Foley reveals musicals and dramas in first season at Birmingham Rep
Director Sean Foley talks to Mark Ludmon about his first full season at Birmingham Rep which includes the UK Premiere of Something Rotten the musical
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Stephen Mangan and Kara Tointon to star in The Man In The White Suit at Wyndham’s Theatre
Sean Foley is to adapt and direct the Ealing comedy for the world premiere stage production which will star Stephen Mangan and Kara Tointon
REVIEW: The Miser, Garrick Theatre ✭✭✭✭
The laughs come thick and fast through the ensuing chaos, and with some stand out comedic performances, it seems like there’s still plenty of life in Molière’s old Miser yet.
REVIEW: The Dresser, Duke Of York’s Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
Sean Foley’s production of The Dresser is simply extraordinary. Ken Stott and Reece Shearsmith are outstanding as ‘Sir’ and Norman, whilst the supporting cast, and Harriet Thorpe’s ‘Her Ladyship’ in particular, are truly excellent. It is a thought-provoking, funny and poignant piece, which not only does full justice to Sir Ronald Harwood’s wonderful script, but the acclaimed productions that preceded it.
REVIEW: The Painkiller, Garrick Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Kenneth Branagh puts in a surprising masterclass in physical comedy as Ralph, getting big laughs despite spending most of the play unable to speak. He is, as expected, excellent at playing the silky smooth secret agent but his movement and timing is also exceptional and he deploys razor sharp comic timing.
Branagh, Brydon and Blakley in comedy The Painkiller
Kenneth Branagh, Rob Brydon, Claudie Blakley, Marcus Fraser, Mark Hadfield and Alex Macqueen make up the cast of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s new comedy The Painkiller. Directed and adapted by Sean Foley, The Painkiller will be the fifth production in the Plays at the Garrick season and will play from 5 March until 30 April 2016. Foley directs his “dark, yet hilarious” adaptation of … Read more
REVIEW: A Mad World My Masters, Barbican Theatre ✭✭
It has everything: dirty, jazzy songs sung lustily; knob jokes; fake brawls; knickers tossed to the audience; knob jokes; sex scenes of all kinds; an altercation with a garbage bin; knob jokes; liquids tossed or splurged onto the audience; dress ups; knob jokes; raunchy scene changes; prostitutes masquerading as Nuns; knob jokes; big items being removed from small, dark places despite security measures including the penis on a small statue of David; fart jokes; and characters called Master Whopping Prospect, Penitent Brothel, Dick Follywit and Mr Littledick. Did I mention there were knob jokes?
