The Menier Chocolate Factory have today announced initial casting for their upcoming production of Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus, running from 3 December 2021-26 February 2022.

Directed by Patrick Marber, the piece will star Kirsty Besterman (Constance Wicksteed), Jasper Britton (Arthur Wicksteed), Matthew Cottle (Canon Throbbing), Ria Jones (Mrs Swabb), Thomas Josling (Dennis Wicksteed), Caroline Langrishe (Lady Rumpers), Catherine Russell (Muriel Wicksteed) and Abdul Salis (Mr Shanks). Full casting will be announced shortly.

The antics of the Wicksteed home are a darkly satirical merry-go-round in Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus.  Family, friends and the quest for sexual pleasures of the body (“corpus”) are the ruling passions in this farcical comedy of ill-manners. Through an escapade of mistaken identities and carnal encounters, one motto holds fast: “He whose lust lasts, lasts longest.”

The production features set and costume design by Richard Hudson, lighting by Richard Howell, and music and sound design by Adam Cork.

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