Full casting announced for UK tour of Deathtrap
Casting news
FULL casting has been announced for the UK tour of Ira Levin’s Tony-nominated thriller Deathtrap, which visits Richmond Theatre from November 14 to November 18, 2017.
Joining previously announced Paul Bradley (as Sidney Bruhl) and BAFTA nominee Jessie Wallace (Myra Bruhl) are Sam Phillips (Clifford), Beverly Klein (Helga ten Dorp) and Julien Ball (Porter).
Sidney Bruhl, a once- successful writer of stage thrillers, is in the grip of chronic writer’s block. Out of the blue, young playwright Clifford Anderson sends Bruhl one of the only two copies of his brilliant new whodunit, Deathtrap.
Desperate to set Broadway alight once more, Sidney spies his chance to invite Clifford to his remote country home – and to bring the only other copy of Deathtrap with him! If Bruhl can kill the newcomer and pass the play off as his own, he could once again be the toast of Broadway.
Sam Phillips’ stage credits includes Sweet Bird Of Youth and First Light (Chichester Festival Theatre), Deathtrap (Salisbury Playhouse), Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare’s Globe), Larisa And The Merchants (Arcola Theatre), Elegy (Theatre 503), The Best Of Love Bites (Southwark Playhouse), The Taming Of The Shrew and The Merchant Of Venice (Derby Live), Inherit The Wind (Old Vic), Love Bites (Calders Theatre Bookshop) and The History Boys (National Theatre/UK Tour/Wyndhams Theatre).
Phillips screen work includes 6 Wives, Bricks, The Syndicate, In The Flesh, Doctors, Pete Vs Life, EastEnders, I Shouldn’t Be Alive: Blizzard Of Death, Hotel Trubble, Aki Nabalu, Micro Men, My Family, Little Miss Jocelyn, The Bill, Barbara, Starting Out, Hand Of The Creator, Hot Property and Far From The Madding Crowd.
Beverly Klein’s numerous stage credits include After October (Finborough Theatre), Caroline, or Change and Young Chekhov: Ivanov and Platonov (Chichester Festival Theatre), Die Fledermaus (Carl Rosa Opera), Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park With George (Opera du Chatelet, Paris), Barnarda Alba (Union Theatre), The Kissing-Dance (Jermyn Street Theatre), Candide (ENO – The Coliseum/Japanese Tour), Fiddler on the Roof (Savoy Theatre, WOS Nomination), The Holy Terror (Duke of York’s Theatre), The Threepenny Opera (Donmar Warehouse), Six Characters Looking For An Author (Young Vic) and Piaf, Piaf (Nottingham Playhouse/York Theatre Royal/Oldham Coliseum – Manchester Evening News Best Actress Award).
On screen, Klein has appeared in Mr Selfridge, Doctors, Call the Midwife, Ripper Street, Casualty, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Absolutely, Paris, Inspector Morse and Swinging With The Finkels.
Julien Ball’s stage credits include The Power of Yes, Her Naked Skin, The Duchess of Malfi and Invention of Love (National Theatre), Antony & Cleopatra, Much Ado About Nothing and Les Liaisons Dangereuses (RSC), Porcelain (Royal Court Upstairs), Another Country (Queen’s Theatre), Deathtrap (Salisbury Playhouse), The Three Musketeers (Bristol Old Vic), Blithe Spirit (The English Theatre, Frankfurt) and Lady Windermere’s Fan (Vienna’s English Theatre).
Ball’s screen credits include Land Girls, WPC 56, Holby City, Little Devil, Casualty, Rough Crossing, Crocodile Shoes, Money For Nothing, EastEnders and Sorry.
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