Douglas Hodge
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Although a delayed preview period started on 27 November, the opening of the Menier Chocolate Factory revival of La Cage aux Folles is on hold while leading man Douglas Hodge, who plays Albin, recovers from illness.
Hodge has been seen in Guys and Dolls (Piccadilly), Titus Andronicus (Globe), Dumb Show (Royal Court, Olivier nomination), Pericles (National Theatre) and more than 10 Pinter plays including Moonlight and The Caretaker in the West End. Film credits include Vanity Fair, Mansfield Park and Scenes of a Sexual Nature. His television credits include regular roles in Spooks and Redcap.
La Cage aux Folles, with a score by Jerry Herman and a book by Harvey Fierstein, is based on the French play by Jean Poiretand subsequent screen version. The musical tells the story of Albin and Georges (Philip Quast), two middle-aged lovers who run a drag nightclub in St. Tropez, where Albin’s alter ego ZaZa is the star attraction. The plot revolves around the complications that develop when Georges’ son announces that he is getting married—to the daughter of a local moral crusader… and her parents are coming to dinner to meet the future in-laws.
La Cage aux Folles, which was originally set to open on 3 December, is now scheduled to open in January 2008.