9-12 NOVEMBER 2022
Sheridan’s most popular comedy is adapted by Robert Tremayne in this sparkling new production.
'A comic masterpiece which mercilessly dissects a social network of grotesques, gossips, lustful hypocrites and anonymous assassins of reputation who inhabit a world without privacy, morality or taste.'
~The London gossip scene is buzzing. Masquerading behind the veneer of polite society, malicious prattlers trade gossip like gamblers and ruin reputations for sport. In the School for Scandal one thing is certain- no-one is safe...
After sixteen years abroad Sir Oliver Surface returns home incognito to test the characters of his nephews, Charles (a prodigal, apparently), and Joseph (a paragon, supposedly). He discovers his old friend Peter Teazle has wed a young country wife and is in marital purgatory, being victimised by a hilarious, hateful team of imbeciles and rumour-mongers. But let’s be honest, what could be more fun than an evening with these devilish double dealers?...After all, who doesn’t love a good scandal?!~
DIRECTED BY VICKY NEWMAN
PRODUCED & DESIGNED BY ROBERT TREMAYNE
SIR PETER TEAZLE- DAVID BALFE
UNCLE CRABTREE/SIR OLIVER SURFACE- JASON LEVER
JOSEPH SURFACE- CHRIS DANGERFIELD
CHARLES SURFACE- BEN SANDERSON
SNAKE, SIR BENJAMIN BACKBITE & MR CREDIT- MICHAEL BUCKE
LADY SNEERWELL & TRIP- ROBERT TREMAYNE
LADY TEAZLE- ELA CHAPMAN
MRS CANDOUR & CARELESS- ALISTAIR LOCK
ROWLEY- IAN MILLAR
MARIA & SPONGE- LAUREN WHEDBEE
