The Dresser

Sir, the last of the great, but dying, breed of English actor-managers, is in a very bad way tonight. As his dresser tries valiantly to prepare him to go on stage as King Lear, Sir is having great difficulty remembering who and where he is, let along Lear’s lines. Multi award-winning CCADS Theatre bring Ronald Harwood's modern classic back to local stages in a wonderfully intimate production within the Square Tower that takes you into the dressing-room with the characters. Made famous by the film starring Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay, subsequent major revivals on stage and screen have featured pairings including Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen, Julian Glover and Nicholas Lyndhurst, Ken Stott and Reece Sheersmith and, most recently, Matthew Kelly and Julian Clary...