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ALL-STAR CAST ANNOUNCED FOR BENNETT’S SINGLE SPIES
Single Spies
Newcastle Theatre Royal
Tuesday 15th - Saturday 19th March
2016
In the same week spy-phenomena Spectre hits our
cinema screens, Newcastle Theatre Royal is delighted to announce its own
star-studded spy blockbuster will arrive onstage in 2016 - Alan Bennett’s espionage
classic Single Spies.
Bennett’s
award-winning double bill is a pointedly satirical snapshot of two members of
the infamous ‘Cambridge Five’, Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt, both recruited as
spies by the Soviet Union during World War II.
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| Belinda Lang |
Olivier
Award-nominated Rachel Kavanaugh will direct Nicholas Farrell (as Guy Burgess), Belinda Lang (as Coral Browne and Her Majesty the Queen) and David Robb (as Anthony Blunt).
Following
their success with The King's Speech,
the new production is a collaboration between Chichester Festival Theatre and
Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
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| Nicholas Farrell |
In
1950s Moscow, Coral Browne receives an invitation to lunch with
shunned Soviet spy, Guy Burgess, with the sole instruction to ‘bring a tape
measure’. An Englishman Abroad is a wry and touching play which chronicles
the pair’s fleeting friendship and Burgess’ attempts to cling to his way of
life as a Soviet citizen.
A Question of Attribution gives us a glimpse into Anthony Blunt’s life of
espionage within the very walls of Buckingham Palace. Following his double-life as an art historian
to royalty and a Soviet spy, this witty tale of forgery and deceit culminates
in a sharp and candid interrogation from Her Majesty the Queen herself.
Single Spies premiered
at the National Theatre in 1988, opening to critical acclaim and receiving an
Olivier Award for Best New Comedy in 1990.
Nicholas Farrell’s
extensive film and TV career includes The
Iron Lady, Legend, Chariots of Fire, Spooks and Call the Midwife.
Belinda Lang is
best known for playing Bill Porter in hit TV show 2 Point 4 Children (BBC) further screen
credits include Second Thoughts (LWT),
Doctors (BBC) and Midsomer
Murders (ITV). She has recently
appeared on stage in Oklahmona! (Northampton/Tour)
which visited the Theatre Royal in June, Ladies
in Lavender (National Tour), Hay
Fever (Royal Exchange and Haymarket Theatre) and East is East (Birmingham Rep).
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| David Robb |
David Robb is
currently on screen as Dr. Clarkson
in the multi-award winning drama Downton
Abbey (ITV) his extensive television credits also include Wolf Hall, Roman Mysteries and Garrow’s
Law (all BBC). On stage
he has recently appeared in The Audience (Apollo
Theatre) and Hamlet (Tour & West
End).
Rachel Kavanaugh was
Artistic Director of Birmingham Repertory Theatre and has directed multiple
celebrated productions at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre including The Sound of Music (nominated for Best
Musical Revival, Oliver Awards; winner of Best Musical Revival, WhatsOnStage
Awards), Much Ado About Nothing and As You Like It. For Chichester Festival Theatre, Kavanaugh’s Love Story was Olivier Award-nominated
for Best New Musical and received a West End transfer.
Tickets:
Single Spies is at Newcastle Theatre Royal from Tuesday 15th
until Saturday 19th March 2016, playing evenings at 7.30pm,
matinees on Thu 2pm and Sat 2.30pm.
Tickets from £14.50 (save 50p per
ticket online). Tickets can be purchased from the Theatre Royal Box Office on
08448 11 21 21 Calls cost 7ppm plus your phone company’s access charge or
book online at www.theatreroyal.co.uk
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