becomes apparent, then the soldier statuettes on the table disappear with each dispatched guest, the madness truly begins.

It’s not often I begin a review with the Set Designer but Mike Britton deserves a lot of praise for producing a space which is substantial and yet leaves much to the imagination. It combines different elements in a condensed space – the painted walls becoming the distant sea at one point, the curtain separates the inside and out and acts like an internal wall but also as a metaphorical cinema screen to the soul (whereupon flashbacks happen). It was hard to tell sometimes where the island ended and the house began, the sloping stage sometimes being inside and sometimes outside the house – giving an even more off kilter effect – a bit like the movie The Haunting with the odd camera angles keeping us on edge and off balance. A perfect setting!

A really hard one to critique without giving the game away – especially when it comes to praising the actors for their individual qualities. That said, I was particularly impressed with Katy Stephens as Emily Brent and Sophie Walter as Vera Claythorne for producing strong women at either end of the philosophical spectrum. Also, Bob Barrett as Dr Armstrong, Jeffery Kissoon as General Mackenzie and David Yelland as Judge Wargrave who all gave performances with impressive gravitas that conveyed the status of their characters. Those who survived the longest obviously got more of the manic stuff to play and impressed the most – but, as I said, no spoilers so…

The entire production had a wonderful cinematic quality to it. The costumes were lavish and there was clever use of lighting and music to evoke atmosphere and ramp up the intense claustrophobia and unseen menace. The darkness was almost a character in its own right. Every element added to the overall impression of a production that has benefited from the expertise of a very talented team.

Lucy Bailey’s fine directing give us a compelling reading of this Christie classic, with a contemporary feel even though it was authentically set in the original 1939 – quite a masterstroke! Every last drop of everything was wrung out of the actors and nothing was left in the rehearsal room. Truly impressive.

The play had a natural crescendo – the second half especially really flew by like a runaway train with no brakes. The set became more strewn with debris as the remaining characters descended into the madness, anxiety, guilt, suspicion etc… Until the truly shocking ending. In a word – brilliant.

The Queen of Crime given the right royal treatment. I would wholeheartedly recommend getting yourself a ticket now. Don’t kick yourself later after leaving it until there were none.