GUYS AND DOLLS to Play The Marlowe Theatre

THE ACCLAIMED West End production of Guys And Dolls is coming to The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury.

This hugely popular and multi-award-winning musical is based on the colourful stories by American journalist Damon Runyon, renowned for his vivid fictional depictions of the gamblers, hustlers and nightclub singers of Prohibition-era New York. It features some of Broadway's greatest musical numbers, including My Time Of Day, Luck Be A Lady and Sit Down You're Rockin' The Boat.

Casting includes Richard Fleeshman (Coronation Street, Ghost The Musical, Call The Midwife) as Sky Masterson, Maxwell Caulfield (Grease 2, Emmerdale, The Colbys) as Nathan Detroit, Louise Dearman as Adelaide and Anna O'Byrne (Love Never Dies) as Sarah Brown.

Nathan Detroit is desperate: he needs money for an illegal dice game, and he needs it fast. Not to mention a 14-year engagement with nightclub singer Miss Adelaide, whose patience is finally running out. Enter notorious gambler Sky Masterson, a guy who can never turn down a bet, and straight-laced missionary Sarah Brown, a doll with a heart of ice. Nathan's wager is that Sky has to romance Sarah by taking her to Havana for dinner and in return he'll provide a dozen 'sinners' for Sarah's mission. Surely this is one bet Nathan absolutely can't lose?

Maxwell Caulfield's theatre credits include the Tony Award-winning production of The Elephant Man and the National Theatre's transfer of An Inspector Calls on Broadway. In the UK he has starred in the UK touring productions of Singin' In The Rain, Bedroom Farce and The Rocky Horror Show, as well as starring as Billy Flynn in the West End production of Chicago. In recent years Maxwell has starred in several long-running UK television series, including Emmerdale and Casualty. Other television credits include the hit US shows Modern Family, NCIS and Castle, as well as The Parade and the global hit series The Colbys. Film credits include the lead opposite Michelle Pfeiffer in Grease 2, The Boys Next Door, Empire Records and The Real Blonde.

Richard Fleeshman's stage credits include A Damsel In Distress (Chichester Festival Theatre), Urinetown (St James Theatre), Ghost The Musical (Piccadilly Theatre and on Broadway) and Legally Blonde (Savoy Theatre). He is best known on screen as Craig Harris in Coronation Street. Richard's other screen credits include Moving On, Midsomer Murders, All The Small Things, Reading Bedtime Stories, Monday Monday, Blue Murder IV and An Angel For May. Richard also secured a major record deal with Universal Records upon leaving Coronation Street.

Louise Dearman played Sarah Brown in the hit Donmar Warehouse production of Guys And Dolls in the West End. Her extensive theatre credits include Kiss Me Kate (Royal Albert Hall), The Water Babies (Leicester Curve), the first actor to play Elphaba and Glinda in Wicked (Apollo Victoria), Evita (UK tour), Grease (West End and UK tour), and Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK tour). As a recording artist, she has released three albums.

Anna O'Byrne's theatre credits include Sweeney Todd (ENO), Barnum (Chichester Festival Theatre and UK Tour), Phantom Of The Opera (Her Majesty's). Anna's film credits include Christine Daae in the acclaimed Australian production of Love Never Dies, released internationally in cinemas and on DVD.

Guys and Dolls is choreographed by Cuban dancer and former Royal Ballet star Carlos Acosta and Andrew Wright, whose credits include Chichester Festival Theatre's Singin' In The Rain. Director Gordon Greenberg has directed plays and musicals at major theatres across America and Europe, written for television and stage, and runs the musical theatre programme at The New Group in New York, where he is based. Music and lyrics are by Frank Loesser, whose credits include How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying and the song Baby, It's Cold Outside.

Guys And Dolls is at The Marlowe Theatre from Tuesday 28 June to Saturday 2 July, with performances at 7.30pm, plus 2.30pm on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Tickets, priced from £28 to £47.50 (concessions available; booking fee applies) are from the Box Office on 01227 787787 or marlowetheatre.com.

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