Hackney Empire

Beau Jest by James Sherman

7 May 2008 - 1 June 2008

Venue: Main House

Price(s): £22.50, 19.50, 17.50 Hackney Empire Members £3 Off

The Hackney Empire Presents a Hackney Home Grown production and UK premiere of James Sherman's romantic comedy.  

You don't have to be Jewish....  

Beau Jest is a hilarious, heart-warming play and phenomenal Off-Broadway hit for two and a half years. This is the first professional UK production.

When Sarah Goldman, a lovely young school teacher wants to please her parents, she invents a boyfriend that she believes will be the man of her mother's dreams. When her parents insist on meeting the man, Sarah hires Bob, an actor, to pretend to be her "beau". Although the plan works flawlessly for a time, a combination of some hilarious situations lead to their lives being irrevocably changed.

"Very Funny.....The well crafted play has a lot to say about nuclear families of any ethnic persuasion."  

"Hilarious....Sherman wonderfully blends farce with genuine insight."

Directed by Susie McKenna. Designed by Becs Andrews. Lighting by Paul Gavin. 

The cast will include Adam Rayner (Mistresses and Line of Beauty), Lara Pulver(Olivier Award nominated for her recent performance in Parade at the Donmar Warehouse), Sue Kelvin (Fiddler on the Roof at the Savoy and Sit and Shiver at the Hackney Empire), Alexander Giles, Jack Chissick and Alex Hardy.

The music has been arranged and performed by The Soloman Sisters. For more information please visit their website at http://www.solomonsisters.com/