ATG Magazine 46

AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP

Spring 2016

LOW DOWN ON THE KINKS SUNNY AFTERNOON

A WHOPPER OF A SHOW GUYS & DOLLS

TOM CHAMBERS IN COWARD’S PRIVATE LIVES

MATTHEW

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PERRY

The End of Longing

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CONTENTS

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IN HIS OWN RIGHT

first play The End of Longing

3

ROCKING THE NATION

days of the The Kinks as Sunny Afternoon

goes out on tour

Friends star Matthew Perry on his

Transport back to the 60’s and the heady

5 COMPETITION

Not one but two chances to win a rockin’

VIP night out with a pair of legendary

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6

BEING BRAVE WITH COWARD

Tom Chambers shimmies off Strictly Funny Girl

and into comic bliss with Private Lives

7

A BIG FAT JOY MACHINE

West End sensation that is Guys & Dolls

9

BROADWAY BEAUTY

Grab yourself front row seats for the

A historic theatre undergoes a startling transformation

10

CIRQUE GOES LARGE

- Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour

11

AN INSIDER’S GUIDE

gardens - New York uncovered

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ON THE HOME FRONT

Making a grand Broadway entrance

Boutique hotels, brunch, botanical

Spoilt for choice this season Private Lives

Cirque du Soleil

Staging the poignant, inspiring wartime story Goodnight Mister Tom

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INTERVIEW

WORLD E R PREMIE

IN HIS

OWN RIGHT IMPRESSIVE, FUNNY, BITTERSWEET - FRIENDS STAR MATTHEW PERRY MAKES HIS PLAYWRITING DEBUT

Interview by Al Senter

Photography by Jay Brooks and Marc Brenner 1

I

t’s often been said that TV stars appear smaller

theatre at the University of Southern California when

in real life but Matthew Perry gives the lie to this

he was offered a role in sitcom Second Chance. Perry’s

urban myth. The former Friends star positively

fate was sealed.

towers over the landscape in the North London

‘I often wonder what would have happened, had

rehearsal space where he has been test-driving his

I gone to college,’ he muses. ‘I’d have probably still

first play The End of Longing.

ended up as an actor, taking a different route. At school

Perry is now comfortably into middle age, having

I was the classroom clown who used humour as a

spent the decade between 1994 and 2004 as one

means of defence. I was the kind of guy who thought

of the ensemble in Friends, the sitcom that was the

you needed to be funny all the time.’

centre-piece of Channel 4’s Friday night schedule

You could argue that Friends took the place of a

throughout that era. With all the fine-tooled finesse

drama school in Perry’s life. ‘I had ten years of really

of the classic American sitcom, Friends dominated

good training on Friends,’ he says. ‘It was a very

the schedules worldwide and Perry, in the role of the

collaborative process and it taught you to figure out

wisecracking

where the

Chandler,

laughs

was a natural

should be.’

exponent of

In a career

the sardonic

that has

quip, tucking

lasted nearly

into the

thirty years,

smart lines

Perry has

the writing

experienced

teams

both the

gratefully

sweet and

fed him.

sour aspects

When we

of a Hollywood

speak, he is living a monkish existence, devoting all his energies to

existence and he is philosophical about the hand which

The End of Longing. It’s an impressive piece; a sharply

Fate deals him.

written, fast paced mix of laughter and tears set amid

‘I didn’t know where I was going with this play;

a quartet of friends after a raucous night out in Los

I just kept going,’ he reveals.‘I’m very lucky to be in

Angeles. One would expect Perry to know his way

the position of being offered a lot of television work

around a witty line and the play is expertly mined with

which gives me more options. However, we are all

laugh-out-loud moments. At the same time, he shows

working hard at the moment to make this play as

an assured touch with character and dialogue. ‘I hope

good as possible. There’s a common belief that

to make the audience laugh but I want them to cry

people cannot change for the better and that they

as well,’ he says.

remain broken by life. I disagree. My characters

Writing The End of Longing has been a liberating

certainly change in a play that is positive and

process, says Perry. He plays Jack, an alcoholic who

life-affirming.’

seems to be perfectly happy with the status quo but

Are there any

as a writer he has certainly enjoyed putting the piece

more plays taking

through its paces.

shape in his

‘Six days before the first preview, we’re still changing

imagination? ‘Ask

the dialogue and I’m happy to do that provided the

me again in May,’

play improves as a result,’ says Perry. ‘I was initially

he replies. ‘That’s

very nervous about sending the play to my friends and

when we finish.’ ■

to my manager but it got good reactions from them.

