SPEED-THE-PLOW
Kevin Spacey and Jeff Goldblum star in the 20th anniversary staging of David Mamet's comedy.
Hollywood producers Bobby Gould and Charlie Fox engage in a verbal boxing match centered on the eternal debate of art versus money. Should Gould put on another bad blockbuster that will make his fortune, or put himself on the line for an adaptation of a spiritual, apocalyptic novel offered to him by his beautiful secretary? In this tale of greed, seduction and power, everything he believes in will be put to the test.
Speed-the-Plow premiered at Broadway’s Royale Theatre in 1988, the two men were played by Joe Mantegna and Ron Silver, with the secretary played by Madonna. It was subsequently seen at the National’s Lyttelton Theatre in January 1989, where Gregory Mosher directed a cast that included Rebecca Pidgeon.
THE BASICS
Show Type : Play
Started: 01/02/2008
Opened: 12/02/2008
Closing: 26/04/2008
Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins
with 1 interval
Performance Schedule:
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Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
No
Show |
7:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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2:30pm
7:30pm
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Individual tickets booking through:
26/04/2008
Group tickets on sale through:
26/04/2008
Group Minimum:
8 tickets
STARRING
Kevin Spacey as Bobby Gould
Spacey, an Academy Award-winning movie star, serves as the artistic director of The Old Vic and starred in its productions of Richard II, National Anthems and The Philadelphia Story. He won an Olivier Award for Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh and a Tony Award for Neil Simon’s Lost in Yonkers.
Jeff Goldblum as Charlie Fox
Though making his London stage debut, Goldblum has starred on Broadway in Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Moony Shapiro Songbook, The Play What I Wrote and The Pillowman. His film work includes Thank God It’s Friday, The Big Chill, The Fly, Earth Girls Are Easy, Jurassic Park, Powder, Independence Day and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
Laura Michelle Kelly as Secretary
Kelly won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Mary Poppins. Her extensive West End credits include Swallow in the original production of Whistle Down the Wind, Eponine in Les Miserables, Sophie in Mamma Mia! and Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. The actress released her debut solo album, The Storm Inside, last summer.
CREATORS
Written by David Mamet
Directed by Matthew Warchus
Scenic Design by Rob Howell
Lighting design by Paul Pyant
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