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Keeley Hawes, Karl Johnson and Montserrat Lombard to join Lee Evans and Sheila Hancock in BARKING IN ESSEX


BARKING IN ESSEX

Keeley Hawes, Karl Johnson and Montserrat Lombard are joining the cast of Clive Exton’s comedy, BARKING IN ESSEX, starring Lee Evans and Sheila Hancock.  The play will premiere at Wyndham’s Theatre on Monday 16 September 2013, following previews from 6 September. 

Freedom finally beckons for lowlife con man Algie Packer.  He’s done seven years inside and now he’s coming home to spend his carefully stashed cash - £3.5million in untraceable notes.  But there’s something Algie’s family has forgotten to mention…  The Packers are your average dysfunctional Essex crime family with a big problem.  Are they going to be able to cover their tracks before Algie arrives home? 

Lee Evans (The Producers, Endgame, The Dumb Waiter) is hapless, dim-witted Darnley, Sheila Hancock (The Last of the Duchess, Sister Act, The Birthday Party) is Emmie, his mother and very much the boss of the family, and Keeley Hawes (Spooks, Ashes to Ashes, Upstairs Downstairs) is Chrissie, Darnley’s perma-tanned wife. Karl Johnson (Lark Rise to Candleford, Noises Off and a long career at the National Theatre) plays their neighbour and friend Rocco, and Montserrat Lombard (St Trinian’s 2, Ashes to Ashes, Love Soup) plays Allegra, Archie’s high-class lawyer and girlfriend, whom he’s sent on ahead to retrieve the money.

Clive Exton’s writing credits include the highly-acclaimed film 10 Rillington Place, Poirot, and Jeeves and Wooster.  BARKING IN ESSEX will be directed by Harry Burton (The Dumb Waiter, The Leisure Society), with design by Simon Higlett, lighting by James Farncombe, sound by Gareth Owen and casting by Anne Vosser.  It will be produced in London by MJE Productions and James Quaife Productions.

LISTINGS INFORMATION

BARKING IN ESSEX

Wyndham’s Theatre
Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 0DA

Performances:  Monday-Saturday at 7.30pm*; Thursday and Saturday at 2.30pm**
*7.00pm on Monday 16 September; ** no matinee on Saturday 7 September

Christmas 2013 performances:  no performances on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 December; additional matinee on Tuesday 31 December 

Tickets:  6-19 September: £22.50 - £42.50; from Friday 20 September: £22.50 - £52.50  

N.B.  The play contains bad language and is suitable for ages 16+
  
Box Office:  0844 482 5120




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