Wait Until Dark / UK Tour

The Original Theatre Company in association with Eastbourne Theatres present

Wait Until Dark

A major revival of Frederick Knott’s classic, edge-of-your-seat thriller.

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01 / The story

When the lights go out, who is watching?

From the hand of Frederick Knott, author of Dial M Murder, and the producers behind Night Must Fall and Birdsong, comes a major revival of the classic, edge of your seat, thriller Wait Until Dark.

Set amidst the social turbulence of 60’s London the play follows the story of Suzy, a blind woman who left alone in her apartment becomes embroiled with a group of conmen hatching an elaborate scam. As the tension notches up, Suzy is left to fend for herself but with the phone line cut dead and the house plunged into darkness, can Suzy outwit the murderous visitors?

Wait Until Dark, made into a film starring Audrey Hepburn in 1967, is often ranked as one of the top 100 scariest films of all time and this exciting new production reclaims it for the stage.

A star cast includes Jack Ellis (Prime Suspect & Bad Girls) and Oliver Mellor (Coronation Street).

Suitable for 12+

DirectorAlastair Whatley
DesignerDavid Woodhead
Music & SoundGiles Thomas
LightingChris Withers
CastingEllie Collyer-Bristow
Fight DirectorsRachel Bown-Williams & Ruth Cooper-Brown

02 / On the road

Tour Dates

Follow the suspense around the country. Ticket links have been kept exactly as provided.

03 / Meet the company

Cast

04 / The makers

Creative

Music & SoundGiles Thomas—
LightingChris Withers—

06 / From the company

Blogs

BLOG 01

From the rehearsal room

Welcome to the first blog for the Wait Until Dark UK Tour! Exciting times. I am Graeme, I am playing the role of ‘Croker’ who is one of the baddies!

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BLOG 02

Introducing Tom

To introduce myself, my name is Tom and I will be one of the actors putting down their thoughts, experiences and general nonsense for you in our show blog.

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BLOG 03

First-time blogger

Hello, I’m Shannon and I am blogging for the first time ever! I think you will be hearing from me a few times whilst we are out and about on the road.

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BLOG 04

Eastbourne

Hello again, so here we are in the Devonshire Theatre in Eastbourne, which is of course our home for the next two weeks.

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BLOG 05

Four shows in

Hi, me again. Writing to you from Eastbourne this time, with four shows already under our belt!

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LATEST POST / BLOG 06

On the road

Hi, me again. Writing to you from Eastbourne this time, with four shows already under our belt!

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07 / Reviews

Coming Soon

The lights are going down.

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    Jack Ellis

    Recent theatre: Shawshank Redemption UK tour for Bill Kenwright; Another World by Gillian Slovo at the National Theatre. Wrote, co-directed and acted in Shakespeare Mon Amour with Maria Cassi at Teatro del Salle, Florence; Danforth in The Crucible at the Old Vic; Jaggers in Great Expectations at the Vaudeville West End; Hastings in Richard 3rd at the Old Vic with Kevin Spacey, directed by Sam Mendes.

    West End credits include: Colonel Jessep in A Few Good Men at the Haymarket; Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing at The Queens Theatre; Leon Czolgocz in Assassins at Donmar Warehouse, directed by Sam Mendes.

    TV Credits: Bad Girls as Jim Fenner, Prime Suspect as D.I. Tony Muddiman, Coronation Street as Harry Mason, Rome as Bibulus, New Tricks, Lewis, Vera, Inspector Morse, House of Saddam, The Knock and Waking the Dead.

    Oliver Mellor

    Oliver is well known for his regular role as Dr. Matt Carter in Coronation Street (ITV).

    Other TV & Film Credits include: Walter MacMurray in Father Brown (BBC); Ed in Bedlam (Red Productions); Julian Woodley in Midsomer Murders (ITV); Doctors, Eastenders, Emmerdale, Skins, Dr. Who, Hollyoaks in the City and The Royal.

    Theatre Credits include: Charles in Blithe Spirit; Tony Wendice in Dial M For Murder; James Herriot in All Creatures Great & Small; Edward Raynor in Black Coffee; Albert Feather in Ladies in Retirement.

    Tim Treloar

    Training: LAMDA

    Theatre: Most recently Tim played Teddy in House and Garden at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury. Earlier credits include Three Sisters, The Heart Of Robin Hood, Thomas More, Richard II, Romeo And Juliet, King Lear, Birdsong, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Henry V and The Beggar’s Opera.

