U.K. stage alums Declan Bennett and Tony nominee Samuel Barnett have been tapped to lead a new production of Kiss of the Spider Woman. As previously announced, the Manuel Puig play, featuring a new adapted script from Allan Baker and José Rivera, will run March 8 through May 5 at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Read: NEW ADAPTATION OF MANUEL PUIG'S KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN WILL PLAY LONDON
The Laurie Sandom-helmed production will officially open March 21.
Set in a Buenos Aires prison, Kiss of the Spider Woman follows the relationship of two inmates who share a cell: a revolutionary and a window dresser, who dreams a fantasy world involving his favorite horror diva. The play, based on Puig’s novel of the same name, premiered in London in 1985. A musical adaptation premiered in the West End in 1992, with its three headliners (Chita Rivera, Brent Carver, and Anthony Crivello) later reprising their performances on Broadway and earning Tony Awards.
Eight of the improvised performances from the theatrical troupe behind The Play That Goes Wrong will be live streamed.
The long-touring production returns to the U.K. in celebration of the holiday season.
Melanie La Barrie, Grace Hodgett Young, and the original West End company are featured.
Artistic Director Timothy Sheader directs the Tony-nominated Dave Malloy musical in its U.K. debut production.
Centered on England football manager Gareth Southgate, the work made its world premiere at London's National Theatre in 2023.
Tony nominee Daniel Fish is directing the new revival of the Sophocles tragedy.
The musical centers on Sophie Scholl, a young German student who was executed for high treason due to her involvement with the non violent anti-Nazi resistance group White Rose.
Directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne, the production played
the Chichester Festival Theatre this past summer.
The production, which arrives in the West End December 14, was recorded live during the earlier Chichester engagement.
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