Paul Rider and John Sackville to star in STAIRCASE at Southwark Playhouse

Charles Dyer’s comedy Staircase will play at Southwark Playhouse from 23 June-17 July 2021, after not being seen in London for more than 50 years.

Produced by Two’s Company, the piece will star Paul Rider (Chicago, A Woman of No Importance, West End) and John Sackville (Absolute Hell, An Inspector Calls, National Theatre) and will be directed by the Artistic Director of Two’s Company, Tricia Thorns.

It’s the early 1960s. Charlie and Harry are hairdressers in Brixton and have been together for 20  years. Quick humour and dreams keep them afloat but same-sex relationships are illegal and  Charlie has been arrested in a pub while sitting on a man’s knee. Simmering underneath the  banter and hilarious mockery, Charlie anxiously awaits a court summons and Harry has his own  troubles – his hair is rapidly falling out, a disaster for a hairdresser.

Running through this laugh-out loud comedy is the sadness of those unable to live openly because the law and the public condemn them to an undercover life. Change may be in the air  but, for these two, it might as well be a hundred years away. Staircase is a clarion call for a  more accepting and generous society; for a world where people can be who they are in their  hearts; where love is love and that love is championed in all its forms.

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