Posted by Last night (17th October) a special gala evening was held at the Theatre Royal Haymarket to celebrate One Man, Two Guvnors becoming the longest running show in the iconic theatre’s almost two hundred-year history.
VIP Guests from the worlds of comedy, film, TV and theatre attended the gala performance, including: Amanda Holden, Nigel Harman, Myleene Klass, Gok Wan, Sarah Parish, Jill Halfpenny, Kayvan Novak , Daisy Lewis, Lisa Faulkner, Charlie Condou, John Torode, Cherie Blair, Jenny Eclair, Joe Lycett, Jeremy Edwards, Bernard Cribbins , Nicholas Parsons, Lucy Porter, Gaby Roslin, Simon and Yasmin Le Bon, John Taylor and Gela Nash Taylor, Joe Wilkinson, Steve Pemberton and Emma Barton. Take a look at pictures of the guests arriving below (click on an image to enlarge).
During the performance Gok Wan was invited on stage during a hilarious scene which is said to have “bought the house down”. Find out more here.
The National Theatre’s recently welcomed new and returning cast members to the production. Owain Arthur, who has travelled over 25,500 miles worldwide and performed almost 500 times as loveable chancer Francis Henshall, leads the cast. He is joined by Angela Griffin as Dolly with Kellie Shirley and Peter Caulfield reprising their roles of Pauline Clench and Alfie. Dominic Thorburn plays Alan Dangle with Sam Alexander as Stanley Stubbers, David Benson as Gareth, Ian Burfield as Charlie Clench, Amy Cudden as Rachel Crabbe, Derek Elroy as Lloyd Boateng and Hugh Sachs as Harry Dangle.
Read West End Frame’s interviews with Owain Arthur and Kellie Shirley.
One Man, Two Guvnors runs at the Theatre Royal Haymarket until 1st March 2014.
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