The Ladykillers
Gielgud Theatre, 35 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 6AR
The celebrated Ealing comedy, The Ladykillers, comes to the stage in a hilarious and thrilling new adaptation by Graham Linehan (Father Ted) and directed by Sean Foley (The Play What I Wrote).
Featuring a stellar cast of some of the finest stage and screen comedy actors including BAFTA winner Peter Capaldi (The Thick of It) as Professor Marcus alongside James Fleet (The Vicar of Dibley), Ben Miller (The Armstrong and Miller Show), Stephen Wight (Evening Standard Outstanding Newcomer) and Olivier Award winner Clive Rowe, with Marcia Warren as the sweetly innocent Mrs Wilberforce.
The Ladykillers is a classic black comedy; a sweet little old lady, alone in her house, is pitted against a gang of criminal misfits who will stop at nothing.
Posing as amateur musicians, Professor Marcus and his gang rent rooms in the lopsided house of sweet but strict Mrs Wilberforce. The villains plot to involve her, unwittingly, in Marcus' brilliantly conceived heist job. The police are left stumped but Mrs Wilberforce becomes wise to their ruse and Marcus concludes that there is only one way to keep the old lady quiet. With only her parrot, General Gordon, to help her, Mrs W. is alone with five desperate men. But who will be forced to face the music?
Show Information
Running Time:
Booking Until:
Saturday, 14th April 2012
Performance Times:
Matinees: Wednesday and Saturday 3pm
Evenings: Monday to Saturday 7.45pm
Gielgud Theatre Information
Address:
35 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 6AR
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