The Elephant is in The Room at the Tabard Theatre
New play by Peter Hamilton to be staged
John Gorick as Robert and Elizabeth Back as Cara. Picture: Matt Collins
October 21, 2023
The next main production to be staged at the Tabard Theatre will be The Elephant in the Room a new play by writer Peter Hamilton.
On a tour of India, a young Englishman named Ashley Davenport is visited by Yama, King of Death and the Underworld. This encounter prompts him to renounce all his worldly wealth and decide to set out on a Spiritual Path. There’s only one problem. He has absolutely no idea how to do it.
And so Ashley takes the unusual step of checking himself into the exclusive Gethsemane Garden Village Retirement Home, and declares to the elderly residents, to their puzzled dismay, that he is done with this Life. But unfortunately for Ashley, this Life is not quite done with him.
The Elephant In The Room is the latest play from Peter Hamilton whose work is regularly staged at London Fringe theatres and is a bittersweet tragi-comedy about embracing life’s possibilities and finding love in unexpected places.
It runs from Wednesday 8 November to Saturday 2 December with performances from Tuesday to Friday at 7.30pm and at 2pm and 6pm on Saturdays.
The running time is 1 hour 45 minutes with an interval.
The play is directed by Ken McClymont, produced by Ross McGregor with Costume Designer Josie Ayers, Lighting Designer Mark Dymock, Sound Designer Hamish Tate and set construction by Gary Anderson.
The cast includes Fraser Anthony, Josie Ayers, Craig Crosbie, Yasser Kayani, Lee Jia-Yu, Kristin Milward, Stephen Omer & Baptise Semin.
Tickets cost from £15.50 to £25.50. You can book all productions online on the Tabard Theatre web site or call the box office on 020 8995 6035 (leave a message if you can't get through and your call will be returned).
Theatre at the Tabard is at 2 Bath Road, Chiswick (W4 1LW).
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