I feel that the play has gotten better and the lines have gotten better the more we’ve worked on it.’

Perry was last in the West End with Lindsay Posner’s revival of Mamet’s Sexual Perversity in Chicago but TV has also provided him with a wealth of relevant training.

‘I’ve had plenty of practice acting in front of a live studio audience. I enjoy it. You learn pretty quickly if the jokes are working or not; the audience will tell you.

Originally I wasn’t going to be in the cast so it’s been an interesting challenge to be both actor and writer

‘ONE WOULD EXPECT PERRY TO KNOW HIS WAY AROUND A WITTY LINE AND THE PLAY IS EXPERTLY MINED WITH LAUGH-OUTLOUD MOMENTS’ THE END OF LONGING A new play written by and starring Matthew Perry. Directed by Lindsay Posner.

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- both very exposing roles. This is my first play and it’s a big deal. My life recently has been all about this play.

I take it home with me and come back with it the next morning. I don’t go out. I don’t socialise. I’m totally focussed on The End of Longing.’

The son of a Canadian journalist and an American actor, Perry moved from a promising career as a junior tennis-player in Ottawa to the life of an actor in Los Angeles. He was about to take up a place studying

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INTERVIEW

WINNER

BEST NIECWAL MOLIUVIESR AWARDS 2015

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ROCKING

Nation

THE

SUNNY AFTERNOON CELEBRATES ONE OF BRITAIN’S MOST ICONIC BANDS

F

rom the moment the lights dim at the

Audiences have clearly felt that shock and loved

beginning of Sunny Afternoon, the

it. The musical which opened at the Hampstead

sensational hit musical which tells the story

Theatre before transferring to the West End, is now

of the rise of The Kinks, you know it’s coming

into its second year, with a touring production due

- the unmistakable ear-drum-splitting lead guitar

to kick off in Manchester in August. Critics have

riff which signals the start of

praised it and the show

You Really Got Me. And when

dominated the Olivier Awards

it does come, it electrifies the theatre, as if the 1960s were exploding into life again right before our eyes.

‘It’s got to shock people the way The Who or Hendrix first shocked people,’ says

‘A BLAZING TRIUMPH. I SWEAR YOU’LL GET GOOSEBUMPS’

playwright Joe Penhall, who wrote the book for the musical with music and lyrics from

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last year, winning four prizes.

It deftly weaves the

band’s hits into the story (All Day and All of the Night, Dedicated Follower of Fashion, Sunny Afternoon, Waterloo Sunset, Lola, they’re all there) and leads us through the heady early days when four lads from north London strutted and

Interview by Tim Auld

The Kinks’ prodigiously gifted songwriter and

riffed their way to the top of the charts. They elbowed

frontman Ray Davies. ‘We want people to feel on

aside The Beatles and The Rolling Stones with a style

and Paul Heneker

a visceral level what the shock of the new felt like.’

of rock that was savvy, intelligent, and British to the

Photography by Kevin Cummins

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Ray Davies

‘A BELTER! FUNNY, STYLISH, WELL PERFORMED IT HAS EVERYTHING THE KINKS HAD’ DAILY MAIL core. There were savage bust-ups along the way -

were making music, but he didn’t enjoy the kind of

between Ray and his younger brother Dave, the lead

circus that went with it.’

