Liverpool’s smash hit Beatles play transfers to London’s West End!
Bill Elms and Jen Heyes Productions Ltd, the Liverpool producers of Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles are delighted to announce that the play is to open at London’s Leicester Square Theatre in Summer 2014 for an initial 6-week run.
Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles is window into the private world of the music entrepreneur whose stellar career as Beatles Manager made him a household name yet whose controversial personal life remained very much in the closet. Brian died in 1967 of an accidental overdose at the age of 32.
Acclaimed actor and TV star Andrew Lancel (Coronation Street, The Bill, Queen as Folk) and newcomer Will Finlason will return to the roles of Brian Epstein and the fictional character ‘This Boy’ respectively, for which they each received rave reviews during the initial Liverpool run, where the show premiered in November 2012 as part of the city’s official Beatles 50th Anniversary celebrations.
Andrew Lancel said: “I am absolutely delighted to be returning to this role, and London, in the year that would have seen Brian Epstein celebrate his 80th Birthday.”
“An experience not to be missed.”
The Stage
“Andrew Lancel as Epstein is terrific… As the boy, Will Finlason gracefully mingles brashness and compassion.”
The Times
Jen Heyes, Director and Co-Producer of Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles said: “With their phenomenal reviews and the audience reactions; I am absolutely delighted to cast the amazing talents of Andrew Lancel & Will Finlason for the production’s next incarnation in front of a West End audience. They are both the embodiment of the characters and I believe their commitment and stage chemistry is a key component to the show’s future success.”
Bill Elms, Co-Producer of Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles said: “Jen and I are absolutely delighted to be taking Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles to London and a wider audience. After the amazing feedback we received from audiences who saw the show in Liverpool – including those who knew Brian – everyone involved with the production felt that the next natural step was to take it to London and happily, London felt the same. I can’t wait for the show to open in our capital, and feel that the Leicester Square Theatre – in the heart of the city with Soho on the doorstep – is the ideal venue.”
This two-hander play imagines this brilliant but troubled man’s drug-fuelled final days whilst looking back upon his illustrious adult life and meteoric career from his drama school days to managing the world’s biggest pop group – a must-see opportunity to discover a previously unexplored story and celebrate a true icon of 1960’s popular culture – a man who shaped music and style across the world.
Running from 5 August – 6 September 2014 (previews from 30 July) at London’s Leicester Square Theatre, Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles is brought to you by Bill Elms & Jen Heyes Productions Ltd and written by Andrew Sherlock (Wall Talks and The Shankly Show), who also hails from Liverpool.
“At times comic, at times intensely moving… Epstein is not merely an exercise in nostalgia, it also finds the real man lurking inside an enigma.”
The Arts Desk
“An evocative and moving history lesson, enlivened with wit – enthralling for those who were there (and still remember it) and for a new generation discovering their musical roots.”
Whatsonstage.com
Writing co-commissioned by Homotopia. Supported by Liverpool Vision.
Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles
Leicester Square Theatre
6 Leicester Place, London, Greater London WC2H 7BX
5 August – 6 September 2014
Preview Performances: 30 July – 4 August
Mon – Sat Evenings: 7.30pm I Thurs mats 3.00pm I Sat early shows 4.00pm
Ticket Prices: £30-£42.50
Booking fees may apply
How to Book:
Book in person at the venue, online at www.leicestersquaretheatre.com or via telephone on 08448 733433
More information on Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles can be found at www.epsteintheplay.com
