DAD’S ARMY RADIO SHOW
The Show
Chelmsford Civic Theatre, Chelmsford
Saturday 21 March 2020 7.30pm
Two actors, two microphones, over twenty-five characters - and lots of sound effects! The nation’s favourite sitcom returns newly minted in this highly acclaimed production
The Show
Chelmsford Civic Theatre, Chelmsford
Saturday 21 March 2020 7.30pm
Two actors, two microphones, over twenty-five characters - and lots of sound effects! The nation’s favourite sitcom returns newly minted in this highly acclaimed production
Perry and Croft’s classic BBC sitcom brought gloriously to life. Three episodes of the hugely popular radio series hilariously and lovingly enacted by two master performers. David Benson (Goodnight Sweetheart and One Man, Two Guvnors) and Jack Lane (Wisdom of a Fool and 7 Days) transport the audience right back to Walmington, working from original radio scripts – complete with sound effects, vintage music and all of Perry and Croft’s beloved characters and catchphrases. Highly acclaimed by critics and by audiences of all ages.
Featuring three episodes newly adapted for radio; ‘When You’ve Got To Go’, ‘My Brother and I’ and ‘Never Too Old’
A chance for different generations of a family to enjoy a show together
Featuring three episodes newly adapted for radio; ‘When You’ve Got To Go’, ‘My Brother and I’ and ‘Never Too Old’
A chance for different generations of a family to enjoy a show together
DAVID BENSON
Best-known for his performance as Noel Coward in the BBC's classic war-time comedy Goodnight Sweetheart. David exploded onto the theatre scene with his first solo show Think No Evil of Us: My Life With Kenneth Williams, in 1996. The show became an instant classic, winning praises from audiences, critics and Dames Maggie Smith and Barbara Windsor for the accuracy of his portrayal as the Carry On star. He followed this with a succession of solo shows on a wide variety of subjects, including Frankie Howerd, Dr. Johnson, the death of Diana Princess of Wales and an award-winning examination of the Lockerbie bombing.
David was a member of the National Theatre's smash hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors with James Corden, playing 1,015 performances of the show.
He appears in the film Blade Runner 2049 as a hologram of Liberace!
David was nominated for a BBC Audio Best Actor Award for his portrayal as Frankie Howerd in Frankie Takes a Trip. David describes Dad's Army Radio Show as "the best idea I ever had" and inviting Jack Lane to perform it with him, "the second-best idea I ever had!"
JACK LANE
Jack founded Engine Shed Theatre Company in 2010. He soon adapted three episodes and two Christmas specials of the classic BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son receiving approval from the original writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. In 2015 Jack premiered Wisdom of a Fool, a self-penned one-man play based on the life and career of comedy icon, Norman Widsom. The play opened to critical acclaim and was endorsed by Wisdom's estate before embarking on an extensive tour.
Theatre includes: A Christmas Carol, Dad's Army Radio Show (Edinburgh Festival/National Tour), Wisdom of a Fool (National Tour), The Ambassadress (workshop), Great Britain (ASM, Theatre Royal Haymarket), Gretel and Hansel, Cue for a Song, Steptoe & Son, From Turner To Houston, National Theatre Connections, Steptoe & Son Christmas Special, The Wizard of Oz, Aladdin, Peter Pan, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, Confusions, Annie, That's Entertainment (The Capitol, Horsham) and as Max Bialystock in The Producers (The Hawth).
Film includes: 7 Days (Pixel Revolution Films)
TV includes: Twirlywoos (BBC/Ragdoll)
Radio includes: Casting the Runes (Bafflegab Productions) and Barbara Windsor Celebrates (BBC Radio 2)
Best-known for his performance as Noel Coward in the BBC's classic war-time comedy Goodnight Sweetheart. David exploded onto the theatre scene with his first solo show Think No Evil of Us: My Life With Kenneth Williams, in 1996. The show became an instant classic, winning praises from audiences, critics and Dames Maggie Smith and Barbara Windsor for the accuracy of his portrayal as the Carry On star. He followed this with a succession of solo shows on a wide variety of subjects, including Frankie Howerd, Dr. Johnson, the death of Diana Princess of Wales and an award-winning examination of the Lockerbie bombing.
David was a member of the National Theatre's smash hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors with James Corden, playing 1,015 performances of the show.
He appears in the film Blade Runner 2049 as a hologram of Liberace!
