Sean Holmes' production of Ron Hutchinson's Moonlight & Magnolias returns to the Tricycle Theatre for a strictly limited four week run from 2 July – 2 August with original cast members Andy Nyman (Selznick) and Steven Pacey (Fleming) who are joined by new cast members Nicholas Woodeson (Hecht) and Rebecca Calder (Miss Poppenghul). Designs are by Francis O'Connor with lighting by Davy Cunningham and sound by Carolyn Downing.
Moonlight & Magnolias is the hilarious story behind the re-writing of the film Gone with the Wind. Producer
David O. Selznick and writer
Ben Hecht join (reluctant) forces with director Vic Fleming, poached directly from the set of The Wizard of Oz, in a desperate and hilarious attempt to re-write the script of Gone with the Wind as they shut down production on the movie. Moonlight & Magnolias is a parody of the inside workings of the film industry and an insightful look at the politics of 1930's Hollywood.
Rebecca Calder's stage credits include Silver Birch House and Pera Palas for the Arcola Theatre and Carlos Acosta and Friends for
Sadler's Wells. Her screen credits include The Leaving of Liverpool and Casualty for the BBC and films Stardust, Cashback and Canis Lupus.
Nicholas Woodeson's stage credits include Romance and Mr Peter's Connections for
The Almeida Theatre, Jumpers for
The National Theatre (which transferred to the West End and Broadway), Art at Wyndham's Theatre, and Hard Fruit and Bazaar for the Royal Court. His television credits include Rome series 1 and 2, Doc Martin, Eleventh, The Last Detective, A Touch of Frost and Waking the Dead and on film his credits include Amazing Grace, Conspiracy, Topsy Turvey, Mad Cows and Titanic Town.
Andy Nyman's theatre credits include Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Call In The Night and The Merchant of Venice all for
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Saturday, Sunday … and Monday for
Chichester Festival Theatre, Lust for the Theatre Royal Haymarket, The Gingerbread Lady for The Palace Theatre Watford and A Slice of Saturday Night for the Arts Theatre. Recently he co-devised and directed
Derren Brown's show Mind Reader: An Evening of Wonders, which has recently completed a short run at the Garrick Theatre. His television work includes the forthcoming Charlie Brooker series, Peak Practice, Tame, New Voices, Birds of a Feather and The Bill. His film credits include Severance, Death at a Funeral, Shut Up and Shoot Me, Played, Wild Romance and Coney Island Baby, as well as The Brothers Bloom and The Tournament which opens later this year.
Steven Pacey's theatre credits include Someone Else's Shoes for Soho Theatre, The Old Masters at the Comedy Theatre, Democracy for
The National Theatre, The Constant Wife for the
Apollo Theatre, The Birthday Party for the Piccadilly Theatre, By Jeeves for the Duke of York's Theatre, High Society for the Victoria Palace Theatre and Celebration and The Room for
The Almeida Theatre. His television credits include Distant Shores, Spooks, Murder in Mind, Troubles and Strife, Pie in the Sky and Just William. On film his credits include Conspiracy, Return to House on Haunted Hill and Julius Caesar.
Ron Hutchinson's plays include Topless Mum and Moonlight and Magnolias at the Tricycle, Says I, Says I, The Dillen, Rat in the Skull, Burning Issues, Head/Case, Eejits, The Curse of the Baskervilles and Lags. In addition he adapted
Mikhail Bulgakov's Flight for
The National Theatre. His screen writing credits include Vertical Limit, Blue Ice and Red King, White Knight. His many television writing credits include Traffic, The Pentagon Papers, Naked and the Dead, Prisoner of Honor, The
Josephine Baker Story, The Marksman and Bird of Prey.
Sean Holmes' directing credits includes The Man Who Had All the Luck for the
Donmar Warehouse, Translations, The Mentalists, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Caucasian Chalk Circle for
The National Theatre and for the
Royal Shakespeare Company Julius Caesar, Richard III and The Roman Actor. His other productions include Singer and The Price for the
Tricycle Theatre -the latter went onto tour nationally - Incomplete and Random Acts of Kindness for the Royal Court, and Cleansed and Home for Oxford Stage Company (now Headlong), where he is an Associate Director.
Steven Pacey, Andy Nyman and Nicholas Woodeson
Andy Nyman and Rebecca Calder
Andy Nyman
Andy Nyman, Steven Pacey and Nicholas Woodeson
Steven Pacey and Andy Nyman
Photos by Mike Eddowes
