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The 39 Steps

Opera House, Manchester
From: Monday, 4th March 2013
To: Saturday, 9 March 2013

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Synopsis

Based on an original idea by Nobby Dimon and Simon Corbie from the book by John Buchan. This brand new version will be performed by four actors playing a minimum of 150 roles and contains every single legendary scene from the award-winning movie including the chase on the Flying Scotsman, the escape on the Forth Bridge, the first theatrical bi-plane crash ever staged and the sensational death-defying finale in the London Palladium, besides many other favourite cinematic moments, including the memorable and controversial 'stockings and suspenders' scene!

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5 March 2013

This witty tongue-in-cheek adaptation of John Buchan’s classic novel is a must see.  It's a clever and inventive comedy which follows the adventures of a dashingly handsome hero named Richard Hannay (Richard Ede). 

Our dashing hero becomes unwittingly embroiled in a dangerous spy plot and has to keep moving to avoid detection. Amazing effects allow our hero to be pursued across the country between London and the lonely highlands of Scotland. Here he encounters several brilliant characters along the way including a Scottish girl, a beautiful blonde, Mr Memory and many others.

A compact and extremely talented cast of four actors entertain the audience as these characters with wonderfully inventive and fast-paced action. Charlotte Peters, Tony Bell and Gary Mackay make seamless costume changes to play multiple roles and display perfect comic timing over and over again. The terrifically talented quartet play no less than 139 roles between them in ...

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oliver wong - 8 March 2013: starstarstarstarstar

this is great thanks for review it helped me decide to go :)...

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Cast

Andrew Alexander (Richard Hannay)
Catherine Bailey (Annabella Schmidt/Pamela/Margaret)
Paul Bigley (Man)
Stephen Critchlow (Man)
Richard Ede (Understudy Hannay)
Olivia Greene (Understudy Annabella Schmidt/Pamela/Margaret)
Mark Huckett (Understudy Man)

Creative

Patrick Barlow (from an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon) (Adaptation)
John Buchan (Book)
Edward Snape (for Fiery Angel and Tricycle London Productions with West Yorkshire Playhouse) (Producer)
Maria Aitken (Director)
Peter McKintosh (Design)
Ian Scott (Lighting)
Mic Pool (Sound)
Toby Sedgwick (movement) (Director)


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