David was nominated for a BBC Audio Best Actor Award for his portrayal as Frankie Howerd in Frankie Takes a Trip. David describes Dad's Army Radio Show as "the best idea I ever had" and inviting Jack Lane to perform it with him, "the second-best idea I ever had!"
JACK LANE
Jack founded Engine Shed Theatre Company in 2010. He soon adapted three episodes and two Christmas specials of the classic BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son receiving approval from the original writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. In 2015 Jack premiered Wisdom of a Fool, a self-penned one-man play based on the life and career of comedy icon, Norman Widsom. The play opened to critical acclaim and was endorsed by Wisdom's estate before embarking on an extensive tour.
Theatre includes: A Christmas Carol, Dad's Army Radio Show (Edinburgh Festival/National Tour), Wisdom of a Fool (National Tour), The Ambassadress (workshop), Great Britain (ASM, Theatre Royal Haymarket), Gretel and Hansel, Cue for a Song, Steptoe & Son, From Turner To Houston, National Theatre Connections, Steptoe & Son Christmas Special, The Wizard of Oz, Aladdin, Peter Pan, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, Confusions, Annie, That's Entertainment (The Capitol, Horsham) and as Max Bialystock in The Producers (The Hawth).
Film includes: 7 Days (Pixel Revolution Films)
TV includes: Twirlywoos (BBC/Ragdoll)
Radio includes: Casting the Runes (Bafflegab Productions) and Barbara Windsor Celebrates (BBC Radio 2)
Reviews
‘Benson and Lane’s two-man Army are a comedy force to be reckoned with.’
★★★★★ Radio Times
‘Benson & lane carry it all off beautifully’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
★★★★
“Utterly brilliant, the best Dad’s Army recreation I’ve seen”
Barry Cryer
"Brilliant! The speed, accuracy and comic timing are breathtaking. I loved it!"
Joan Le Mesurier.
★★★★★ Radio Times
★★★★★ Act Drop
★★★★★ The Reviews Hub
★★★★★ Fringe Guru
★★★★★ Southside Advertiser
★★★★ The Telegraph
★★★★ Daily Mail
★★★★ The Mail on Sunday
★★★★ Edinburgh Evening News
★★★★ Edinburgh 49
★★★★ The Wee Review
★★★★ Love London Love Culture
Witness two actors playing 25 characters in vintage episodes of family favourite radio series, Dad’s Army!
Age guidance:12+
‘Benson and Lane’s two-man Army are a comedy force to be reckoned with.’
★★★★★ Radio Times
‘Benson & lane carry it all off beautifully’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
★★★★
“Utterly brilliant, the best Dad’s Army recreation I’ve seen”
Barry Cryer
"Brilliant! The speed, accuracy and comic timing are breathtaking. I loved it!"
Joan Le Mesurier.
★★★★★ Radio Times
★★★★★ Act Drop
★★★★★ The Reviews Hub
★★★★★ Fringe Guru
★★★★★ Southside Advertiser
★★★★ The Telegraph
★★★★ Daily Mail
★★★★ The Mail on Sunday
★★★★ Edinburgh Evening News
★★★★ Edinburgh 49
★★★★ The Wee Review
★★★★ Love London Love Culture
Witness two actors playing 25 characters in vintage episodes of family favourite radio series, Dad’s Army!
Age guidance:12+
- Three episodes using the original scripts with vintage music and sound effects
- Nostalgia
- Quality of performers. Both play over 25 characters.
- Enjoyable, uplifting and nostalgic evening which can be enjoyed by all the family
Website: http://www.dadsarmyradioshow.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DadsArmyRadio
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DadsArmyRadio/
The twitter handle is @DadsArmyRadio
Cast:
David Benson: @DavidBensonSays
Jack Lane: @JackLane15
Tickets: www.chelmsford.gov.uk/theatres/whats-on/drama/dads-army-radio-show/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DadsArmyRadio
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DadsArmyRadio/
The twitter handle is @DadsArmyRadio
Cast:
David Benson: @DavidBensonSays
Jack Lane: @JackLane15
Tickets: www.chelmsford.gov.uk/theatres/whats-on/drama/dads-army-radio-show/
Creatives
DANIEL BARNES - SOUND DESIGNER
Over the past 10 years Daniel has worked in the industry as a Sound Technician and Designer.
He has created hundreds of different effects for a variety of productions.
