Full cast announced for UK tour of new stage adaptation of THE LAVENDER HILL MOB

Full casting has been announced for the UK tour of the classic Ealing comedy, The Lavender Hill Mob, based on the screenplay by T.E.B. Clarke, adapted for the stage by Phil Porter.

Joining the previously announced Miles Jupp (People, Rules for Living: National Theatre) as Holland and Justin Edwards (The Ferryman, Broadway and West End) as Pendlebury/Ambassador will be Victoria Blunt (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth: The Watermill Theatre) as Audrey, Guy Burgess (Playboy of the West Indies, Birmingham Rep) as Farrow, Aamira Challenger (Blithe Spirit, Theatre Royal Bath/West End/UK tour) as Fernanda, Tessa Churchard (The Good Life, UK tour) as Lady Agnes, John Dougall (Private Peaceful, The Girl on the Train: UK tours) as Sir Horace and Tim Sutton (The Three Musketeers, Barbershopera) as Sammy.

Sharon Adugna (professional debut) will understudy the roles of Audrey, Fernanda and Lady Agnes, with Steven Rostance (The Play That Goes Wrong, Palace Theatre/ UK tour) understudying Holland and Sir Horace, and Paul Willcocks (Coram Boy, Minack Theatre) understudying Pendlebury, Sammy and Farrow.

Directed by Jeremy Sams, the production has its world premiere at Cheltenham Everyman from 13 October, before touring to Clwyd, Cardiff, Malvern, Richmond, Brighton, Chichester, Cambridge, Guildford, Glasgow, Bath and Truro, Hall for Cornwall.

The production is designed by Francis O’Connor, with lighting by Mark Henderson, sound by Fergus O’Hare, casting by Ginny Schiller CDG, illusions and music by Tim Sutton, and movement direction by Alyssa Noble.

This side-splittingly funny, fast-paced comedy tells the story of Henry Holland, an unassuming bank clerk who dreams of stealing the van full of gold bullion he drives across London each day. When Henry learns that his new lodger makes Eiffel Tower paperweights out of lead, he devises a plan to make his dream a reality. It’s a golden opportunity to pull off the crime of the century, they’d have to be fools to mess it up…

The much-loved film was released in 1951, directed by Charles Crichton, and starring Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway and Sid James, as well as Audrey Hepburn in one of her earliest screen appearances. It was ranked by the BFI as one of the greatest British Films of all time and was restored and re-released in UK cinemas in 2011 for its sixtieth anniversary.

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