Starting Sunday December 7th, the producers of TREASURE ISLAND starring Keith Allen at the Theatre Royal Haymarket will be introducing Sunday matinees at 3.00pm.
At the same time, the Monday evening 7:30pm performances will be cancelled starting Monday the 1st of December. This is in response to a large demand from parents wanting to take their children to see this new adaptation by Ken Ludwig and directed by Sean Holmes.
Keith Allen will make his West End stage debut starring as ‘Long John Silver' in Ken Ludwig's new stage adaptation of "TREASURE ISLAND" by Robert Louis Stevenson at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. The play will open on Monday 17 November, following previews from 7 November. Also in the cast are Michael Legge as ‘Jim Hawkins', Tony Bell as ‘Bones/Captain Smollett', Paul Brennen as ‘Ben Gunn/Black Dog', John Lightbody as ‘Blind Pew/Trelawney', Dermot Kerrigan as ‘Flint/Dr Livesy', James Atherton, Mark Bagnall, Matt Costain, Estella Daniels, Branwell Donaghey, Howard Gossington, James Lailey, Mark Theodore and Sharlene Whyte.
"TREASURE ISLAND" will be directed by
Sean Holmes ("The Entertainer" and work with the
Royal Shakespeare Company), with design by
Lizzie Clachan (a founder of Shunt known for work with the
Royal National Theatre), lighting by
Paul Anderson(Complicite), music by Tom Haines & Ross Hughes and sound by
Emma Laxton. The show will feature a live band on stage.
Amongst his numerous television credits,
Keith Allen plays ‘The Sheriff of Nottingham' in the new BBC series "Robin Hood". His many films include "24-Hour Party People", "Twin Town", "Trainspotting", "Shallow Grave", "Scandal" and "Supergrass". His London theatre work includes
Harold Pinter's "The Celebration" and "The Room" at
The Almeida Theatre and "The Homecoming" at the
Royal National Theatre.
Ken Ludwig is internationally known as a playwright. His work includes the award-winning book for the Gershwin musical "Crazy for You" and the award-winning plays "Lend Me a Tenor" and "Moon Over Buffalo". He was commissioned by the Bristol Old Vic to write a stage adaptation of "The Three Musketeers" which ran there for eight weeks over Christmas 2006.
Starting December 1st, performance times for TREASURE ISLAND at the Theatre Royal Haymarket will be Tuesdays at 7:00pm, Wednesdays-Saturdays at 7.30pm, with 2.30pm matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays and 3.00pm matinees on Sundays. Tickets, priced from 20-45.00, are available from the Theatre Royal Haymarket box office on 0845 481 1870 or at
www.treasureislandtheplay.com. There are special discounts for children.
Photographer Clive Barda
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