SHEFFIELD THEATRES EXTENDS WORLD PREMIÈRE OF RICHARD BEAN’S
THE NAP AND SHOW BOAT HEADS DOWNSTREAM TO LONDON’S WEST END
Sheffield Theatres’ Artistic Director Daniel Evans today announces the world première production of Richard Bean’s comedy thriller The Nap will extend its run by one week, alongside news that his recent five star production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s musical Show Boat is to transfer to the West End.
Directed by Sheffield Theatres’ Associate Director Richard Wilson, The Nap, written by award-winning Richard Bean (One Man Two Guv’nors) will extend its run by one week on the Crucible stage until Saturday 2 April. This brand new laugh-out-loud comedy thriller is set at the World Snooker Championships and stars a cast including BAFTA award-winning Jack O’Connell(Unbroken, ’71, Starred Up), Mark Addy (The Full Monty film, Game of Thrones, Atlantis) and Ralf Little (Lewis, The Royle Family, Our Zoo).
Daniel Evans’ critically acclaimed production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’smusical Show Boat will transfer to West End’s New London Theatre in spring 2016. Seen by over 36,000 people during its seven-week run in Sheffield, previews begin at the New London Theatre fromSaturday 9 April. Produced in the West End by David Ian with Bob Bartner and Norman Tulchin, tickets for Show Boat go on sale on Friday 12 February. The cast will be announced shortly.
Daniel Evans said: “Show Boat is often thought to be the mother of all musicals. Hammerstein and Kern’s score continues to blow audiences away, almost 90 years later. As well as being a riveting story, the piece’s themes of family and freedom still speak to us today in a profound way. I feel proud that the production we made in Sheffield will now get to travel further afield and be experienced by yet more audiences in the capital.”
Producer David Ian said: “I am absolutely thrilled, along with my co-producers Bob Bartner andNorman Tulchin, to be bringing Daniel’s ground breaking production of Show Boat to the West End. As soon as I saw the production in Sheffield there was no doubt in my mind that we absolutely had to bring Show Boat in to London, giving West End audiences the opportunity to see this brand new version of such an incredible musical.”
Tickets for The Nap can be purchased from Sheffield Theatres’ Box Office in-person, byphone on 0114 249 6000 or online at sheffieldtheatres.co.uk and are priced from £18.00 (concessions available). A transaction fee of £1.50 (£1.00 online) applies to all bookings made at the Box Office (excluding cash).
For ticket information for Show Boat go to www.ShowBoatMusical.co.uk or call 0844 412 4654