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Alan
Bennett’s rich comedy Enjoy comes to
Milton Keynes Theatre (12 – 17 Apr) as
part of a limited eight week tour with
the original West End cast including
Alison Steadman and David Troughton.
Alan
Bennett is one of Britain’s most loved
and brilliant playwrights acclaimed as
one of theatre’s greatest observers of
the English way of life. A
rarely-performed gem, Enjoy opened to
the biggest advance of any of his plays
in the West End in February 2009.
Written
in 1980, Alan Bennett set this dark
comedy in his home town of Leeds where
an ageing couple are living in the
city’s last back-to-back. With the
demolition of the area in progress, Wilf
and Connie are soon to be re-housed in a
brand new maisonette with a waste
disposal unit and non-slip vinyl
flooring! When a sociologist comes to
observe them in their daily life,
normality takes a decidedly atypical
turn…
Alison
Steadman is one of our best-loved and
most prolific actresses, on stage, she
created the role of the monstrous
Beverly in Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party,
and starred in The Rise and Fall of
Little Voice, for which she won an
Olivier Award. Her films include Shirley
Valentine, Clockwise and A Private
Function, and Mike Leigh’s Life Is Sweet
and Topsy Turvy. Television work
includes Fat Friends, Selling Hitler,
The Singing Detective, The Caucasian
Chalk Circle, and Pride and Prejudice
and recent appearances include The Worst
Week of My Life, Gavin & Stacey and
Fanny Hill.
David
Troughton (Wilf) comes from a theatrical
family: he is the son of Doctor Who
actor Patrick Troughton, elder brother
of Michael Troughton, and father of both
Sam Troughton and Warwickshire cricketer
Jim Troughton. He is known for his many
TV appearances such as New Tricks, Dr
Who, Midsomer Murders, A Very Pecular
Practice and Born and Bred to name but a
few. His stage work is extensive having
performed with the RSC and National
Theatre.
They are
joined by Richard Glaves, Carol
Macready, Josie Walker, Steven
Alexander, Jake Ferretti, Victor
Gardner, John Gould, Chris MacCalphy,
James Parkes and Julian Pindar. Enjoy is
directed by Christopher Luscombe,
designed by Janet Bird, lighting design
is by Paul Pyant and sound by Jason
Barnes.
Classic
Bennett laced with the most memorable
comic one liners and unexpected twists
and turns Enjoy guarantees to shock and
delight in equal measure. Book your
tickets at Milton Keynes Theatre Box
Office 0844 871 7652 (bkg fee) or visit
www.ambassadortickets.com/miltonkeynes
theatre (bkg fee)
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