22/04/2022

Preview: The Homecoming at Newcastle Theatre Royal

 

TV STARS TAKE TO THE STAGE IN HAROLD PINTER CLASSIC

The Homecoming
Newcastle Theatre Royal
Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 May 2022

Mathew Horne, star of BBC’s Gavin & Stacey and Keith Allen take centre stage in Harold Pinter’s 1960s masterpiece The Homecoming – widely regarded as his finest play - coming to Newcastle Theatre Royal in May 2022.
This bleakly funny exploration of family and relationships has become a modern classic and winner of the Tony Award for Best New Play.
Mathew Horne (Death in Paradise, Bad Education)will play the role of Lenny, Teddy’s enigmatic brother. Versatile actor, comedian and musician Keith Allen (The Young Ones, The Pembrokeshire Murders, Pinter 3 in the West End) plays the brutal patriarch, Max.

Teddy is played by Sam Alexander whose recent TV appearances include Rhys in Emmerdale and on stage The Watsons, (Chichester Festival Theatre), Lady in the Van and Racing Demon (both Theatre Royal Bath). Four-time Olivier Award nominee Ian Bartholomew (Into The Woods, Radio Times, Mrs Henderson Presents, Half a Sixpence, Coronation Street) plays Sam.

RSC regular Geoffrey Lumb, recently seen in the West End in Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror and The Light, plays Joey. Shanaya Rafaat (Around the World in 80 Days at the St James Theatre, Great Expectations at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and BBC’s Doctor Who) plays Ruth.

Teddy, a professor in an American university, returns to his childhood home accompanied by his wife, Ruth, to find his father, uncle and brothers still living there. In the subsequent series of encounters, life becomes a barely camouflaged battle for power and sexual supremacy fought out with taut verbal brutality. Who will emerge victorious – the poised and elegant Ruth or her husband’s dysfunctional family?

Tickets:

The Homecoming plays at Newcastle Theatre Royal from Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 May 2022. Tickets are priced from £15.00 and can be purchased at www.theatreroyal.co.uk or from the Theatre Royal Box Office on 0191 232 7010.

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