Adam Blanshay Productions and Nicolas Talar present
The Birmingham Repertory Theatre Production of
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Joe Thomas, Bo Poraj, Laura Patch, Louise Marwood and
Alex Gaumond reunite to star in international hit comedy adapted
and directed by Jeremy Sams
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
Thursday 9 – Saturday 11 April 2020
Recommended age 14+
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International hit comedy What’s In A Name?, adapted and directed by Jeremy Sams from the awardwinning French film and stage sensation, Le Prènom, by Matthew Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière is coming to the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford in April 2020.
The ferocious comedy has garnered critical acclaim from across the country since 2019 UK tour, with praise in particular for the cast who will be returning in 2020; Joe Thomas (The Inbetweeners, Fresh Meat), Bo Poraj (Miranda, Musketeers), Laura Patch (After Life, Star Stories), Louise Marwood (Emmerdale) and Alex Gaumond (Company, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Matilda).
What’s In A Name? hilariously captures a particularly awkward family dinner party. The witty and razorsharp production will return to Birmingham, where audiences will have a second opportunity to catch the play after it first opened at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 2017. The extended tour kicks off again at The Alexandra Theatre in March 2020 and will then visit Leicester, Bath, Poole, Bradford, Brighton and Bromley.
Father-to-be Vincent and his partner Anna are invited to dinner by his sister Elizabeth and her husband, Peter. They are joined by childhood friend Carl for a mature and sophisticated gathering.
The meal is lovingly prepared, and wine carefully selected. The friends are prepared for the usual humorous exchanges they’ve come to expect.
But tonight, a startling revelation about the name chosen for Vincent’s and Anna’s expected child becomes the catalyst for a destructive argument which spirals hysterically out of control. Tonight no one is holding back! Egos, childish resentment and unspoken feelings are relentlessly and hilariously exposed for the first time.
What’s In A Name? is written by Matthew Delaporte and Alexandre De La Patellière with adaptation, translation and direction by Jeremy Sams. Set design is by Francis O’Connor and lighting design is by Rick Fisher.