guitarist; and between Dave and drummer Mick Avory,

It’s easy to forget, too, that, amidst all the fame

who famously brawled on stage in Cardiff; but, as the

and money, these were just a bunch of ordinary lads,

summer of 1966 reached its climax with England

full of hormones, trying to grow up. Sunny Afternoon

winning the World Cup, so too did The Kinks’ early

is a clever portrayal of young men who can’t live with

career with their bouncy, satirical number one anthem

each other, can’t live without. Ray and Dave are the

Sunny Afternoon.

prototype for the warring Gallagher brothers; but the

Penhall, a fan of The Kinks since childhood, says

really toxic relationship was between Dave and Mick.

that Ray Davies’s attitude chimes perfectly with his

What was the root of their hatred? ‘Mick is a very

own. ‘I think what I always loved about Ray was that

straightforward, hard-as-nails working-class guy, and

he didn’t seem to buy into any kind of

THE MULTI AWARD-WINNING HIT MUSICAL

Dave the classic flamboyant, self-destructive

orthodoxy.’

1960s seeker. It

Born in London

was a tinderbox.’

in 1967 and

brought up

have to be able

in Australia,

to play their

Penhall has

instruments, not

similarly always

just enough to

marched to his

get by, but to

own tune. He

rock concert

made headlines

quality, because

in 2000 for his

that is what, at

award-winning

moments, the

The cast all

play Blue Orange (which returns in a new production

performance turns into - a bone-shaking live concert.

at the Young Vic this year), has written for TV/film and

Penhall gives much of the credit for the creation

is currently in Hollywood working on a Netflix series,

of this riotous, right-at-yer atmosphere to director

Mindhunter, about the psychology of serial killers,

Edward Hall. ‘Edward had the courage to go, ‘This

starring Charlize Theron.

has got to feel like a concert. It’s got to be as loud

Penhall says he wanted to write about The Kinks

as a concert and as exciting as

for years. In 1995, after seeing Davies perform, he

a concert. It was Edward that

dropped the musician a note, saying, ‘If you ever want

kept saying, ‘It’s got to go up

to do something in the theatre, I’d love to talk to you.’

to 11. It’s got to be deafening.’

I didn’t hear anything until about 2011. I just got a call,

He knew that music has to

saying, ‘Do you want to meet Ray?’ So it took 16 years,

come to you and get right

but it was worth the wait.’

under your skin.’ And half

The musical captures the vulnerability of Davies,

a century on, Ray Davies’

who seemed to carry the weight of the band’s woes

music is unquestionably

on his shoulders. Does Penhall think he enjoyed the

still doing that. ■

rush of stardom? ‘He enjoyed the bits where they

RAY DWINNER A ACHIE OUTSTAND VIES VEMEN ING T IN OL IVIER MUSIC A 2015WARDS

Joe Penhall

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Coward

BEING BRAVE WITH

WHY THERE’S MORE TO PRIVATE LIVES THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT

T

hink you know Noël Coward’s fabulous

Elyot and Amanda meet each other again.’

comedy masterpiece Private Lives? So did

The intelligent, self-deprecating Ritchie, who’ll

former Strictly Come Dancing winner Tom

be hard to miss on TV screens this spring with Call

Chambers and Call The Midwife’s Charlotte

The Midwife, Siblings and the final series of Fresh

Ritchie until they began working on it. They got what

Meat all airing, plays the ‘sheltered, conservative,’

they both describe as a terrific surprise.

Sybil, the new wife to Chambers’ ‘decadent,

‘I thought ‘It’s a Coward play; it’ll be really funny

charming’ Elyot in the touring production, with

and really light,’ says the always bubbly Chambers.

Laura Rogers as Amanda.

