After an extended summer season at the Union Theatre last year, 1950s British musical classic SALAD DAYS is returning for an autumn tour featuring a host of #StageFaves including Wendi Peters and Mark Anderson. WATCH the trailer, filmed by fellow #StageFave Chris Kiely, here...
Having charmed audiences around the world with their award-winning Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore and The Mikado, Regan De Wynter Williams returns with Salad Days, one of Britain’s best-loved and sunniest musicals with TV and West End star Wendi Peters. The tour, directed by Bryan Hodgson, opens on 5 September 2018 at Theatre Royal Brighton before visiting ten further venues, including London's Richmond Theatre, until 17 November.
Wendi Peters plays Lady Raeburn/Aunt Prue. She's joined in the cast by Mark Anderson (as Timothy), Jessica Croll (Jane), James Gulliford, Francesca Pim, Megan Armstrong, Jon Osbaldeston, Jay Worthy, Maeve Byrne, Nathan Elwick, Lewis McBean, Callum Evans, Ashlee Young, Valier Cutko, Dan Smith, Victoria Nicol and Bradley Judge.
Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds’ musical is an absolute romp of polite naughtiness and saucy encounters, with an energetic and peppy score featuring songs such as ‘We Said We Wouldn’t Look Back’, ‘Look At Me, I’m Dancing’, and ‘We’re Looking For A Piano’. It puts a smile on your face and a tap in your toes.
Director Bryan Hodgson comments:
"I am thrilled to be able to stage Salad Days again this autumn - it serves as one of the greatest romps in musical theatre history, and really brings us a timeless sense of enjoyment and nonsense, which is always welcome in counteracting the sometimes overwhelming seriousness of today. With the fabulous Wendi Peters joining the cast too, it will simply be a fun and delightful evening out, and I cannot wait to get the magic piano and spaceship ready for its latest trip around the charming British countryside!"
Written in 1952 as a summer musical for the Bristol Old Vic, Salad Days then transferred to the Vaudeville where it ran for 2,283 performances. Salad Days is a phrase first coined in Shakespeare’s Anthony and Cleopatra, referring to Anthony’s youth; the show tells the lighthearted tale of recent graduates Timothy and Jane. Unhappy with their pushy parents, they decide to get jobs and take on the responsibility of looking after a piano in a park! Little are they prepared to deal with the magic and madness that follows.
This is the show that famously inspired a seven-year-old Cameron Mackintosh to fall in love with the theatre.
Following Brighton, Salad Days visits Richmond, Belgrade, Salford, Malvern, Winchester, Chesterfield, Salisbury, Exeter, Bridlington and Guildford.
Watch the trailer
Great news that @TheUnionTheatre production of @SaladDaysUK is heading out on a UK tour! Hereâs the EPK I filmed for them. ð¬ pic.twitter.com/lrliDfAuPG
— Chris Kiely (@chris_kiely) July 25, 2018
