The Good Life

Submitted by recruitment@oxf... on October 25, 2021 - 16:09

Venue, Timing and Cost

Venue: 
Oxford Playhouse
Date(s): 
Tuesday, 2 November 2021 to Saturday, 6 November 2021
Timing: 
Tue, Wed, Thu & Sat: 7:30pm, Fri: 8pm, Matinees Wed and Sat: 2:30pm
Cost: 
From £10
Against a blue sky stand four actors playing the Goods and the Leadbetters

Based on the television series by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey. Adapted and Directed by Jeremy Sams.

Remember the Goods - Tom and Barbara, suburban eco-warriors? And their next-door neighbours Margo and Jerry Leadbetter, desperately trying to maintain the Surbiton status quo?

Well, they’re back – and on stage for the first time in The Good Life, a theatrical reimagining of the TV sitcom that delighted countless millions, starring award-winning actor, presenter and comedian Rufus Hound as Tom and West End, television and film star Preeya Kalidas as Margo.

Jeremy Sams’s comedy leads the well-loved characters through uproarious adventures; some old, some new and often hilariously familiar.

This new play celebrates a time when, whatever our differences, we still managed to get on with our neighbours.

Rufus Hound’s extensive list of stage credits include the original West End production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, One Man Two Guvnors and Everybody's Talking About Jamie. Preeya Kalidas’s film, stage and television credits include Bend It Like Beckham, Bombay Dreams and EastEnders. Jeremy Sams's directing credits include the National Theatre's West End and Broadway revival of Noises Off, the West End musical Spend, Spend, Spend, the international tour of The Sound of Music and Oklahoma! at Chichester Festival Theatre.

For more than thirty years, John Esmonde and Bob Larbey’s writing partnership was acclaimed for creating some of British sitcom’s greatest classics including Ever Decreasing Circles, Please Sir!, Brush Strokes and Mulberry.

Producer Fiery Angel’s numerous West End productions include Touching The Void; Hairspray; Home, I’m Darling; Long Day’s Journey Into Night; The Ladykillers; Ghost Stories; Mary Stuart and the inaugural West End season of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company. Their production of The 39 Steps has been presented worldwide, winning Olivier, Tony and Molière Awards.

Further Information

Contact Details: 

Oxford Playhouse, 11-12 Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2LW
oxfordplayhouse.com
Box Office: 01865 305 305

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