The Ladykillers
- By:
- adapted by Graham Linehan, from the motion picture screenplay by William Rose
- Management:
- Edward Snape for Fiery Angel, in association with Fiery Dragons, Olympus Theatricals, Jason Haigh-Ellery, StudioCanal and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse
- Cast:
- Paul Bown, Clive Mantle, Chris McCalphy, William Troughton, Shaun Williamson, Michele Dotrice
- Director:
- Sean Foley
- Design:
- Michael Taylor (also costumes)
- Sound:
- Ben Ringham and Max Ringham
- Lighting:
- James Farncombe
- Website:
- click here
Production information can change over the run of the show.
The West End's apparent desire to turn itself into a giant multiplex of film properties being put onstage has this year included stage versions of Shrek, Ghost, A Private Function (re-titled Betty Blue Eyes) and Cool Hand Luke, though the latter quickly had egg on its face (as well as in its title character's belly when he takes - and wins - a bet to eat 50 of them in a row). But the joy and surprise of The Ladykillers, a dotty, potty black comedy based on the Ealing film classic of 1955, is that it has a theatrical vitality and life all of its own...
Run sheet
- Theatre Royal Plymouth
- September 14-22
- Marlowe Canterbury
- September 24-29
- Lyceum Sheffield
- October 1- 6
- Theatre Royal Bath
- October 8-13
- Mayflower Southampton
- October 15-20
- Arts Cambridge
- October 22-27
- Theatre Royal Nottingham
- October 29-November 3
- King's Edinburgh
- November 5-10
- His Majesty's Aberdeen
- November 12-17
- Theatre Royal Glasgow
- November 19-24
- Malvern Theatre Malvern
- November 26-December 1
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