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Full casting announced for Theatre Royal Bath's The Lady In The Van
Published on
July 18, 2017
By
douglasmayo
Olivier Award-winner Sara Kestelman is to star in Jonathan Church's new production of Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van which is to run at the Theatre Royal Bath from 17 August to 2 September 2017.
Kestleman will be joined by Sam Alexander as Alan Bennett, William Gaunt as Underwood and James Northcote who will share the role of Alan Bennett. The full cast will also include Emma Amos, Lia Burge, Paul Hickey, Gabrielle Lloyd, David Shaw Parker, Steve Simmonds and Cat Simmons.
In 1974, Miss Mary Shepherd, a homeless woman, temporarily moved her clapped out Bedford van into Alan Bennett’s front garden at Gloucester Crescent, Camden. She remained parked there for the next fifteen years.
The Lady in the Van will conclude Jonathan Church's inaugural season as Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Bath. His initial season of five plays included David Hare's Racing Demon, Hugh Whitemore's Sand In The Sandwiches with Carolyn Burns' adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's North By Northwest running from 21 July to 12 August and Looking at Lucian by Alan Franks from 3 August to 2 September 2017 still to come. The Lady In The Van will be designed by Robert Innes Hopkins, lighting design by Tim Mitchell, music by Matthew Scott and sound by Mike Walker.
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