by OLIVER GOLDSMITH directed by TOM LITTLER with FRANCESCA ELLIS
STREAM ON DEMAND FROM HOME
Watch online any time between 7.30pm GMT on 16 January 2024 and 11.59pm GMT on 20 January. Choose any date to book tickets to watch from home.
Ticket bookers can visit this page any time from 7.30pm on 16 January to 11.59pm 19 January to watch the show; you will need to log into your OT account to access the page. An email with further details will be sent to all ticket bookers.
As this OT On Screen production will be enjoyed from outside the theatre, we ask people to pay what they’re happy to give, starting from £15.
★★★★★ “Gloriously funny. Splendidly cast and perfectly played… A gem of a production” The Telegraph
★★★★★ “It is altogether the first of the Christmas treats” Libby Purves for TheatreCat
★★★★★ “a laugh a minute delight” Theatre Weekly
★★★★ “Perfectly pitched performances. It’s all such good fun” The Guardian
★★★★ “this jazzy Goldsmith works a treat” The Times
★★★★ “A dynamite younger cast headed by Freddie Fox and Tanya Reynolds power this irresistible romp through the classic comedy” Time Out
★★★★ “Joyous” The Stage
★★★★“Sparkling revival” WhatsOnStage
★★★★ “Goldsmith’s play radiates a mellow happiness…a joy” Mail on Sunday
Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no fibs
Christmas at Hardcastle Hall, where guests are assured of a hearty welcome. The gramophone is playing a Charleston, cocktails are in the shaker, and romance is in the air. Kate Hardcastle can’t wait to meet her intended fiance, Charles Marlow – but when Marlow fi nally turns up, he’s not the shy and retiring man anyone was expecting. Wily Kate soon realises that faint heart never won fair husband…
Cast
Constance Neville
Sabrina Bartlett
Diggory/Sir Charles
Richard Derrington
Charles Marlow
Freddie Fox
Mr Hardcastle
David Horovitch
Tony Lumpkin
Guy Hughes
George Hastings
Robert Mountford
Kate Hardcastle
Tanya Reynolds
Mrs Hardcastle
Greta Scacchi