Casting revealed for Handbagged - the Queen versus Thatcher - at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre
The cast has been announced for the Stephen Joseph Theatre’s revival of Moira Buffini’s Olivier Award-winning comedy Handbagged.
They are Pandora Clifford, Liz Garland, Alexandra Mathie, Deven Modha, Simon Darwen and Meriel Scholfield.
The show, imagines what happened behind closed palace doors when the world's most powerful women clashed.
Queen Elizabeth II – the monarch. Margaret Thatcher – her Prime Minister abd most powerful subject. Two women meet once a week for 11 ears.
One believes there is no such thing as society. The other has committed her life to serving it.
Winner of a 2014 Olivier Award and a West End smash hit, Handbagged takes us from 1979 to 1990 and asks if the Queen and the Iron Lady ever found common ground, or did their stiff upper lips reign supreme?
Director Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder says: “I’m absolutely thrilled to be directing Handbagged at the Stephen Joseph this summer, working with this brilliant company of actors to bring to life some of the most prominent figures from recent history.
“Presenting Handbagged in the round is so exciting, engaging in an immediate dialogue with our audience, and bringing them face to face with two of the most powerful women of the 20th century.”
Handbagged is designed by Katie Scott, with lighting design by Charly Dunford and sound design and composition by Lee Affen. The Movement Director is Aiden Crawford and the casting director is Annelie Powell CDG CSA.
It can be seen at the Stephen Joseph Theatre from Friday July 31 to Saturday August 29, and then tours to Theatr Clwyd, where it can be seen from Tuesday September 15 to Saturday September. 26.
Calendar Girls the Musical opens at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre on Saturday June 27 and runs until Saturday July 25.
Tickets for the Stephen Joseph Theatre run are available from the box office on 01723 370541 and online at www.sjt.uk.com