YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES Stars To Reprise Roles In Improvathon

Nicholas Rowe and Alan Cox, who played Holmes and Watson respectively in Barry Levinson's 1985 film Young Sherlock Holmes, are to reprise their roles live on stage for the 2010 London Improvathon 25 years after they appeared together on screen.

The third Improvathon, which is entirely improvised in the moment, is this year entitled We Are Not Amused and set in Victorian London. Presented by award-winning companies The Sticking Place and Die-Nasty, it takes place continuously for 50 hours from 7pm on Friday 22 January through to 9pm on Sunday 24 January 2010 at Hoxton Hall, London.

The event will feature live music and a myriad of characters from the period shaping stories of mystery and intrigue, played out in one of the country's last remaining music halls. What secrets lie in The Shadows and fog of gas-lit London? What mysteries lurk in the old music hall theatre? What horror hides in the castle overlooking the eerie Dudley Moors?

Rowe and Cox will appear from 9am on Sunday 24 January for 12 hours through to the end of the event at 9pm. They join a core company of 25 actors and musicians who will improvise twenty-five, two-hour episodes through the days and nights resulting in a unique and euphoric style of live, ensemble performance.

This is modelled on Die-Nasty's soap opera format where each performance is an ‘episode'. However, characters are introduced at the start of each one which means audiences do not have to stay for the whole 50 hours to follow the story unless they wish to. They are welcome to simply stay for as many episodes as they want to enjoy. The bar will also remain open at all hours to keep audiences refreshed.

The annual 50-hour Improvathons began in January 2008 when Die-Nasty's Dana Anderson came to London to direct the event at the People Show Studios. The company's strong association with The Sticking Place goes back to 2005 when the first "36 hour improvised soap opera" was presented in London as the brainchild of the late Ken Campbell.

 

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