Maureen Lipman will be joining James Dreyfus in Lindsay Posner's new production of Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy HARVEY, which will open at Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 6 February, running until 21 February, prior to a UK Tour and the West End. Maureen Lipman will be playing Veta, who tries to get her brother, Elwood P. Dowd played by James Dreyfus, committed rather than risk the family's reputation.
Maureen Lipman's latest play, Daytona by Oliver Cotton, opened at Park Theatre, toured and played the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2014. She directed and starred in Barefoot in the Park in 2013 on a successful tour of the UK. Of Maureen Lipman's many theatre credits, including Wonderful Town, See How They Run, for which she won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance, Lost in Yonkers and Trevor Nunn's National Theatre production of Oklahoma! opposite Hugh Jackman, her recent credits include When We Are Married (Garrick), Trevor Nunn's production of A Little Night Music (Menier Chocolate Factory and Garrick), and Glorious (Duchess). On television, she is best known for her starring roles in the series Agony, All at Number 20, About Face, Ladies of Letters, and the television films written by her husband, Jack Rosenthal, The Evacuees, The Knowledge, Eskimo Day and Cold Enough for Snow. She played Joyce Grenfell in the biographical stage show and television film Re: Joyce!, which she co-wrote. Her films include Up the Junction, Gumshoe, Educating Rita and The Pianist.Videos