The first ever national tour of Torben Betts's Invincible, directed by Christopher Harper features Alastair Whatley as Oliver, Emily Bowker as Emily, Graeme Brookes as Alan and Kerry Bennett as Dawn. The tour will begin at the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds on 30 March. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at rehearsals below!
With the recession biting hard, Emily and Oliver have decided to downsize and shift their middle-class London lifestyle to a small town in the north of England. One night, they open their doors to their next door neighbours, Dawn and Alan. Over the course of a disastrous evening of olives, anchovies, Karl Marx and abstract art, class and culture collide, resulting in consequences that are both tragic and hilarious.
INVINCIBLE had its world premiere at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond in 2014 and transferred later that same year to St James Theatre, London. It received great critical acclaim.
Director Christopher Harper is an Associate of the Original Theatre Company and directed their 2011 production of See How They Run. As an actor, he recently finished playing Benedick on a world tour of Much Ado About Nothing for the Globe, and starred as Victoria Wood's son, Cliff Last, in the television film Housewife 49.
INVINCIBLE will be designed by Victoria Spearing, with sound by Dominic Bilkey. The national tour is produced by Tom Hackney for The Original Theatre Company and Adrian Grady for Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds.
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Photo Credit: Jack Ladenburg
Kerry Bennett, Emily Bowker and Polly Jordan
Kerry Bennett
Kerry Bennett and Emily Bowker
Kerry Bennett and Emily Bowker
Kerry Bennett and Graeme Brookes
Graeme Brookes
Christopher Harper
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