30 January – 15 March

Written by JORDAN WALLER,  Directed By Olivier Award Winner  DEREK BOND

Starring Olivier Award Winner  JANIE DEE

Deborah has a problem. She’s responsible for casting the most famous role in Hollywood but the actor she chooses suddenly withdraws the day before the announcement. As the film starts shooting straight away, time is short to find a replacement. Her cousin wants to sell out, her son insists on going woke, and all she yearns for is the warm glow of Sean Connery’s unbeatable charm.

A Role to Die For is a wickedly funny new play about Hollywood’s most secretive casting.

Janie Dee (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Lambert Productions, Old Friends at Gielgud Theatre, The Motive and The Cue at The National Theatre) will star as ‘Deborah’; Philip Bretherton (How The Other Half Loves at Salisbury Playhouse, Much Ado About Nothing at Stafford Festival Shakespeare, Before The Party at Salisbury Playhouse, As You Like it at Theatre Clwyd) as ‘Malcolm’; in the role of ‘Quinn’ is Harry Goodson-Bevan (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Palace Theatre, Robin Hood at Saffron Hall, Saturday Night Fever on the UK Tour); Kit Esuruoso (The Land Of Might Have Been at Buxton International Festival, Bonnie & Clyde at Garrick Theatre, West Side Story at Opera National Du Rhin) will play ‘Theo’; Peter McPherson (Sweet Charity at Manchester Royal Exchange, Afterglow at Southwark Playhouse) will play ‘Richard’.  Venue: The Barn Theatre, 5 Beeches Road, Cirencester, Gloucester, GL7 1BN  Box Office: 01285 648255    Email: boxoffice@barntheatre.org.uk

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