Theatre Royal Bath presents a new play co-starring Ian McKellen & Roger Allam; here is more about it!
[image description: a poster for the play “Frank & Percy”. A park in a sunset, with head-and-shoulders photos of Ian McKellen (laughing) and Roger Allam (half-smiling) hovering in the sky. There are two dogs running towards the viewer in the foreground. Text: “Bill Kenwright presents: Ian McKellen (labelling Ian’s photo) and Roger Allam (ditto with Roger) FRANK & PERCY. A new comedy by Ben Weatherhill / Directed by Sean Mathias”. There’s a red label across the poster that says “Priority booking now open / Become a member to book before Monday 13 March”.]
So, this play is running at the Theatre Royal, Bath, from 25th July to 5th August. A different link suggests it’ll then be running somewhere in the West End. :D
At the link there’s a description of the play here:-
“Bill Kenwright presents the National Premiere of Ben Weatherill’s Frank and Percy directed by Sean Mathias. This highly anticipated production sees one of our greatest stage and screen actors Sir Ian McKellen co-star as Percy alongside three-time Olivier Award winner Roger Allam as Frank.
“Frank and Percy is a poignant and witty take on the unexpected relationship that blossoms between two men. Devoted to their canine companions, they believe that human connection is far more temperamental, but as their dogs play in the park, can Frank, a widowed schoolteacher and Percy, a somewhat radical elder statesman, find the time for new infatuation, or should they just let sleeping dogs lie?
“Sean Mathias is one of this country’s foremost directors. His multi-award-winning career includes productions at the Royal National Theatre, The Kennedy Centre, The Mark Taper Forum, Paris, Sydney and Cape Town, including many productions on Broadway, as well as three Summer Seasons as Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Windsor.“
So, um. Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in a two-hander that looks like it’s a queer romantic comedy that also contains dogs. I am DELIGHTED. :D <3 <3 <3
I live nowhere near either Bath or London, so I’m hoping v much it’ll get a cinema screening and/or end up on iPlayer or marquee.tv or similar!!
