Theatre Royal Windsor
is delighted to announce
their exciting new spring/summer season
Following a host of sale-out shows this year, the Theatre Royal Windsor has an exciting programme of new productions going on sale from this Friday.
Alan Bennett’s The Lady In The Van, returns in the run-up to Easter as part of the Windsor on Air series, with a star-studded cast including Nichola McAuliffe (EastEnders, Coronation Street, Surgical Spirit), Matthew Cottle (Game On, Citizen Khan), Sara Crowe (Four Wedding And A Funeral, Carry On Columbus) and Robert Duncan (Drop the Dead Donkey).
In May a new Bill Kenwright Ltd and Theatre Royal Windsor production of The Anastasia File, inspired by the remarkable true story of Anne Manahan and her battle to be recognised as the last surviving member of the Romanov dynasty will be staged, with an exciting star casting yet to be announced. The play will be directed by Roy Marsden.
June brings the World Premiere of Doubting Thomas, a new work by Catherine O’Reilly and Tim Churchill (the writers behind last year’s premiere of the popular thriller Closure). Produced by Theatre Royal Windsor and Directed by Charlotte Peters, the stellar cast includes soap stars: Lin Blakely (EastEnders), Roxanne McKee (Game of Thrones), Ben Nealon (Soldier, Soldier), Nikki Patel (Coronation Street) and Gary Webster (Minder).
Actor James Bye might have recently shocked EastEnders fans when his character Martin Fowler was killed. But death is set to haunt him further this summer when he plays Mr Darcy in the UK tour of the Mill at Sonning’s new production of Death Comes To Pemberley which opens in Windsor in late July.
Following a sell-out inaugural season in London, once again Windsor will be the launchpad for another new tour, produced by Bill Kenwright Ltd and Paul Taylor-Mills, The Lightning Thief – The Percy Jackson Musical is set to thrill those Millennial and Gen Zers who loved the book and film by the same title when they were growing up. The hit musical promises to be the hottest ticket in town when it opens here this August.
Then as the summer comes to an end, a new tour of the much-loved adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shawshank Redemption will be opening in Windsor in early September. For anyone who loves the film, this production is every bit as poignant and moving.
Ending the year on lighter note: panto fans will be delighted to learn that Windsor’s favourite dame, Steven Blakeley, and calamitous comic, Kevin Cruise, are confirmed as returning to star in this year’s pantomime, Cinderella.