‘But as soon as you start getting into it, you realise

Despite her eclectic success with cult TV

it’s like a train that doesn’t stop but occasionally

comedies and heart-warming Sunday night dramas -

just jumps onto another track and heads off in a

touring a stage show was an ambition she’d yet to

different direction.’

realise. ‘I’ve always wanted to,’ she grins. ‘It feels like

While this new production might be full of all the

a rite of passage, something really fun to do. It’s a

wicked wit, fun and impeccable style you’d expect

rare opportunity to see the UK. With a small cast

from Coward’s classic comedy about a divorced

and crew it feels, she says, ‘more of a family tour

couple who find themselves in adjacent hotel rooms

than some big circus trip’.

while on honeymoon with their new spouses, the

‘I just like all the different vibes everywhere you

cast have not been tempted to simply play it for

go,’ adds Chambers, the nimble-footed performer

laughs. ‘We’re not doing the EastEnders version,’

who knows all about touring having taken hit

Chambers chortles, ‘but we are making sure that

musical Top Hat around the UK and into the West

it is as meaningful and truthful as it should be.’

End, ‘It’s lovely that it’s a relatively short tour, so it’s

This, he says, is down to the show’s ‘secret weapon’,

not like it’s three years on the road with a rock band.

rising directorial star Tom Attenborough. Ritchie

And we’re visiting some fantastic cities and beautiful

agrees. ‘At first, I went straight down the road of

theatres too.’

seeing how ridiculous I could make Sibyl, but

the production’s much cleverer than that. Tom

Attenborough as guiding hand and one of the greatest

Attenborough has put a big emphasis on playing

comedies ever written to perform - audiences across

the characters as well-functioning couples, before

the country have a lot to look forward to. ■

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With a group of perenially popular actors,

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INTERVIEW

A BIG FAT

Joy MACHINE

STEP INTO A VIBRANT 1950’s BROADWAY WITH GUYS AND DOLLS

I

t’s impossible to think of a musical more vibrant,

theatre - and in particular, this production - is evident.

more exciting and more enjoyable than Guys

Based on the short stories of 1920’s journalist Damon

and Dolls, the highly acclaimed Chichester Festival

Runyon, Guys and Dolls presents two very different

Theatre production now playing to packed houses

love stories: we have sexy, man of the world Sky

in London’s West End. ‘We’re so proud of it,’ says

Masterson who unexpectedly falls in love with prim,

director, New Yorker Gordon Greenberg. ‘It’s a big,

repressed missionary worker Sarah Brown - and then

fat joy machine. It celebrates everything that is brassy

there’s compulsive gambler Nathan Detroit who has

and glitzy and glamorous about Broadway in its heyday

been engaged for 14 years to the long-suffering Miss

- the 1950’s.’

Adelaide, a nightclub singer who faithfully adores him,

Greenberg produced his first Broadway show at

but whose biological clock is ticking loudly.

Photography by Paul Coltas

age 12, and he has a stunning CV from film and theatre

‘The 50’s was an exciting decade for us in the States,’

- across Europe and the USA, including new versions

says Gordon. ‘In England you were still on rations - but

at the Savoy Theatre

of Yentl and Jesus Christ Superstar. His love of musical

in the States it was a boom time, with money coming

Director Gordon Greenberg

Interview by Victoria Kingston from the West End production

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‘A SCINTILLATING REVIVAL’ FT

‘A WHOPPER OF A SHOW. GIANT DANCES, GIANT SONGS, GIANT FEELINGS’ out of everyone’s ears. The boys were back from the

see why she is so scared of herself. She sings If I

war and there were lots of opportunities for them - and

Were a Bell, which has crazy, sexual metaphors,

Broadway reflected this opulence. This is why shows of

one after the other.’

that decade - including Rodgers and Hammerstein hits

Gordon loves London and tells me that Guys and

- exude this sense of humanity and idealism and fun.’

