Amy Booth-Steel, Siobhan Dillon Lead EX At Soho Theatre, Previews Nov 10

Rob Young's new British musical EX, presented in collaboration with Two's Company (producer Graham Cowley), opens at Soho Theatre for previews on Thursday 10 November, with a press night on Tuesday 15 November, 2011. EX stars Amy Booth-Steel as Ruby, Siobhan Dillon as Claire, Simon Thomas as Keith and Gabriel Vick as Jack.

An unlikely couple: Ruby is funny and gawkily attractive, Jack a bit of a scruff but cocky. When they were together she let him walk all over her, but now Ruby looks great, is full of confidence and has a new lover, Keith, with whom she is about to emigrate to America. But will her feelings for Jack return when she decides to meet him one last time? And will Jack abandon his new love, the feisty and beautiful Claire?

Amy Booth-Steel's stage credits include Tom Morris' Swallows and Amazons at the Bristol Old Vic; she has appeared at The National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company and was in the original 2009-2010 cast of Peter Schneider's hit revival of Sister Act at the London Palladium. She also appeared on the BBC's I'd Do Anything, as one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's final 12 Nancy's.

Siobhan Dillon reached the final show of BBC's How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? She made her West End theatre debut in 2007 playing Patty Simcox in Grease, returning to the show in 2010 to play the lead role of Sandy. Her other theatre credits include the national tour of Can't Smile Without You, a new musical based on an original idea by Bill Kenwright. In 2009 she took over the role of Sally Bowles in the UK tour of Cabaret and currently plays the role of Vivienne Kensington in Legally Blonde.

Simon Thomas is currently in Legally Blonde in the role of Walter Huntington III. His other recent theatre credits include playing Rapunzel's Prince in Sondheim's Into the Woods at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, the lead in Disney's Tarzan at the Neue Flora in Hamburg, plus roles in Marguerite (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Make Me A Song (Theatre Royal Brighton) and Merry Wives Of Windsor (Royal Shakespeare Company).

Gabriel Vick recently appeared alongside John Barrowman in Terry Johnson's critically acclaimed production of La Cage Aux Folles at London's Playhouse Theatre. His other credits include the role of Henrik in Trevor Nunn's A Little Night Music at the Garrick, and the roles of Laertes/Guildenstern in the UK tour of Hamlet-The Musical!

EX is directed by Tricia Thorns whose credits include My Real War 1914-? (Trafalgar Studios and tour), Red Night (Finborough), What The Women Did (Southwark Playhouse), Forgotten Voices from the Great War (Pleasance), as well as a long acting career. Music by composer Ross Lorraine, whose theatre work includes Whistling Psyche (Almeida Theatre) and The Old Man and the Sea (Riverside Studios). His classical and contemporary music has been performed in festivals throughout Europe, the USA and the Far East.

Rob Young's theatre work includes; The Old Man and the Sea (Award for Artistic Excellence at last year's Brighton Festival before transferring to the Arcola then a five-week run at Riverside Studios), Surfing and Obsession (Battersea Arts Centre); The Man with the Absurdly Large Penis (Young Vic) and The Shoe Shop of Desire (Battersea Arts Centre). His first feature film, Miranda, starred John Hurt, Christina Ricci and Kyle MacLachlan, it premiered at Sundance and won the Audience Award at London's Raindance Film Festival.

EX

A play with songs by Rob Young

Music by Ross Lorraine

Directed by Tricia Thorns

Soho Theatre

Dates Thursday 10 November - Saturday 03 December

Times Evenings 7.30pm / Thursday & Saturday Matinees 3pm

Tickets £10 - £20

Bookings 020 7478 0100 / www.sohotheatre.com

Soho Theatre aims to bring the most entertaining, brave and theatrical new work to audiences across a programme spanning comedy, cabaret and theatre; with three spaces, a late night bar, innovative education projects and world famous writers centre Soho Theatre is one of the most vibrant venues on London's cultural scene.

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FIT AND PROPER PEOPLE
Written by Georgia Fitch | Directed by Steve Marmion

A SOHO THEATRE PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE Royal Shakespeare Company

Friday 07 October - Saturday 05 November, 2011

Set in the world of Championship football; FIT AND PROPER PEOPLE takes a hard look at our beautiful game. Transforming the theatre into a football stadium with real turf, floodlights and constant media coverage, Georgia Fitch exposes the backstage dealings that manufacture our national heroes and addresses the very topical question of who is running our social and cultural institutions.

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