Kevin Trainor Leads Cast Of BY JEEVES At The Landor Theatre

Casting is now complete for the 15th anniversary London production of Alan?Ayckbourn and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, By Jeeves.

With stunning new tap dancing choreography, By Jeeves is to play 5 weeks at the?Landor?Theatre from Tuesday 1 February to Saturday 5 March.

Bertie Wooster is being played by Kevin Trainor, seen recently as Billy in Jonathan?Harvey's "Canary" at Hampstead Theatre and Trent Conway in "Six Degrees of?Separation" at the Old?Vic.

Jeeves is being played Paul M. Meston (Paul in Steven Berkoff's "Messiah:?Scenes from an Execution").

The cast is completed by Brendan Cull as Harold "Stinky"?Pinker (his credits include "Flashdance" and "Spamalot" in the West End); Owen Rhys Davies as "Bingo"; Helen George as Madeleine ("The Woman in White", "High School The Musical"); Tim Hudson as Sir Watkyn Bassett; Jenni Maitland as "Stiffy"; David Menkin, "Cyrus"; Charlotte?Mills, "Honoria" ("Jerusalem" at The Royal Court, West End and on Broadway later in 2011); and Andrew Pepper as "Gussie" ("Mary Poppins" in the West End and most recently the title role of the Scarecrow in "The Scarecrow and his Servant" at Southwark Playhouse).

By Jeeves, based on the stories of Bertie Wooster and his butler Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse, is directed by Nick Bagnall ("Entertaining Mr Sloane" at Trafalgar Studios and the recent 50th anniversary production of "Billy Liar" at the West Yorkshire Playhouse). The new tap-inspired choreography is by Andrew Wright, who recently won rave reviews for "42nd Street" at Chichester Festival Theatre. Production design is by Morgan Large, whose West End credits include "Flashdance", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and?"Footloose"; Lighting Design is by Olivier Award-winning Mike Robertson ("Sunday in the Park With George") and his associate Howard Hudson; Sound?Design is by Matt McKenzie for Autograph.

By Jeeves is produced by Thomas Hopkins, Jason Haigh-Ellery, Julian Stoneman, Stage Live.

By Jeeves features 13 delightful songs composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Alan Ayckbourn. It is as refreshingly English as a gin and tonic! When Bertie Wooster's banjo mysteriously disappears just as he is about to give a concert in a church hall, his quick-witted and unflappable manservant Jeeves suggests that he entertain his audience by relating the hapless romantic misadventures of his circle of high-society London cronies...

The press have recently been united in their praise for the Landor Theatre's 2010 slate of musicals, produced by Thomas Hopkins, and hailed the venue as a new powerhouse for musicals.

Director Nick Bagnall
Choreographer Andrew Wright
Musical Director David Rose
Production Designer Morgan Large
Lighting Design Mike Robertson
Sound Designer Matt McKenzie for Autograph
General Management Stoneman Associates

LISTINGS?INFO

By Jeeves

Landor Theatre
70 Landor Road
London
SW9 9PH

Box Office:
020 7737 7276
www.landortheatre.co.uk

Nearest Rail:?
Clapham High?Street

Nearest Tube:
Clapham North

Tuesday 1 February - Saturday 5 March

Tue - Sat 7.30pm
Saturday &?Sunday matinees
at 2.30pm

Press night
Tuesday 8 February
at 7.30pm

Tickets: £22.50

 

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