John Lennon play set to tour the North West

Northern Outlet Theatre Company is bringing the play John and Mark to the North West in November.
This new play by George Gunby about a musical legend and his killer. Set in the cell of a New York maximum security prison, the play sees prisoner Mark David Chapman visited by John Lennon; the man he shot dead years earlier outside the Dakota building.

Lee Joseph plays John Lennon and Matthew Howard-Norman, will be making his professional debut in the role of Mark David Chapman. Tracy Gabbitas completes the cast as the woman.

The second play in the double-bill is the UK premiere of Naked Old Man by Tony and Academy Award nominated writer Murray Schisgal performed by Richard Sails, which follows the ageing playwright and co-writer of the film Tootsie, as he is joined for the evening by three of his closest friends, all of whom happen to be deceased.

The double-bill is directed by Paul Blinkhorn and John and Mark/Naked Old Man previews at Stanwix Theatre in Carlisle on 1 November before running at The Lantern Theatre, Liverpool (6- 8 November) and then moving on to Taurus Bar, Manchester (12-13 November).