Dolls was the first show he saw here. It was, he says,

The showstopping music and lyrics are by Frank

life changing, because he realised that a musical could

Loesser (Luck Be A Lady, Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the

have a high level of hilarity and invention while still

Boat and My Time of Day are just a few of the songs),

being truthful and poignant. He is committed to casting

and they authentically reflect the witty, wise-cracking

the touring production with experienced actors who

New York street language of the period.

give the production substance and authenticity

Not many songs, I point out, contain phrases like: all right already! Gordon smiles, ‘Well, that’s true. It’s the way my grandparents spoke. It’s our equivalent of your East End very colourful. In our first reference to the beautiful Sarah Brown, they say she’s

(Sophie Thompson, David

★★★★★ ‘THE MOST ECSTATIC MUSICAL MOMENT IN LONDON’ METRO

Haig and Jamie Parker starred in the West End). ‘I am seeing as many people as I can from unexpected sources - from the RSC and the National. Actors who can give the show the glitz it needs, but also their ‘actorly’ expertise. If we go to the theatre, even if it is a musical,

one hundred percent ice!

we want to experience some

Isn’t that great?’

The characters are recognisably real-life: ‘Sky

kind of transformation - to learn something about

Masterson is like any of the Rat Pack guys - slick, smart

the human condition.’

and handsome. And to be in love for the first time is

So as director, what does Gordon hope for at the

torture for him. Nathan Detroit reflects that New York

end of each show? ‘I always hope the audience will

Jewish humour - so that even when he’s broke in a

be moved and delighted by the story - and at the very

sewer, he can still see the irony of it. He almost enjoys

least, laugh their heads off! It’s just pure pleasure and

suffering. Adelaide is an ageing showgirl coming to

it reaches into your heart and squeezes and it reminds

the end of her child-bearing years. But she goes on

you there’s a lot of good stuff in life - and you’ve just

believing - and that’s why we love her. We all

seen a whopper of a show. Giant dances, giant songs,

understand her feeling - her fear that the bubbles in

giant feelings. All the characters are fighters and they

her champagne have gone flat. I certainly feel like that

all believe in happy endings - and it’s that belief that

sometimes. And then, Sarah cloaks herself in religion as

wins them their happy ending. And with all this, the

protection against her fear of intimacy. Sky takes her to

takeaway is, I hope, that the audience will leave

Havana, gets some drinks inside her and we suddenly

happier than when they came.’ ■

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NEWS

Beauty

BROADWAY

THE CURTAIN RISES AGAIN ON A CELEBRATED PLAYHOUSE

I

t is one of Broadway’s most beautiful and historic theatres but in recent years it’s been incognito:

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But she lost the Hudson in the Great Depression, after which it was variously radio studio, cinema, rock club,

tucked away between two hotels just off Times

TV studio and conference centre.

Square. But now the Hudson has been taken

From there America’s Tonight show was broadcast,

over by Britain’s Ambassador Theatre Group and

with Steve Allen famously interviewing an Elvis Presley

in association with Millenium & Copthorne Hotels

who had already so upset middle America with his

is getting a multi-million dollar makeover to become

sexy gyrations that anxious producers dressed him

Broadway’s 41st theatre.

in a tuxedo and had him sedately singing Hound Dog

‘We have proudly owned and maintained the

to a puzzled-looking basset hound.

theatre as a cherished conference venue within

Don’t expect any such lack of daring from the

our New York hotel estate since 1994,’ says M&C’s

reborn Hudson. Inside, it will look much as it did in

Chairman Kwek Leng Beng. ‘It was time for The

1903, when critics raved about its internal beauties,

Hudson to again become a destination where New

notably the Tiffany glass on a domed foyer ceiling

Yorkers and visitors from around the world will

that ‘gave forth a flood of light’. There will be major

experience great theatre and entertainment.’

improvements backstage including a new flying

David Lazar, Executive Director of ATG’s worldwide

system, luxury bars and VIP hospitality areas, and

operations says, if all goes well with renovations

completely new seats, some 950 of them. That, says

costing ‘north of $10 million’, it should be in operation

Lazar, means it will have an intimate feel yet be able

by the end of this year, perhaps presenting an as yet

to house not only a wide range of London transfers

undecided transfer from London.

but home-grown plays and small musicals.

