• Steadman Enjoys Bennett at the Gielgud

    22 Sep 2008

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    The Christopher Luscombe-directed production of Alan Bennett’s Enjoy, which stars Alison Steadman, will transfer to the West End in the new year. The comedy opens at the Gielgud on 2 February. Read more


Enjoy

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Showing at: Gielgud Theatre

Box Office: 0844 482 5130

Age: General

Genre: Play

Sub Genre: Comedy

Enjoy is the story of ageing couple, Wilf and Connie, who are living in the city’s last back-to-back home. With the demolition of the area in progress, they are soon to be re-housed in a new maisonette with a waste disposal unit and non-slip vinyl flooring! When a sociologist comes to observe them in their daily life, normality takes a decidedly atypical turn.   

First staged in 1980, when it became Alan Bennett’s first theatrical failure, Enjoy was revived in the summer of 2008 as part of the Peter Hall season at the Theatre Royal Bath. It has since enjoyed a regional tour and comes to London’s Gielgud theatre for a limited 14-week run.

The cast of Enjoy is led by renowned stage and screen actress Alison Steadman, who won a coveted Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice. Her stage triumphs also include the creation of the monstrous Beverly in Mike Leigh’s seminal play Abigail’s Party. Steadman also worked with Leigh on the films Life Is Sweet and Topsy Turvy. On television her credits include Fat Friends, Pride And Prejudice and Gavin And Stacey.

Experienced classical actor David Troughton joins Steadman in the cast of Enjoy. A performer with a long list of credits with companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, Troughton has played roles from Henry IV and The Tempest’s Caliban to Peter Pan’s Captain Hook. On television he has appeared in series including Casualty 1907, New Tricks and A Very Peculiar Practice.

Reviewing Enjoy when it was staged in Bath, Guardian theatre critic Michael Billington said: “The performances are just about perfect.”

Performance Details

  • previews from: 27 Jan 2009
  • opening night: 02 Feb 2009
  • closing: 02 May 2009

show times: Mon-Sat 19:30 (2 Feb 19:00), Mats Wed & Sat 14:30

ticket prices: £13.50-£48.50

 

cast: Alison Steadman, David Troughton, Carol Macready, Josie Walker, Richard Glaves

author: Alan Bennett

director: Christopher Luscombe

producer: Theatre Royal Bath Productions

 

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address: Shaftesbury Avenue, London, United Kingdom, W1D 6AR

nearest tube: Piccadilly Circus (approx. 250m)

nearest bus: 14, 19, 38

parking: 2 spaces for blue badge holders in Archer Street. Westminter City Council car park at Poland Street and China Town. NCP at Wardour Street, Newport Place, Denman Street, Lexington Street.

air conditioned: 0

 

Assisted Performance Booking Information

Access Booking: Tel: 0844 482 5137

Accessible Facilities Venue Information

discounts: Discounts available for all disabled people and their companions.

limited mobility: Please ask when booking if you require extra leg room – rows J and K in the Stalls and aisle seats have the most leg room.

access description: One 10cm step up into the foyer, through swing doors. Box Office on the right. There is a sofa in the foyer. Handrails on both sides of staircases. All steps are highlighted. Dress Circle up 3 steps (2 steep steps between rows). 20 steps down to the Stalls and 30 up to the Upper Circle from an entrance on Shaftesbury Avenue to the right of the main foyer entrance. The upper circle also has two steep steps between each row.

hearing impaired: Sennheiser infra-red system with 15 headsets + 2 which attach tp haring aides – collect your headsets from the cloakroom: name and address required. The best reception is in the front area of all levels of the auditorium. Induction loop at the Box Office.

guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are permitted inside the auditorium. Alternatively, staff are happy to dog-sit for 2 guide dogs per performance.

wheelchairs: Entrance to the auditorium is through the third side EXIT door on Rupert Street. Ask a member of staff to open this for you. One 12cm step up to the front of the Dress Circle. Venue suitable for scooters. B5 + B30 are wheelchair spaces. Companions to be seated in B6 + B29. Seats on the end of row B also act as transfer seats.

toilets: 16 steps up to the women's and men's from the foyer. There are toilets situated on all levels of the auditorium.

disabled toilets: Adapted toilet in foyer near the bar.

food: Bar snacks only

bars: 3 licensed bars. Foyer bar up 2 steps, on same level as dress circle and adapted toilet.wheelchair space (along a side corridor). Moveable seats. Foyer bar 3 steps up from the foyer. Stalls bar 4 steps down from the back of the stalls, with fixed seats.

David Troughton and Alison Steadman star in comedy play Enjoy at the Gielgud theatre

David Troughton and Alison Steadman star in Enjoy

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