    Television: Dark Heart, Father Brown, Casualty, Silent Witness, Doctors, Holby City, Lewis, A Touch Of Frost, The Bill, Foyle’s War and Midsomer Murders.

    Tim has also worked extensively in Radio and Audio, and is The Third Doctor Who for Big Finish Productions.

    Karina Jones

    Registered blind at the age of thirteen, Karina gained a BA in English and Drama at Hope University Liverpool and an MA at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. After further training with Graeae and Greentop Circus, Karina is now one of the very few visually-impaired actresses to have a parallel career as an international aerial circus performer.

    Theatre credits: National Theatre of Wales, The Roundhouse Camden, the Half Moon, Citizens Theatre Glasgow, the Tron, Frantic Assembly, the Soho Theatre, Graeae and Paines Plough.

    Circus & Aerial work includes: Paralympics Opening ceremony, National Theatre of Wales, Greentop Circus, Extraordinary Bodies, DiverseCity and Circus Oz in Melbourne.

    TV credits: The Bill, Crimewatch, Off Their Rockers.

    Graeme Brookes

    For The Original Theatre Company: Invincible (2016, 2017 & 59e59 Brits Off Broadway, New York).

    Theatre: A View from a Bridge, The Rivals, A Slight Ache, The Lover, King David – Man of Blood, The Tempest, Transmissions, Tanika’s Journey, The Police, Softly Softly, As You Like It, Measure for Measure and Rebecca.

    Television: Raised with Wolves, The Job Lot and Crimewatch. Film: We Can Be Hero’s, Faintheart and House of Screaming Death. Writer: One In Five.

    Shannon Rewcroft

    Shannon is from Scarborough and trained at Drama Studio London (Spotlight Prize Nominee 2014) and the University of Northumbria, achieving a First Class Honours BA(Hons) degree in Performance.

    Theatre: Shadowlands, A Christmas Treasure Island, The Accrington Pals, Cosmic, Santa's Rusty Robot, Roses and Castles, Coda and King Lear.

    Film & Television: Fish Tank Girls and Gorka.

    Tom McCarron

    Theatre: The Ladykillers, Pygmalion, Black Coffee, And Then There Were None, Lear, The Queen or The Excellency of Sex, Potted Panto, There but for the Grace of God, Dido, Romeo and Juliet, On the Razzle and Amadeus.

    Tom was recently nominated for Best Actor at the Los Angeles Newport Film Festival for his performance in the award-winning and critically acclaimed Western, Black Hill.

    TV: Doctors (BBC).

    Alastair Whatley

    Alastair is the Artistic Director of The Original Theatre Company.

    His directing credits for the company include The Importance of Being Earnest, the hit record-breaking production of Sebastian Faulks’ Birdsong, The Private Ear and The Public Eye, Our Country’s Good, Twelfth Night, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Madness of George III, Journey’s End, Shakespeare’s R&J, The Taming of the Shrew and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

    He is the recipient of the Max Cary Award for Innovation presented by The University of London and the Stage One Bursary for young producers.

    David Woodhead

    David is one of the UK’s leading up-and-coming designers. He was a finalist in the Linbury Prize for Stage Design and won the 2014 Off-West End Award for Best Designer. He graduated from LIPA with a first class degree in Theatre & Performance Design.

    For Original Theatre Company he designed last year’s production of Night Must Fall.

    Recent productions include Gaslight, the European Premiere of Peter and The Star Catcher, Billy Liar, Abigail’s Party and The Wasp.

    Ellie Collyer-Bristow

    Ellie is currently casting a new musical about Dusty Springfield for Eleanor Lloyd Productions.

    Recent credits include Witness for the Prosecution, Wordsworth, Two Way Mirror, After the Dance, As You Like It, Miss Julie, Handbagged, The Secret Garden, A Lie of the Mind, Madame Rubinstein, Dirty Great Love Story, Fool for Love, Night Must Fall and Arcadia.

    RC-Annie Ltd

    RC-ANNIE Ltd was established in 2005 by Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown.

    Work in theatre includes Common, Ugly Lies the Bone, Peter Pan, The Threepenny Opera, The James Plays, Cleansed, Salome, Snow in Midsummer, Twelfth Night, Woyzeck, East is East, My Brilliant Friend, The Boys in the Band, All My Sons and Aristocrats.

    Film includes Heretiks, Genesis, Arthur and Merlin, Howl, The Seasoning House, City Slacker, Cheerful Weather for the Wedding and Deviation.