The Sunshine Boys 7 - 23 October 2010

• 

Once more with venom

Somewhere off Broadway. Aged ex-vaudeville star Willie Clark spends all day, every day, sitting in his digs waiting for his nephew to bring him news of a new part; theatre, commercial, television - anything. The problem is that without his vaudeville sidekick of over forty years, Al Lewis, Clark is nothing. The pair made up legendary act The Sunshine Boys, but offstage had a tempestuous relationship and have not spoken in over ten years.

As the obstinate double act is reunited for one final performance chaos ensues as the pair refuse to be in the same room. Full of zippy one liners The Sunshine Boys makes for a deliriously funny evening of entertainment.

Reviews:

“Filling the auditorium with sunshine, this production has true quality and is a testament to the quality of Simon’s work.”
- What’s On Stage

“…the chemistry between the two vaudevillians is terrific - as is that between the two actors playing them.”
- The Stage

“Worth raising your sunglasses for.”
- Reviewsgate

“In David Fielder, the show has a sympathetic Al, whose lines are delivered in a realistic, human and thus funny way with all the underlying warmth of a doting grandfather…”
-
“…Dominic Gately plays with great sympathy the nephew and agent...”
- Oldham Chronicle

“Fielder and Pickavance create characters who are believably unpleasant and charming in equal measure. The lasting bond between these two men is palpable.”
- The Public Reviews

“Branagh has created for the Coliseum a nicely-rounded production stuffed with plenty of comedy but with a genuine emotional heart of a play that still works nearly forty years on from its first production, showing that good comedy can traverse the generations...”
- British Theatre Guide

 

Videos

Production Team

Written by	Neil Simon
Director	Joyce Branagh
Designer	Foxton
Lighting Designer	Thomas Weir
Sound Designer	Lorna Munden
Voice Coach	Caroline Hetherington
On the Book	Emma Cook

Cast Members

Willie	Robert Pickavance
Ben	Dominic Gately
Al	David Fielder
Miss Mackintosh/Edie	Marianne Benedict
Miss O'Neill	Maxine Burth

Production Photos

• 
• 
• 
• 
•