21 February 2017
Newsdesk
The Original Theatre Company is delighted to announce that, following a hugely successful second National tour, its production of Torben Betts’s critically acclaimed INVINCIBLE will perform at the 13th annual Brits Off Broadway festival in New York City from 1June – 2 July. The production opened at Royal & Derngate in Northampton on 24 January 2017 and is touring the UK until 15 April.
Brits Off Broadway is produced by 59E59 Theaters and aims to introduce bold new artists and new British theatre to New York audiences. INVINCIBLE will be in the company of works such as J.B. Priestley’s The Roundabout by Cahoots Theatre Company, The Other Cheek & Park Theatre, amongst many others.
In New York, Alastair Whatley, Elizabeth Boag, Emily Bowker and Graham Brookes will reprise the roles of Oliver, Dawn, Emily and Alan respectively.
Artistic Director of The Original Theatre Company, Alastair Whatley said “I am delighted that after 13 years touring the UK, we have been invited to spread our wings and cross the Atlantic. From our early beginnings in Bury St Edmunds' Abbey Gardens in 2005 to Brits Off Broadway in New York in 2017- it has been quite the journey. Not always an easy one, but never a dull one.”
With the recession biting hard, Emily and Oliver have decided to downsize and shift their middle-class London lifestyle to a small town in the north of England. One night, they open their doors to their next door neighbours, Dawn and Alan. Over the course of a disastrous evening of olives, anchovies, Karl Marx and abstract art, class and culture collide, resulting in consequences that are both tragic and hilarious.
INVINCIBLE had its world premiere at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond in 2014 and transferred later that same year to St James Theatre, London.
Torben Betts became the resident dramatist at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre in 1999. His play The Unconquered won Best New Play 2006/07 at the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland. 2015 saw a revival of his acclaimed 2012 play Muswell Hill at London's Park Theatre, What Falls Apart opened at Newcastle's Live Theatre, and his version of Chekhov's The Seagullwas staged at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. In February 2016, Betts adapted Get Carter for Northern Stage in Newcastle.
INVINCIBLE is directed by Stephen Darcy with original direction by Christopher Harper. Design by Victoria Spearing, lighting by Andy Purves and sound by Max Pappenheim. The national tour is produced by Tom Hackney for The Original Theatre Company, Adrian Grady for Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds and Ghostlight Theatre Production (a Bob and Co Company).
Website: www.originaltheatre.com/ www.59e59.org
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UK TOUR SCHEDULE
22 – 25 February Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough 01723370541
www.sjt.uk.com
1 – 4 March Cambridge Arts Theatre 01223503333
www.cambridgeartstheatre.com
7 – 11 March Palace Theatre, Soutend 01702351135 www.palacetheatresouthend.co.uk
15 – 18 March Harrogate Theatre 01423502116
www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk
21 – 25 March Lichfield Garrick Theatre 01543412110
www.lichfieldgarrick.com
28 – 30 March Theatre Royal Brighton 08448717650
www.atgtickets.com/brighton
4 – 15 April New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-Under-Lyme 01782717962
newvictheatre.org.uk
NEW YORK LISTING
1 June – 2 July Theater A, 59E59 0012122794200
www.59e59.org
