A HOST of star names from the world of the stage and screen headline Worthing's new selection of plays at the Connaught Theatre, continuing the PlaySaver season's reputation for presenting world-class drama at very affordable prices.
With an extended programme for Autumn 2008, there is an abundance of dramas, comedies and thrillers from which to chose.
What better way to open the season then with a UK première! Deadly Game starring Karen Drury, Steven Pinder (on-screen husband and wife team in Brookside) and Kevin Pallister (Emmerdale) portray a plot of many twists and turns, bluffs and double bluffs, never before seen outside the US.
A ghost from the past of a high-profile society jeweller brings unexpected trouble… Opening on August 12 and running until August 16, this thriller by David Foley is sure to appeal to those of you who love a cryptic production to decipher.
Both Kevin Pallister and Steven Pinder return the following week (August 19 to 23) in Noel Coward's witty and passionate Private Lives.
This glittering new production depicts the classic comedy of quicksilver sparring and rapier sharp wit; is both daringly hilarious and elegantly seductive and traces a very extraordinary relationship of divorcees who meet up again. Joining the leading gents in this sophisticated period piece is Georgina Sutton. From Worthing to Paris in minutes.
If farce is more your thing, then Run For Your Wife in its 25th Anniversary Tour (September 2 to 6) will certainly strike a chord. This popular comedy from Ray Cooney stars an array of recognisable faces – beloved Melvyn Hayes, Mark Wingett (The Bill), Paul Hendry (Crossroads), Barry Howard, David Callister, Michelle Morris (The Knock) and Tiffany Graves (from the West End).
Sticking to a tight schedule, taxi driver bigamist runs into trouble with his many wives. When he manfully comes clean, all hell breaks loose.
Leslie Grantham returns to the Connaught in Francis Durbridge's Murder With Love (September 15 to 20). Another intriguing plot and another masterclass performance, this gripping thriller of deceit, suspicion, blackmail and incrimination are woven into a web of crime, culminating in a tantalising twist in the tail.
Next up, Worthing Theatres is proud to offer the 25th Anniversary production of 'Allo 'Allo (October 6 to 11). Starring original cast member Vicki Michelle and Hi-De-Hi's Jeffrey Holland, one of the greatest British TV comedies has been beautifully recreated for the stage.
Rene is once more the most wanted man in occupied France: women want his body, the Resistence wants his brain and the Nazis want his sausage! In joyous mayhem, this production will leave you helpless with laughter.
Also seek out the stage adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's Don't Look Now, from October 21 to 25. Popularised in 1973 by the film that starred Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, the stage version will be just as tasteful and just as enthralling. With a cast due to be announced, this Venetian-set classic offers an evening of suspense and intrigue.
Bringing us into November (10 to 15), catch The Woman In Black as this ghostly tale takes to the stage. Now entering its 20th year in the West End, it is welcomed to the Connaught for a suitably chilling evening of imposed curses and nerve-shredding experiences.
Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None completes the season from November 17 to 22. In this sumptuous new production brought to you by The Agatha Christie Theatre Company, this theatrical masterpiece witnesses 10 strangers, a mysterious island and an unseen killer…
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