Cambridge Arts Theatre has today announced a new UK tour of James Roose-Evans’ adaptation of Helene Hanff’s novel 84 Charing Cross Road, in collaboration with Lee Dean and Salisbury Playhouse.
Richard Beecham directs Stefanie Powers as Helene Hanff and Clive Francis as Frank Doel. The production opens at Darlington Hippodrome on Wednesday 23 May before touring to Wolverhampton, Malvern, Richmond, Oxford and finishing in Cambridge Arts Theatre on 30 June.
A tender and heart-warming tale of transatlantic friendship, 84 Charing Cross Road is a bittersweet comedy based on the extraordinary true story of the remarkable relationship that developed over 20 years between a vivacious New York writer and a London bookseller. Through their exchange of humorous and often intimate correspondence a snapshot of Britain from the post-war 1940s to the swinging 60s is revealed, alongside a touching human story that still resonates today.
Darlington Hippodrome
23 – 26 May 2018
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
29 May – 2 June 2018
Malvern Festival Theatre
4 – 9 June 2018
Richmond Theatre
11 – 16 June 2018
Oxford Playhouse
18 – 23 June 2018
Cambridge Arts Theatre
26 – 30 June 2018
