It has been announced that the one-man celebration will head back to the London stage this summer.
First seen on stage 45 years ago, it has been announced that the Olivier award winning production will run at the Charing Cross Theatre from the 13th August until the 16th September ahead of a run at Mayflower Studios, Southampton from Tuesday 29th September – Saturday 3rd October, as well as a UK tour in 2027.
Adapted by James Duke, Edward Duke and Hugh Wooldridge from the stories of P G Wodehouse, this production is directed by Hugh Wooldridge who said: “Having first directed the Olivier Award-winning Edward Duke in Jeeves Takes Charge in 1980, it is wonderful to find another totally brilliant actor to take on the roles of all of PG Wodehouse’s 22 characters. Sam Harrison is a marvel and brings the house down with his energetic and charismatic portrayals of Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. And all the others…”
Sam Harrison’s previous theatre credits include: The Magician’s Elephant for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre, Eastward Ho! at Shakespeare’s Globe, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Crazy For You at the London Palladium and, in 2014, the musical, By Jeeves, in which he also played Bertie Wooster.
First premiering in London in 1980, Jeeves Takes Charge became an unexpected theatrical phenomenon, produced at the Fortune Theatre in the West End by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cameron Mackintosh, Barbara Dickson and Bernard Theobald. Edward Duke won the Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his original performance in the production.
The production will feature scenic design by Caite Hevner, lighting design by Tim Mitchell and sound design by Paul Groothuis.
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