Tag: Theatre Royal Haymarket

Felicity Kendal to lead Noises Off at Theatre Royal Haymarket

Noises Off is returning to the West End, with Felicity Kendal set to star in the production at Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Kendal (The Good Life) will play Dotty, with  Jonathan Coy as Frederick Fellows and Alexander Hanson as Lloyd Dallas. Further casting is to be announced.

This celebrated 40th anniversary production of Michael Frayn’s farce is directed by Lindsay Posner (God of Carnage). It opened to critical acclaim at Theatre Royal Bath in Autumn 2022 before transferring for its initial West End run to the Phoenix Theatre in January this year.

The play serves up a riotous double bill – a play within a play. Hurtling along at breakneck speed, Noises Off follows the on and off-stage antics of a touring theatre company as they stumble their way through the fictional farce, Nothing On. From the shambolic final rehearsals before opening night in Weston-super-Mare, to a disastrous matinee in Ashton-Under-Lyme seen entirely, and hilariously silently, from backstage, before we share their final, brilliantly catastrophic performance in Stockton-on-Tees.

The creative team for this production includes Simon Higlett (designer), Paul Pyant (lighting designer), Greg Clarke (sound designer), Will Stuart (composer), Ruth Cooper-Brown (movement and fight director), George Jibson (associate director) and Ginny Schiller (casting director).

Noises Off will run for a 12-week season at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from September 27, 2023. Tickets: www.trh.co.uk

Theatre Royal Haymarket sets the scene for Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Here’s a look at Accidental Death of an Anarchist, now running at the Theatre Royal Haymarket until September 9.

An Anarchist has fallen to his death from a police station window. The question is: did he jump or was he thrown?  As the police attempt to avoid yet another scandal, a mysterious imposter is arrested and brought in for questioning. Seizing the chance to put on a show, he leads the officers in an ever more ridiculous reconstruction of their official account, hilariously exposing the cover-ups, corruption, and profound idiocy at the heart of the police. 

Adapted by Tom Basden and directed by Daniel Raggett, the cast includes Daniel Rigby (Maniac), Tony Gardner (Superintendent Curry), Tom Andrews (Detective Daisy), Mark Hadfield (Inspector Burton), Ro Kumar (Agent Joseph), and Ruby Thomas (Fi Phelan). 

The understudies will be played by Joe Boylan, Georgina Hellier and Richard Hodder.