Classic British show Andy Capp The Musical is to have its first professional UK revival for more than three decades.
The latest offering from London’s Finborough Theatre’s Celebrating British Musical Theatre series, the new production will open at the venue on 7 February and will play Sunday and Monday evenings and Tuesday matinees until 23 February.
The show will be directed by Jake Smith with set and costume design by Bex Kemp, choreography by Chris Cuming and musical direction by Tim Shaw.
Roger Alborough will star in the title role at the centre of a cast that includes Margaret Ashley, Jennifer Clement, Terence Frisch, Tori Hargreaves, Todd James, David Muscat, Paddy Navin, Tom Pepper, Lynn Robertson Hay, Jon-Paul Rowden, Felicity Sparks and Henry Wyrley-Birch.
The show which brought Reg Smthye’s much-loved flat-capped comic strip character to the stage was created by actor Trevor Peacock and musician Alan Price. Peacock, who is best known as an actor for his scene-stealing performances as Jim Trott in the hit TV series The Vicar of Dibley had already had hits as a songwriter and lyricist when he began writing musicals for Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre in the 1970s.
He joined forces with Price, who shot to fame as the keyboard player in the band The Animals in the 1960s, to write Andy Capp The Musical which premiered at the Royal Exchange in 1982.
The production which featured Tom Courtenay as Capp and co-creator Price in the role of Geordie, then transferred to the West End where it was nominated for the Olivier Award for Musical of the Year.
The production is being presented by Joe Brown and Matt Whayman by special arrangement with Samuel French Limited and in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre.
Angela Thomas
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