New image released for THE SHARK IS BROKEN ahead of West End opening

Photo credit: Oliver Rosser

A new image has been released today for The Shark is Broken, which runs at the Ambassadors Theatre from 9 October 2021-15 January 2022.  

Co-written by Robert Shaw’s son Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon, this brilliantly funny play, directed by Guy Masterson, reveals the hilarious and moving behind-the-scenes drama on Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster movie JAWS.

Ian Shaw (War Horse and Common, National Theatre) plays his father Robert Shaw, alongside Liam Murray Scott as Richard Dreyfuss (reprising the role he performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019), and Demetri Goritsas (Black Mirror, Netflix) as Roy Scheider. 

Cape Cod, 1974: shooting on ‘Jaws’ has stalled. The film’s lead actors – Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss – are stuck on a boat, at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical co-star. Awash with alcohol and ambition, three hammered sharks start to bare their teeth…

Completing the creative team are set and costume designer Duncan Henderson, lighting designer Jon Clark, sound designer and composer Adam Cork and video designer Nina Dunn. 

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