This Spring, the cream of British comedy and acting talent took on the career-defiling role of The Narrator, in the riotous new comedy classic – Bleak Expectations.
‘ZINGS WITH INTELLIGENCE & IMAGINATION’’
The Guardian
Based on the award-winning radio series by Mark Evans, Bleak Expectations takes you on a joyfully anarchic journey through Dickensian London and beyond. Follow the heroic misadventures of young Pip Bin as he battles mistaken identities, contemptible conspiracies and surreal plot twists in his quest to save his family and find true love..
A SPECIAL GUEST STAR NARRATOR EACH WEEK!
MAY: Nina Wadia, Dermot O’Leary, Sally Phillips, Robert Lindsay, Sue Perkins
JUNE: Julian Clary, Adjoa Andoh, Craig Ferguson, Lee Mack
JULY: Stephen Mangan, Hugh Dennis, Tom Allen, Jack Dee
AUGUST: Alexander Armstrong, Stephen Fry
A Bleaking unforgettable night of laugh-out-loud comedy action, previously at London's Criterion Theatre.
Cast:
Ashh Blackwood as Agnes Bin / Flora Dies Early
Shane David-Joseph as Thomas Bin / Bakewell Havertwitch / Broadly Fecund
J.J Henry as Harry Biscuit
John Hopkins as Gently Benevolent
Dom Hodson as Pip Bin
Serena Manteghi as Pippa Bin
Marc Pickering as The Hardthrashers
Rachel Summers as Poppy Bin / Ripely Fecund
The understudies are Conor Dumbrell, Eric Mallett, and Emily Waters
LOVINGLY LUDICROUS & LARGERTHAN LIFE - The Times
ENGLISH ECCENTRICITY AT ITSMADCAP BEST - Daily Telegraph
TERRIFICALLY SPIRITED. LOTS OFJUICY ONE-LINERS AND RIDICULOUSTWISTS THE CAST TOO IS TERRIFIC -The Guardian
NOTHING LESS THAN EXCEPTIONAL - West End Best Friend