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HITCHCOCK MEETS HIGHSMITH IN STRANGERS ON A TRAIN AT THE NEW THEATRE |
From the director of The Woman in Black and the author of The Talented Mr Ripley, comes a tale of suspense that even curdled the blood of Alfred Hitchcock! If you can handle the ride, Strangers on a Train pulls in to the New Theatre for a week long stay from Tuesday 18 July.Two young men meet onboard a train; one an ambitious architect, the other a playboy with a taste for danger. Whimsically they discuss how to commit the perfect murder - if two strangers with no connection swapped victims, they would have an airtight alibi and there would be no traceable motive for the killing. One of them thinks this is said in jest - little does he realise how devastating the consequences of their conversation will be. A fantastic ensemble cast features Alex Ferns and Will Thorp as the two strangers, Charles and Guy. Alex has won a clutch of acting awards including last year’s TMA Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actor. However most of his accolades, including honours from TV Quick, Inside Soap and British Soap Awards, come from his two years as the villainous Trevor in EastEnders. Will played the charismatic Woody for three series of Casualty and recently set a few hearts a fluttering in Strictly Come Dancing. His darker side was brought to the fore when he gave battle to David Tennant as an insidious devil in the current series of Doctor Who. A former Timelord is here to save the day as Colin Baker returns to the New from his triumphant turn in Dracula as the wily Detective Arthur Gerrard. This superb ensemble cast is completed with Anita Harris as Charles’ mother and Leah Bracknell, Zoë Tate in Emmerdale, as Guy’s fiancée Anne. Director Robin Herford is no stranger to spine-tingling drama; he has sent audiences shivering into the night with The Woman in Black, a gripping, terrifying theatrical event that is in its 15th year in the West End. Now with Strangers on a Train he masterfully recreates the brooding suspense and mounting tension of Patricia Highsmith’s original novel. Strangers on a Train, first published in 1950, was the first novel for American author Patricia Highsmith. Her cat and mouse thriller inspired the master of suspense himself, Alfred Hitchcock, to adapt it into a massively successful movie in 1951. Subsequently Highsmith’s gripping tale has been adapted many times, including the Billy Crystal — Danny DeVito black comedy, Throw Momma From The Train. Stunning sets and ingenious staging accelerate the twist and turns of this tense drama, as events go off the rails and spiral out of control climaxing in a nightmarish finale that will leave audiences on the edge of their seats. Strangers on a Train is at the New Theatre, Cardiff from Tuesday 18 to Saturday 22 July. Tickets are on sale now, with prices from £7. For further details about the show or to purchase tickets visit www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk or call the Box Office on (029) 2087 8889. Strangers on a Train at the New Theatre, Cardiff Tuesday 18 to Saturday 22 July 2006 Evenings 7.30pm; Thursday and Saturday matinees 2.30pm New Theatre Box Office (029) 2087 8889 Book online at www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk |
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Monday, July 3, 2006 |
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