Wendi Peters, Diana Vickers, Vicky Binns and more to star in world premiere of HATCHED 'N' DISPATCHED at Park Theatre

World premiere of 

Hatched ‘n’ Dispatched 

- a mucky romp through the morals, memories and music of the 1950s!

An all-star cast is announced today for the world premiere of Hatched ‘n’ Dispatched, a black comedy set in the industrial north of England by Gemma Page and Michael Kirk.

Hatched ‘n’ Dispatched will open at Park Theatre in a 4-week season from Tuesday 1 September -  Saturday 26 September. 

Press night is Wednesday 2 September at 7.00pm.

It is 1959 and you are invited to a party. The Needham family have buried Uncle Arthur and christened Baby Clifford in a double booking at the church. As Dorothy-Mavis takes charge of preparations for the after-party, tensions erupt and toxic secrets threaten to destroy her family. But she is not a woman to let family love come between her and social respectability - whatever the cost. 

The cast includes: Wendi Peters (series regular Cilla Battersby Brown in Coronation Street, on stage Oh What a Lovely War, Theatre Royal, Stratford East & UK Tour, White Christmas, Dominion Theatre); Diana Vickers (LV in The Rise & Fall of Little Voice, Holly in The Duck House, both Vaudeville Theatre, a semi-finalist on The X Factor); Vicky Binns (Molly Compton in Coronation Street, Ollie in Emmerdale, Martha on two series of The Mill, Lina Lamont in the national tour of Singin’ in the Rain); Matthew Fraser Holland, (Mr Protherough in  Code of a Killer, ITV); Kevin McGowan (Gerardo Escobar in Death and The Maiden, English Theatre of Frankfurt, Ray Say in The Rise & Fall of Little Voice, Derby Theatre); Wendy Morgan (A Streetcar Named Desire and Phedre at the National Theatre, on film as Cynthia Lennon in Birth of the Beatles, Mollie in Yanks - Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Newcommer; James Wrighton (award-winning co-founder/writer and performer with Edinburgh Comedy Award (formerly Perrier) nominated sketch group ‘Idiots of Ants’. The ‘Ants’ have twice toured Australia and New Zealand appearing at the Melbourne & Sydney International Comedy Festivals and winning Best International Act at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival);Danielle Flett (Poppy in Noises Off, The Old Vic & UK tour, Emily in Vera Vera Vera Vera at the Royal Court, Carolyn in Top Boy for Channel 4). 

Produced by Stuart Piper for Cole Kitchenn and Bradford Street Productions. Stuart is a two-time Whatsonstage Award-nominated producer of New Boy and Lifecoach (Best New Comedy, 2009 & 2010) at Trafalgar Studios that starred Nicholas Hoult and Phill Jupitus respectively.

Creative credits:

Director: Michael Kirk

Designer: Rachel Stone (Sweeney Todd, Twickenham Theatre)

Lighting Designer: Derek Anderson (Scenes from a Marrige, dir Trevor Nunn, St. James Theatre)

Casting: Anne Vosser

Hatched ‘n’ Dispatched 

Park Theatre

Clifton Terrace, 

Finsbury Park, 

London N4 3JP

Box office: 020 7870 6876

Dates:

Previews: 1 Sep 2015 

Press Night: 2 Sep 2015 (at 7.00pm) 

Plays until: 26 Sep 2015 

Performances Tue – Sat Evenings 19.45

Thu & Sat Matinees 15.15 

Running Time TBC 

Prices £12.50 Previews 

£18.00 Full £15.00 Concessions 

£12.50 Tuesdays –  Residents with N. London 

postcode or Under 25s (Proof required, limited availability) Pay What You Can Any matinee. Bookable from one hour before the performance, in person at the box office. One ticket per person. Subject to availabilty.