Following on from our hugely successful productions of Around The World In 80 Days and Astley’s Astounding Adventures, thrilling spy drama The 39 Steps gets the New Vic treatment!
Richard Hannay, upstanding gent and all-round good guy, finds himself in a bit of a pickle when he wakes up to find a mysterious woman in his apartment. Dead. Now on the run, pursued by all manner of suspicious characters, can Hannay evade capture and clear his name of murder before it’s too late? Will he fall in love along the way? And what exactly are The 39 Steps?
A thrilling, inventive, fast-paced caper, four actors will play over 120 characters in this side-splitting comedy based on John Buchan’s famous spy novel.
Starring New Vic favourites: Rebecca Brewer (Playhouse Creatures), Gareth Cassidy (Treasure Island), Michael Hugo (Around The World In 80 Days) and Isaac Stanmore (Peter Pan In Scarlet).
"The New Vic has cracked it again..."
— Andrew Lees, The Sentinel
"It charms, it tickles, and it delights.
— John Hargreaves, Market Drayton Advertiser
Unabashedly silly.
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"A huge triumph..."
— Charlotte Yorke, Staffs Live
"I want to see it again and again and again!..."
— Daniel Keen, UK Theatre Reviews
"Wonderfully inventive and gripping comedy thriller... Take someone, anyone, and watch The 39 Steps
— Thomas A Cliffe, Loving Staffordshire
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"Utterly hilarious..."
— Chris Eldon Lee, Staffordshire What's On Magazine
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