Daytona Tickets

Daytona – A strictly limited 8 week run

The well-loved actress Maureen Lipman stars with Harry Shearer and the playwright himself, the multi-talented writer and actor Oliver Cotton, for the West End transfer of a play that's making serious waves in the marvellous world of the theatre. You have a strictly limited eight week window in which to catch this remarkable new play, so get your skates on to witness the birth of a future stage classic.

Daytona is directed by David Grindley, a play that caused such a positive stir after its world première at London’s Park Theatre in 2013 that its transfer to the West End was more or less inevitable. It's also special because it marks the Theatre Royal Haymarket’s first ever collaboration with an off-West End theatre venue. It's mysterious, gripping and beautifully portrayed, a story with two powerful love stories at its core.

This is Maureen Lipman's first time at the splendid Theatre Royal Haymarket and she takes to the stage with gusto, the latest in a stellar stage and TV career that includes When We Are Married at the Garrick, A Little Night Music at the Menier Chocolate Factory and Aladdin at the Old Vic.

The character Joe is played by equally multi-talented Harry Shearer, someone whose voice is just as well known as he is in person. He's one of the famous voices behind The Simpsons, and this is his West End début. Exciting stuff. If you love The Simpsons' Mr Burns, Principle Skinner and Ned Flanders characters, you'll realise what a treat you have in store. Shearer co-wrote, created and starred in the 1984 mockumentary Spinal Tap, one of the funniest mickey-takes in the known universe. He has also appeared in a bunch of popular movies including The Fisher King, Godzilla and The Truman Show.

The playwright Oliver Cotton’s credentials are equally impressive. He's the writer of Wet Weather Cover, The Incredible Journey of Sir Francis Young, The Enoch Show, Scrabble and Man Falling Down. And he has TV credits too, including the highly popular A Touch of Frost and Diamond Geezer.

Daytona - The story

Set in 1986, in New York city, it's all about the ballroom dancers and long-time partners Joe and Elli, who have loved one another for fifty years despite a fiery relationship where bickering is the name of the game. All is well until, out of the blue, Joe's long-lost brother Billy crashes back into their lives with an unbelievable story to tell. We won't say any more... grab your tickets right now and you'll find out soon enough!

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