CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ICONIC BLOCKBUSTER JAWS
WEST END AND BROADWAY SMASH HIT PLAY THE SHARK IS BROKEN IS SET TO MAKE WAVES ON A UK & IRELAND TOUR
FROM JANUARY 2025
THE SHARK IS BROKEN
STARRING IAN SHAW AS HIS FATHER ROBERT SHAW
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1975 iconic blockbuster Jaws, producers Sonia Friedman Productions, Scott Landis, GFour Productions and Kenny Wax are delighted to announce the critically acclaimed Olivier award-nominated West End and Broadway production, The Shark Is Broken, will embark on a UK and Ireland tour next year.
Co-written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon and inspired by Robert Shaw’s experience playing ‘Quint’ in Jaws, The Shark Is Broken is the brilliantly funny play which celebrates movie history as it peeks at the choppy waters behind Hollywood’s first blockbuster and imagines what happened on board ‘The Orca’ when the cameras stopped rolling during the filming of Steven Spielberg’s epic movie.
Starring Ian Shaw (Warhorse, Common) as his father, Robert Shaw, the UK and Ireland tour will open at Oxford Playhouse on Thursday 23 January and will tour to a further 14 venues culminating with a week at The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin until 17 May 2025. Tickets are now on sale at most venues with further dates coming soon.
Casting for the roles of Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss are to be announced.
FADE IN: The open ocean, 1974. Filming is delayed… again. The lead actors – theatre veteran Robert Shaw and young Hollywood hotshots Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider – are crammed into a too-small boat, entirely at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical co-star. Alcohol flows, egos collide, and tempers flare on a chaotic voyage that just might lead to cinematic magic… if it doesn’t sink them all.
Following its critical and sell-out success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2019, The Shark Is Broken transferred to the West End in 2021 playing at the Ambassadors Theatre for a limited season where it enjoyed an extended run due to huge popular demand and an Olivier award nomination for Best Comedy Play. In July 2023 the production transferred to Broadway for a 16-week run at the John Golden Theatre where it garnered fresh critical acclaim.
Website:TheSharkIsBroken.com
Socials: @SharkonBroadway
Running Time: 90 minutes no interval
Age guide: 14+
UK & IRELAND TOUR 2025
Thu 23 – Sat 25 January OXFORD Playhouse – onsale soon Eves: 7.30pm, Mat: Sat 2.30pm 11-12 Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2LW 01865 305305 | oxfordplayhouse.com
Tue 28 Jan – Sat 1 February MALVERN Theatres Eves: 7.30pm, Mats: Wed & Sat 2.30pm Grange Road, Great Malvern, Worcs WR14 3HB 01684 892277 | malvern-theatres.co.uk
Tue 4 – Sat 8 February SALFORD The Lowry Eves: 7.30pm, Mats: Thu & Sat 2pm Pier 8, The Quays, Salford M50 3AZ 0161 876 2000 | thelowry.com
Mon 17 – Sat 22 February RICHMOND Theatre Eves: 7.30pm, Mats: Thu & Sat 2.30pm Little Green, Richmond TW9 1QJ atgtickets.com/Richmond
Wed 26 Feb – Sat 1 Mar NOTTINGHAM Theatre Royal Eves: 7.30pm, Mats: Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pmTheatre Square, Nottingham NG1 5ND 0115 989 5555 | trch.co.uk
Mon 3 – Sat 8 March BATH Theatre Royal – onsale soon Eves: 7.30pm, Mats: Wed & Sat 2.30pm Sawclose, Bath BA1 1ET 01224 448844 | theatreroyal.org.uk
Tue 11 – Sat 15 March CANTERBURY Marlowe Theatre Eves: 7.30pm, Mats: Thu & Sat 2.30pm The Friars, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2AS 01227 787787 | marlowetheatre.com
Tue 18 – Sat 22 March NEWCASTLE Theatre Royal – onsale soon Eves: 7.30pm, Mats: Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm 100 Grey Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 6BR 0191 232 7010 | theatreroyal.co.uk
Mon 24 – Sat 29 March GUILDFORD Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Eves: 7.30pm, Mats: Thu & Sat 2.30pm Millbrook, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3UX 01483 44 00 00 | yvonne-arnaud.co.uk
Mon 31 Mar – Sat 5 April PLYMOUTH Theatre Royal – onsale soon Eves: 7.30pm, Mats: Thu & Sat 2.30pm Royal Parade, Plymouth PL1 2TR 01752 267222 | theatreroyal.com
Mon 7 – Sat 12 April BRIGHTON Theatre Royal Eves: 7.30pm, Mats: Thu & Sat 2.30pm New Road, Brighton BN1 1SD atgtickets.com/Brighton
Tue 22 – Sat 26 April CHELTENHAM Everyman Theatre Eves: 7.30pm, Mats: Wed, Fri & Sat 2pm 7-10 Regent St, Cheltenham GL50 1HQ 01242 572573 | everymantheatre.org.uk
Tue 29 Apr – Sat 3 May POOLE Lighthouse – onsale soon Eves: 7.45pm, Mats: Wed & Sat 2.30pm 21 Kingland Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1UG 01202 280000 | lighthousepoole.co.ukTue
6 – Sat 10 May BIRMINGHAM The Rep Eves: 7.30pm, Mats: Thu & Sat 2.30pm Broad St, Birmingham B1 2EP 0121 236 4455 | birmingham-rep.co.uk
Tue 13 – Sat 17 May DUBLIN, IRELAND The Gaiety – onsale soon Eves: 7.30pm, Mats: Thu & Sat 2.30pm King St S, Dublin 2, Irelandgaietytheatre.ie