ANYONE CAN WHISTLE To Play Jermyn Street

Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents' 1964 Broadway musical Anyone Can Whistle is to be revived at the Jermyn Street Theatre, beginning performances March 10 prior to an official opening March 17.

It is directed by Tom Littler, has musical direction by Tom Attwood and is produced by Chantelle Staynings, and designed by Morgan Large. The cast will include Issy van Randwyck, Rosalie Craig and David Ricardo-Pearce.

Anyone Can Whistle tells the story of a city riddled with recession and corruption, ruled by a dictatorial mayoress (van Randwyck) who is challenged by a rebellious citizen, Nurse Fay (Craig), and a political dissident, Hapgood (Ricardo-Pearce). Director Littler explains, "Anyone Can Whistle was way ahead of its time. This production is going to be a bold reinvention of the piece, going back to Laurents and Sondheim's inspirations - the darkly comic European theatre of Brecht and Kurt Weill. It's a very exciting prospect."