The play, which premiered at the Customs House in South Shields, in 2005  is playing at the Baron Courts Theatre in West Kensington from Monday May 9th to Saturday 21st May, excluding May 16th.

It will star Sally Gilfillan, Jon Bradshaw and Simon Nader, who will also direct the play. Simon first worked with Ed and Trevor when he appeared in the London production of Maggie’s End.  

Tickets are on sale, £12.50 full price, £10 concessions, from the theatre box office on 020 8932 4747

The Revengers is not the only Waugh and Wood play making a return appearance in May. Dirty Dusting plays the Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield from Tuesday, May 17, to Saturday 21, Peterbrough’s Key Theatre from Monday, May 23^rd to Wednesday 25^th and Middlesbrough Theatre from Thursday, May 26 to Saturday 28.  The show is being produced by Tabs Productions and full details can be find on their website.

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When Katy Dream left drama school she walked straight into a starring TV role in The Revengers. Sadly, her days as Gemma Peel – the leather-clad, crime-solving, kung-fu queen of Tyneside are long gone.

Twenty-five years later she’s back to being plain old Katy West, the apron-clad, debt-ridden, dancing queen of Nowhere.

Her career started to crumble when her husband, Jimmy, was badly injured in a shipyard accident and she had to spend time caring for him. The parts dried up and she is now reduced to occasional promotional work for a chain of greengrocers.

Jimmy, a Castro-obsessed Marxist, has been in a wheelchair since the accident and despite his best efforts has been unable to find any meaningful work, spending most of his time training for road races and making soup.

When Katy’s new agent manages to secure her an audition for the role of Portia in a touring production of The Merchant of Venice she sees a light at the end of the tunnel.

Enter Gary, a charming but sinister loan shark, who is about to turn their world upside down…

The Revengers premiered at the Customs House, South Shields in September 2005. It will make its London debut in May 2011 at the Barons Court Theatre in West Kensington, from Monday May 9th to Saturday 21st May, excluding May 16th starring Simon Nader (above, right), Jon Bradshaw (centre) and Sally Gilfillan (left)

Tickets are on sale, £12.50 full price, £10 concessions, from the theatre box office on 020 8932 4747

Reviews

“thoroughly enjoyable, harder, edgier with some great one-liners – it challenges the audiences perceptions while giving them a good night out” Sunderland Echo

“their most assured offering yet – while they’ve proved they can make us laugh, this shows they can also craft plays with real depth” The Metro

“deeper, meatier and more intensive… cleverly treads the tightrope between comedy and tragedy” The Northern Echo

“another side-splitter from the team behind Dirty Dusting and Waiting for Gateaux – an undoubted hit – it just keeps getting better” Shields Gazette

“An extraordinary dramatic comedy  – a shining example of great theatre which should not be missed” Tribune

“An entertaining, dramatic, production with some genuine chemistry and comic moments” www.extraextra.org

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