THE THREE LIONS Returns For UK Tour Prior To St James Theatre, Mar 2015

Following a critically acclaimed run at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe, William Gaminara's comedy The Three Lionsreturns for a national tour and run at St. James Theatre, London. The production begins its tour at Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford (2 - 7 March 2015), before travelling to the New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich (9 - 14 March 2015) and Liverpool Playhouse (16 - 21 March), ahead of a six week run at St James Theatre. There it will open on 26 March, with previews from 24 March, and run until 2 May. Philip Wilson directs Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, Tom Davey and Séan Browne - recreating their roles of David Beckham, David Cameron and Prince William from the original run.

A footballer, a prince and a prime minister walk into a hotel room.....

This hilarious new comedy offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of diplomacy in action, revealing what really went on between David Cameron, David Beckham and Prince William in a Swiss hotel the night before England's bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In spite of missed planes, mistaken identities, misunderstandings and sartorial challenges, they are determined to bring the beautiful game home. In spite of their eagerness to please FIFA and each other, misunderstandings and faux pas abound as the three protagonists try to keep a grasp on an increasingly elusive goal... But when things start to go disastrously and deliciously wrong, three heads may not be better than one.

William Gaminara works extensively as an actor for film, television and radio. He is perhaps best known for his role as Professor Leo Dalton in eleven series of BBC1's Silent Witness. His past credits as a playwright include Back up the Hearse and Let Them Sniff the Flowers, According to Hoyle (Hampstead Theatre) and Flesh and Blood (a NationalTheatre commission). He has also translated Nine and a Half Millimeters and Pitbull (Royal Court Theatre).Gaminara's screenwriting work includes War Stories (a feature film commission for MMC Films), Ella and TheMothers (BBC), The Lakes (BBC1), and This Life (BBC2).

Dugald Bruce-Lockhart plays David Cameron. His theatre credits include Wonderland (Hampstead Theatre), Henry V, The Winter's Tale, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors (Propeller), The 39 Steps (Liverpool Playhouse/Tour), Deep Blue Sea (Theatre Royal Bath and Vaudeville Theatre), Les Liasons Dangereuses, Faust (Royal Lyceum Edinburgh),Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Nottingham Playhouse), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Nottingham Playhouse), The Prince's Play (National Theatre) and Henry IV (RSC). His television work includes Trust, Case Histories, and Rockface. For film, he has appeared in From Time to Time, Plunge and Hart's War.

Tom Davey plays Prince William. His theatre work includes Waterbabies (Leicester Curve), Love's Labours Lost, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night (all RSC), The Norman Conquests(Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse), Outward Bound (Finborough Theatre), Travesties, The Importance of Being Earnest (Birmingham REP), and The Game of Love and Chance (Salisbury Playhouse). For television, his work includes Silent Witness, The Syndicate, Victoria Cross, A Serpent in Eden, The Ruby in the Smoke, Shakespeare's Happy Ending, and Plenty More Fish; and for film, Hamlet,and Van Wilder II: Rise of Taj.

Séan Browne plays David Beckham. His theatre work includes The Shape of Things (Arcola Theatre), The Great Gatsby (Kings Head), This Is How It Goes (English Theatre of Hamburg), Julius Caesar (Barbican), A Rude Awakening(New End Theatre), Personals (UK & Ireland Tour), and Out of their Heads, Servant of Two Masters and A Midsummer Night's Dream (FYT). For television, his work includes Red Cap, Harry and Cosh and Coronation Streetan for film Reality Mine, Hunting Bears, and The Thompsons.

Philip Wilson directs. His previous productions include The Norman Conquests (Liverpool Playhouse), Twist of Gold(Polka Theatre), The Importance of Being Earnest/Travesties (in repertoire at The Birmingham Rep) Sixty Six Books(Bush Theatre) and Noises Off (Liverpool Playhouse). From 2008-­?2011 Philip was Artistic Director of the Salisbury Playhouse, where his productions included The Game of Love and Chance, The Constant Wife, The Picture, Toro! Toro!, Blackbird, Faith Healer, Private Lives, Arsenic and Old Lace, J L Carr's A Month in the Country and The Winslow Boy.