Pasquale is Frank Spencer in stage version of sitcom


Comedian Joe Pasquale will star as the accident-prone Frank Spencer in the first stage production of the classic 1970s TV comedy, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em. Sarah Earnshaw will play his long-suffering wife Betty and Susie Blake his disapproving mother-in- law, Mrs Fisher. The stage adaptation has been


written by Guy Unsworth, based on the TV series by Raymond Allen. Unsworth will also be directing. The UK tour will open at the


Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, on February 21, 2018. It will then visit Buxton, Bromley, Portsmouth, Crewe, Aberdeen, Eastbourne, Dartford, Wolverhampton and Hull. Pasquale has toured with his


stand-up comedy shows for more than 20 years and made his theatrical debut in 1999 in Larry Shue’s The Nerd. He was crowned ‘King of the Jungle’ in ITV’s I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2004, and hosted the ITV series The Price is Right. Earnshaw will star as Jennifer


Joe Pasquale as Frank Spencer


Officer & Gentleman musical to tour UK


The world premiere of An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical will open at Curve Leicester on April 6 next year, before touring theatres across the UK and Ireland. Based on the


Oscar-winning film starring Richard Gere, the new musical tells the story of Zack Mayo, a trainee US Navy pilot. When he falls for local girl Paula


Pokrifki and tragedy befalls his friend, Zack realises the importance of love and friendship. The musical features the song Up Where We Belong, and 80s classics such as Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Material Girl. officerandagentlemanmusical.com


Lore in the UK tour of Nativity – The Musical this autumn, and other theatre credits include Travels With My Aunt, The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot and Wicked. Blake regularly appeared in the TV series and comedy specials of Victoria Wood, Russ Abbot and Stanley Baxter, and is well-known as the Continuity Announcer in Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV. somemothersdoaveem.com


Slater stars in cut- throat cult classic


Sarah Earnshaw will play his long-suffering wife Betty and Susie Blake his disapproving mother-in-law


On with the show for Five Guys Named Moe


The new production of Clarke Peters’ musical Five Guys Named Moe will extend its run until February 17, 2018. The show is playing at the new Marble Arch Theatre, which has been custom-built for the production and designed to transport audiences to a 1940s, all-swinging New Orleans club. Theatregoers will be able to take their seats at the cabaret tables in the Funky Butt Club and have drinks served directly to their tables. The musical was first seen at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in


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Christian Slater plays Ricky Roma in a new production of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross at London’s Playhouse Theatre (October 26-February 3). He stars with Robert Glenister


1990, before Cameron Mackintosh brought it to the West End where it played for four years. It features songs including Early In


The Morning, Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby, Choo Choo Ch’Boogie and Saturday Night Fish Fry. fiveguysmusical.com


(Hustle, Spooks), Kris Marshall (Death in Paradise, Love Actually, My Family), Stanley Townsend (Girl from the North Country, The Nether) and Don Warrington (Death in Paradise, Rising Damp). Its world premiere in 1983 earned it the Olivier Award for Best Play, and in 1992 it was adapted into a film starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey and Jonathan Pryce. Set in a Chicago office, it tells the story of four desperate employees doing anything to sell the most real estate. playhousetheatrelondon.com


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