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Everyone needs an understudy, right? Stepping into the role of narrator, replacing Stephen Fry, is BAFTA and British Comedy Award winning legend Lee Mack. The full cast of The Understudy, now includes Matthew Horne, Emily Atack, James Norton, Mina Anwar, Natalie Casey, Adelayo Adedayo, Lucy Briggs-Owen, Sasha Frost, Marie Lawrence, James McNicholas, Lizzie Muncey and... Continue Reading →
A cast of 14, including Stephen Fry and James Norton, will celebrate the re-opening of the West End in an exclusive semi-staged rehearsed reading of The Understudy which was presented as an animated online play in May to raise funds for the theatre industry. The play will once again be raising much needed funds for... Continue Reading →
The Understudy, based on the best-selling novel by David Nicholls, is a brand new radio play that will be broadcast in two parts to raise funds for the theatre industry which is facing a devastating impact from the Covid-19 health crisis. I caught up with sound designer Alexandra Faye Braithwaite to find out more. How did... Continue Reading →
Next week, Lawrence Batley Theatre’s brand new online radio play – The Understudy – will be broadcast in two parts first on 20th May and on the 27th May. Images have been released of its stellar line-up of actors, who have all recorded their lines completely in isolation, includes Stephen Fry, Mina Anwar, Layton Williams,... Continue Reading →
The Understudy is a brand new radio play that will be broadcast in two parts on Wednesday 20th May and Wednesday 27th May to raise funds for the theatre industry which is facing a devastating impact from the Covid-19 health crisis. The Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield will split proceeds of this project with charities including the Theatre... Continue Reading →
