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First Look: The Red Lion at New Wolsey Theatre and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch

by Staff Writer
September 12, 2023
Reading Time: 5 mins read
Alastair Natkiel in The Red Lion (Will Green Photography)

Alastair Natkiel in The Red Lion (Will Green Photography)

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First Look production shots have been released for the New Wolsey Theatre’s new production of Patrick Marber’s West End smash-hit drama, The Red Lion, directed by Artistic Director/Chief Executive Douglas Rintoul, and starring Olatunji Ayofe as Jordan, Crispin Letts as Yates and Alastair Natkiel as Kidd.

The Red Lion takes audiences into the heart of a struggling semi-professional football club trying to make ends meet. It’s a world far from the glamour, millionaires, celebrities and 24-hour media attention of the Premier League. This brilliant, sensitive and funny play by the multi-award-winning Patrick Marber takes us beyond the pitch and into the changing room. Banter, laughter, despair and raw emotions are exposed, relationships explode and conflict simmers between three generations as they fight for their individual goals and obsessions, desperate with the want to be a part of something.

Things look up when Jordan, a gifted young player, appears out of nowhere but he soon finds himself stuck between the conflicting ambitions of Yates, the kit man and a former club legend who sees him as the key to returning to former glory days, and the manager, Kidd, desperate to deliver success with his mind on the money. Loyalty, trust, morals and friendship are pushed to the very edge, leading them to ask if this is really the opportunity everyone’s been waiting for?

       

The Red Lion plays the New Wolsey Theatre until 23 September 2023, and Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch, from 26-30 September 2023

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