With Stephen Schwartz’s The Baker’s Spouse at present operating on the theatre, the Menier Chocolate Manufacturing facility at the moment declares programming for its forthcoming season, together with the forged for Arthur Wing Pinero’s The Cupboard Minister, tailored by Nancy Carroll and enjoying 21 September – 16 November 2024.
Sir Julian Twombley is in bother: his spouse and son have run up huge money owed and his political repute is within the steadiness. The Home of Commons is much from a secure house for him and the newspapers are sniffing blood. Can he save face and grasp on to his sanity?
Arthur Wing Pinero’s breathless farce is given a brand new life in Nancy Carroll’s adaptation. A crack forged tackles this glowing story of marriage, blackmail and sophistication the place all bets are off!
Arthur Wing Pinero (1855 – 1934) was an English playwright and actor. His many performs embrace Trelawny of the “Wells”, The Justice of the Peace, Dandy Dick, Candy Lavendar, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, The Justice of the Peace and The Infamous Mrs Ebbsmith.
Nancy Carroll adapts and performs Girl Katherine Twombley. This sees her returns to the Menier following her efficiency in Marjorie Prime. George Blagden performs Valentine White. His theatre credit embrace Firm (Gielgud Theatre), Tartuffe (Theatre Royal Haymarket), The Pitchfork Disney (Shoreditch City Corridor) and Platinum (Hampstead Theatre). Joe Edgar performs Brook Twombley. His theatre credit embrace Simply For One Day (Outdated Vic Theatre) and Hitchhiker (Teastain Theatre).
Phoebe Fildes performs Miss Fanny Lacklustre. Her theatre credit embrace Assassins (Nottingham Playhouse and Watermill Theatre), The Mousetrap (St Martin’s Theatre), A Lady of No Significance (Vaudeville Theatre), A Little Evening Music (Watermill Theatre), Peter Pan (Nationwide Theatre) and As soon as l (Phoenix Theatre). Rosalind Ford performs Imogen Twombley. Her theatre credit In Clay (Upstairs on the Gatehoue), As soon as (UK tour), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Southwark Playhouse), Simply So (Barn Theatre), These Timber Are Made from Blood (Arcola Theatre), The Drowsy Chaperone (Edinburgh Competition Fringe) and Mom Braveness (Southwark Playhouse). Dom Hodson performs Keith, Lord Drumdurris. His theatre credit embrace Bleak Expectations (Criterion Theatre and Watermill Theatre), Lovely: The Carole King Musical (Aldwych Theatre), Conflict Horse (Gillian Lynne Theatre), West Facet Story (UK Tour) and Phrases and Music (Sadler’s Wells). Tv credit embrace Life After Life; and for movie, Matilda. Dillie Keane performs Girl Macphail. Her theatre credit embrace A Little Evening Music (Watermill Theatre), Dillie Keane Solo Tour (UK Tour), Cowardy Custard (Richmond Theatre), My Sensible Divorce (UK tour) and The Significance of Being Earnest (Eire tour).
Recognized for enjoying Younger Sherlock Holmes, Nicholas Rowe performs Proper Hon Sir Julian Twombley. Laurence Ubong Williams performs Mr Bernard Lacklustre and Mr Melting. He returns to the Menier following his look in The Watsons. Romaya Weaver is a current graduate from Guildhall Faculty of Music and Drama and makes her skilled stage debut as Girl Effie Vibart. Matthew Woodyatt performs Sir Colin Macphail of Ballocheevin. His theatre credit embrace A Track of Songs (Park Theatre), The Honest Maid of the West (RSC), Shifting Tales (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe), Berlusconi (Southwark Playhouse), Piaf (Nottingham Playhouse and Leeds Playhouse), Shifting Tales (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Fiddler on the Roof (Chichester Competition Theatre), One Man, Two Guvnors (UK tour).
