By John Buchan | Adapted by Patrick Barlow
Directed by Adam Nichols | Presented by OVO
Take a legendary espionage novel, mix in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film version masterpiece, add a dash of Monty Python and you have a hilarious, fast-paced and spectacular spy story.
Patrick Barlow’s Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation was performed for almost a decade at the Criterion Theatre in London’s West End. Now it comes to St Albans for the first time.
A cast of four play 40 roles and with some frantic staging they recreate all the iconic scenes including the intense chase aboard a train, the escape on the Forth Bridge, the bi-plane crash and the death-defying finale at the London Palladium.
It’s the wildest condensed film adaptation ever staged!
2 hours including interval
Performances:
6th – 10th October 2020
The Maltings Theatre
Cast and Creatives
Hannah Baker
Annabella / Margaret / Pamela
James Douglas
Richard Hannay
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Simon Nicholas
Clown 2
Flora Squires
Clown 1
Director / Adam Nichols
Set Designer / Simon Nicholas
Lighting and Sound / Michael Bird
Costume and Properties / Delga Martineau
Reviews
★★★★★
Sardines Magazine
“Witty, fresh and hilarious. A perfect production to remind us how much we need theatre in our world.”
★★★★
The Stage
“This imaginative interpretation is as clever as it is witty and as moving as it is original… A tour de force.”
★★★★
Spy In The Stalls
“A well-oiled and well-crafted two hours. tightly choreographed and managed with great skill. A rollicking ride of a show.”
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