Performance

Venue	Royal Exchange
	Other spaces: The Studio/Swan Street Studio
Town	Manchester
County	Greater Manchester
From	4th November 2009
Opened	9th November 2009
To	5th December 2009
When	19:30
Prices	From £8.50. To £29.50.
What is currently on at Royal Exchange (V491)

The Entertainer

T1266118951
A proud past, a shabby present, an uncertain future: the state of the nation in 1956 perhaps, but also the state of the Rice family in a run-down seaside resort, where Archie is fronting a strip-show in a seedy theatre. Ever the entertainer, he carries on joking, dancing, singing - increasingly dead behind the eyes. This is a modern classic: it is a play about the state of the nation, but it is also a play which is vaudeville: funny, sleazy, sentimental in turn, after turn, after turn.

Author

John Osborne

Archive :: production:T1266118951, play:S3167, venue:V491

Special Performances

28 Nov 09 Audio Described
1 Dec 09 Sign Interpreted

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Corporate Sponsor	Manchester Airport
Producer	Royal Exchange Theatre
Director	Greg Hersov
Design	Laurie Dennett
Lighting	Robert Bryan
Sound	Steve Brown
Director	Stuart Hopps (movement)
Music	Akintayo Akinbode
Performer	David Schofield (Archie Rice)
Performer	Roberta Taylor (Phoebe)
Performer	David Ryall (Billy Rice)
Performer	Laura Rees
Performer	Oliver Gomm
Performer	Harriet Barrow

CORONAVIRUS: All UK venues closed on 16th March 2020, restrictions were lifted on 19th July 2021. Please note that iUKTDb archive listings between March 2020 and July 2021 may not be accurate as we did not receive details of all rescheduled and cancelled shows.