The Man in the White Suit - Wyndham's Theatre
London theatre news: Friday 12 April 2019
Comedy - London West End - Shows
Tickets are now on sale for The Man in the White Suit, due at Wyndham's Theatre this September starring Stephen Mangan and Kara Tointon.
Tickets have today gone on sale for The Man in the White Suit, due at Wyndham's Theatre from 26 September.
The show is adapted and directed by Sean Foley and stars Stephen Mangan and Kara Tointon.
The play is based on the 1951 Ealing comedy film starring Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood and Cecil Parker and reunites Stephen Mangan and Sean Foley who also created the Olivier award-winning production Jeeves and Wooster.
Stephen Mangan's many stage appearances include The Birthday Party, Jeeves and Wooster and The Norman Conquests, for which he received a Tony nomination.
And his screen credits include the lead as Sean in Episodes for the BBC, and for the Bafta winning Green Wing.
(Note that Mr Mangan will not be appearing w/c 23rd December 2019).
Sean Foley's productions include most recently in the West End, The Dresser, The Miser and The Painkiller.
He is a double Olivier award-winner and has recently been appointed as the next Artistic Director at Birmingham Rep.
For The Man In The White Suit, he joins forces with designer Michael Taylor, with whom he also created The Ladykillers.
Kara Tointon's stage credits include Olivia in Twelfth Night for the RSC, Ayckbourn's Relatively Speaking, and Absent Friends, and as Eliza in Pygmalion.
Show listing information
Synopsis
When Sidney Stratton (Stephen Mangan), invents a fabric that never gets dirty and never wears out, manufacturers and trades unions are terrified by the threat it poses to their industry and their jobs.
Only Daphne (Kara Tointon) the mill owner's daughter, shows Sidney any support as the bosses and workers chase the Man in the White Suit determined to destroy them both.
Cast
Stephen Mangan - Sidney Stratton
Kara Tointon - Daphne Birnley
Sue Johnston - Mrs Watson
Richard Cordery as Birnley
Richard Durden as Sir John
Delroy Atkinson
Katie Bernstein
Ben Deery
Matthew Durkan
Rina Fatania
Oliver Kaderbhai
Eugene McCoy
Elliott Rennie
Katherine Toy
Creatives
Author: Adapted by Sean Foley
Composer: Charlie Fink, arranger Phil Bateman
Director: Sean Foley
Designer: Michael Taylor
Choreography: Lizzi Gee
Lighting: Mark Henderson
Sound: Ben Ringham and Max Ringham
Fight director: Alison De Burgh
Venue
London
WC2H 0DA
Dates
From: Friday 27 September 2019
Closed: Saturday 7 December 2019
Tickets
Standard: From £15
Links
ActDrop full listing for The Man in the White Suit
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