Samuel & Timothy West in A Number in 2006
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Menier Reunites Wests in Number, Goes Invisible

Father and son Timothy and Samuel West will play father and son in the first major London revival of Caryl Churchill’s 2002 play about cloning, A Number. The new production, directed by Jonathan Munby based on his 2006 staging at Sheffield Crucible, forms part of the new autumn/winter season at the Menier Chocolate Factory, which will also include the European premiere of promenade mystery tour piece Accomplice and a revival of Ken Hill’s adaptation of HG Wells’ classic novel The Invisible Man.

The Invisible Man, which will run from 24 November 2010 to 13 February 2011 (previews from 12 November), makes an unusual choice for the Menier’s festive season programming slot, which has traditionally been taken by revivals of classic Broadway musicals. Previous Christmas-launched musicals - Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music, La Cage aux Folles, Little Shop of Horrors and, last year, Sweet Charity - have all transferred to the West End and, in the case of the first three, Broadway as well, after their initial sell-out runs at the Menier’s 150-seat home base in Southwark, London.

The Chocolate Factory’s full autumn/winter season is as follows:

- by Terri Paddock

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