The theatre opened in 1903 with Cousin Kate

More than that, Lazar envisions ATG taking plays

starring Ethel Barrymore, sister of the great John.

not only from London to New York but on tour in

All was well until 1912, when its owner, Henry Harris,

Britain and elsewhere, notably to its Australian base,

died after carrying his injured wife to the last lifeboat

Sydney’s historic Theatre Royal. That should ensure

to leave the Titanic and waving bravely to her as it

that Broadway’s famously high production costs don’t

sank. She took over the theatre, giving stage room

mean any cutting of corners. Indeed, it should bring

to performers including Douglas Fairbanks, Edward

the world top-quality work. ‘Exciting,’ says Lazar.

G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck and Louis Armstrong.

Absolutely. ■

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GOING OUT

ATG’S BEAUTIFUL THEATRES ON BROADWAY & IN BROOKLYN MEAN THAT THIS YEAR, THERE’S EVEN MORE REASON TO VISIT NEW YORK

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botanic gardens to bars - and follow them with a

tours of the park on horseback, with guides pointing

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Prospect Park hasn’t changed all that much in the Trains chugged through New York’s meatpacking

150 years since it opened, but New York City itself is

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clothing, jewellery, comic books and more. There’s

of the prettiest spots in the borough,

another huge flea market at Industry City in Brooklyn

particularly in springtime, when its 200

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food from all over the world.

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The botanic garden occupies just a slice of Brooklyn’s enormous Prospect Park, which was laid out in the mid-19th century by the same architects as Central Park, its better 11

The Tenement Museum offers fascinating insights into

While in Brooklyn, make a beeline for the exquisite and ornate King’s Theatre which re-opened in 2015 after a lavish multi-million dollar makeover. Designed in a French-influenced baroque style, the theatre is on the US National Register of Historic Places and has

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a lively programme ranging from Whoopi Goldberg

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largest outdoor swimming pools in the city.

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ATG TI THEATRE AND ENTERTAINMENT TO PUT A SPRING IN YOUR STEP

FUNNY GIRL West End golden girl and multiaward winner Sheridan Smith stars in Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre from April. The ultimate Brooklyn to Broadway fable, songs include People and Don’t Rain on My Parade.

★★★★★ Independent ★★★★ Times | Telegraph D UR AN TO N

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Guardian

CATS Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s recordbreaking smash-hit is out on tour - meet all our favourite feline characters including Macavity and Grizabella in this larger than life song and dance spectacular.

PRIVATE LIVES Expect charm, glamour and spice in Coward’s best loved and quintessentially English comedy starring Tom Chambers, Laura Rogers, Charlotte Ritchie and Richard Teverson.

MATTHEW PERRY The Friends star makes his West End playwriting debut with The End of Longing - the mustsee comedy of 2016 in which he leads a cast directed by award-winning Lindsay Posner.

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Internationally acclaimed actor Matthew Perry (Friends) leads the cast in the World Premiere of his playwriting debut in the West End. This fast paced, and bittersweet comic new play, will be directed by the critically acclaimed and awardwinning director, Lindsay Posner.

SUNNY AFTERNOON ★★★★ ‘This is a great, very British musical about a great, very British band’ The Times

RAZ Jim Cartwright’s Fringe First award-winning rollercoaster of a night out in modern Britain transfers to London for four weeks only.

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DOCTOR FAUSTUS Praised for their innovative and anarchic reinvention of the classics, The Jamie Lloyd Company propels Christopher Marlowe’s legendary tale Doctor Faustus into the here and now in a magical new production starring Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) in his longawaited return to the London stage.

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GUYS AND DOLLS Don’t miss the ‘scintillating revival’ (FT) of the highly acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre production.

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THE WOMAN IN BLACK One of the most exciting and gripping theatre events ever staged. ‘A truly nerve-shredding experience’ Daily Mail

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FIREBIRD Following a sold out run at Hampstead Theatre, Firebird transfers to Trafalgar Studio 2. Limited run until 19 March.

