X
Recipient's email
Your name
Your email
Message (optional)

E-mail to a friend

Enjoy starring Steadman to transfer to West End

Published Monday 22 September 2008 at 14:05 by Lalayn Baluch

Christopher Luscombe’s revival of Alan Bennett’s Enjoy, starring Alison Steadman, is to transfer to the West End for a limited 14-week run in February.

The production opened last month at the Theatre Royal Bath as part of Peter Hall’s summer repertory season, and is touring the UK. It will start its run at London’s Gielgud Theatre on February 2, with previews from January 27.

Enjoy - which was famously a theatrical failure when it originally premiered in 1980 - is set in the playwright’s home town of Leeds, and tells the story of an ageing couple whose daily life is observed by a sociologist.

The new production stars Olivier Award-winning Steadman, who has most recently appeared in Gavin and Stacey and Fanny Hill, and is best known for her performance in Mike Leigh’s 1977 film Abigail’s Party.

It also features David Troughton, who has worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre, and featured in TV shows including Casualty 1907, New Tricks and Doctor Who.

E-mail to a friend

Latest news

ACE grants Leicester’s Curve more than £1m from Sustain
Leicester Curve is the first theatre to be awarded more than £1 million from Art Council England’s recession…
Nash quits Young Vic post after three months
Young Vic executive director Gregory Nash has quit only three months after joining the London producing venue.
Torvill and Dean to star in Dancing on Ice tour
Skating stars Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are to star in a fourth UK Dancing on Ice live tour starting in April.
Birmingham’s MAC reopens after £15m overhaul
Birmingham’s Midlands Arts Centre will reopen on May 1 following a £15 million redevelopment project.
Pineapple plans dance scheme to teach jazz and hip hop in schools
London dance studios Pineapple is planning a new schools initiative which will see the organisation train up teachers…
Royal Spa Centre given two years to turn itself around
Warwickshire venue the Royal Spa Centre has been given a two-year reprieve to transform itself after the local…

Content is copyright © 2010 The Stage Newspaper Limited unless otherwise stated.

All RSS feeds are published for personal, non-commercial use. (What’s RSS?)