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INTERVIEW

ON THE

Home Front

A VERY SPECIAL WARTIME STORY IN GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM

A

little waif of a boy, all big eyes and skinny

now, snapped up by ATG, enabling a larger production

limbs, baggy socks hanging around his

to be staged which has recently seen its West End

bruised knees, stands in the centre of a

debut, this beautifully executed play is touring the

cavernous stage. He doesn’t speak for

country once again.

a long time, and it feels like the whole audience is

David Wood

Wood, who had to wait 20 years to gain the rights

Such is the rare power of this story, and playwright

to adapt the novel, but his patience, determination

David Wood’s skill, that you feel completely captivated

and passion to create good theatre finally paid off.

and at one with the characters on the stage from

‘It really has been a labour of love. But I think that’s

the very opening moments of

a good thing because it meant

this play. It feels like something

I couldn’t rush the process. I

very special is unfolding.

Goodnight Mister Tom, the much-loved children’s classic

by Michelle Magorian, follows troubled 8-year-old East End evacuee William Beech - a fictional character, but based on two boys that Magorian’s

‘SPELLBINDING MAGIC. TENDER AND TRAUMATIC, POIGNANT AND POWERFUL’

mother nursed in one of the

SUNDAY EXPRESS

London hospitals during the war

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This journey has been a moving experience for

holding their breath, willing him to utter his first words.

had plenty of time to consider my approach, how to make sure the play would faithfully echo the book. I needed to be sure I wasn’t compromising Michelle’s very special story in any way.’

To date, Wood has

written over 70 plays and is honoured with the title of National Children’s Dramatist

- as he arrives in the Dorset countryside and is billeted

- no small responsibility to be introducing young

with gruff but gentle widower Tom Oakley.

audiences to the theatre and encouraging a life-long

Back in 2011, to coincide with the 30th anniversary

love of the medium. He is adamant that writing plays

of the book, Wood’s adaptation was first staged at

for children isn’t about ‘dumbing down’ or sheltering

Chichester winning an Olivier award before heading

them from the more challenging elements of a story.

off on a UK tour. Regularly bringing audiences to their

‘I am writing for children, of course, but I am also

feet, not to mention reaching for the tissues, it was

writing for myself and for anyone who finds a

evident that the play had a long life ahead of it. And

connection to the subject’ he explains, with clear

passion for his cause. ‘In the case of this book, there

he says humbly, with a smile.

are some disturbing themes touched upon - and I

Goodnight Mister Tom is just one of many superb

felt it was absolutely my responsibility to retain that

plays in Wood’s incredible collection, that reads like a

honesty in the play. Young audiences want to see

‘who’s who’ of children’s fiction. Having adapted books

and understand the world as much as older ones.’

by many much-loved authors including Roald Dahl,

A good story should resonate with any age, from

Dick King-Smith, Philip Pullman and Judith Kerr, it is

eight to eighty-eight, he

true testament to his care and

stresses. ‘It’s very rare to find

dedication that many of these

a subject and a story that works on all levels, as a truly family experience. That has been particularly noticeable with this

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play. There are often four or

INDEPENDENT

collaborations have forged close friendships.

‘I am always very

careful to involve the author as I’m shaping the play, and ensure they are comfortable

even five generations sitting in the audience, and that is a wonderful thing,’ he says,

with how I’ve translated their vision. So I see these

with gentle appreciation.

friendships as truly earned, through trust and

‘And it’s a strong reminder too that the evacuee

respect, and always being faithful to their

programme during the war affected so many people,

wonderful books.’ ■

and still sits in the nation’s consciousness - from those who were evacuees themselves, to the children of evacuees, to students who are studying the book, to the younger audience members who are the same age as the protagonist.’

So how did he go about capturing the wealth of storytelling in the book for this audience? ‘I always see a book as a very large canvas, which needs to be telescoped down. There is no way that all the wonderful detail can be matched with the time constraints of the stage, so it is necessary to find a balance between what is brought to the front, what is visually represented and what is carefully left to be assumed by the audience. All without compromising the magic of the original story. I like to think I have a little antenna that lets me know when I’m on the right path,’

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Photography by Dan Tsantilis

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