As well as being Technical Supervisor at The Capitol Theatre, he also runs his own business and tours with various productions throughout the year including No Jacket Required and London Studio Centre.
SUZANNA ROSENTHAL - PRODUCER AND GENERAL MANAGER FOR
'SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND’
Suzanna is managing director of Something for the Weekend and Meadow Rosenthal Ltd.
Credits include - As producer/co-producer: Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (on national and international tour since 2013; Apollo Theatre, West End 10 week run 2015; Lyric Theatre, West End residency since 2016; Olivier Award Winner 2016 for Best Entertainment and Family Show); The B*easts (Bush Theatre - Olivier Awards nominee 2018 for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre - and Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it won a Stage Award for Outstanding Performance); Wisdom of a Fool (national tour); The Man on the Moon (national tour); Flanders & Swann (national tour); Murder She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery (Leicester Square Theatre and national tour); Everything is Illuminated adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer's internationally acclaimed novel, starring Denise Gough, Gemma Jones and David Ryall (Hampstead Theatre); Crestfall starring Niamh Cusack (Theatre503) and five national tours of An Evening with Sir Roger Moore culminating at the Royal Festival Hall in 2016.
Together with Jeremy Meadow producer/co-producer credits include: four national tours of Alan Plater's Blonde Bombshells of 1943, J. B. Priestley's When We Are Married (Garrick Theatre, West End), R. C. Sherriff's Journey's End (2 national tours and Duke of York's Theatre, West End), The Flying Karamazov Brothers (Vaudeville Theatre, West End), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Almeida Theatre and national tour).
As general manager/promoter/line producer, credits include: Cirque Berserk! Cirque Eloize's Cirkopolis at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; The Trail of Jane Fonda starring Anne Archer (Park Theatre and Edinburgh Festival Fringe; The Missing Hancocks starring Kevin McNally and directed by Neil Pearson (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Steven Berkoff's Shakespeare's Villains (international); The Gentle Giant (ROH2, Linbury Studio at the Royal Opera House). The 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe portfolio comprised 12 shows including Showstopper! The Improvised Musical; Cirque Berserk!; The Song of Lunch (starring Robert Bathurst), Thor & Loki and Harpy (starring Su Pollard).
Suzanna is also executive producer of the annual London's Free Open-Air Theatre Season in the 1000-seat amphitheatre outside City Hall on the Thames, The Scoop.
Perry and Croft’s classic BBC sitcom brought gloriously to life. Three episodes of the hugely popular radio series hilariously and lovingly enacted by two master performers. David Benson (Goodnight Sweetheart and One Man, Two Guvnors) and Jack Lane (Wisdom of a Fool and 7 Days) transport the audience right back to Walmington, working from original radio scripts – complete with sound effects, vintage music and all of Perry and Croft’s beloved characters and catchphrases. Highly acclaimed by critics and by audiences of all ages.
DANIEL BARNES - SOUND DESIGNER
Over the past 10 years Daniel has worked in the industry as a Sound Technician and Designer.
He has created hundreds of different effects for a variety of productions.
As well as being Technical Supervisor at The Capitol Theatre, he also runs his own business and tours with various productions throughout the year including No Jacket Required and London Studio Centre.
SUZANNA ROSENTHAL - PRODUCER AND GENERAL MANAGER FOR
'SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND’
Suzanna is managing director of Something for the Weekend and Meadow Rosenthal Ltd.
Credits include - As producer/co-producer: Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (on national and international tour since 2013; Apollo Theatre, West End 10 week run 2015; Lyric Theatre, West End residency since 2016; Olivier Award Winner 2016 for Best Entertainment and Family Show); The B*easts (Bush Theatre - Olivier Awards nominee 2018 for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre - and Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it won a Stage Award for Outstanding Performance); Wisdom of a Fool (national tour); The Man on the Moon (national tour); Flanders & Swann (national tour); Murder She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery (Leicester Square Theatre and national tour); Everything is Illuminated adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer's internationally acclaimed novel, starring Denise Gough, Gemma Jones and David Ryall (Hampstead Theatre); Crestfall starring Niamh Cusack (Theatre503) and five national tours of An Evening with Sir Roger Moore culminating at the Royal Festival Hall in 2016.
Together with Jeremy Meadow producer/co-producer credits include: four national tours of Alan Plater's Blonde Bombshells of 1943, J. B. Priestley's When We Are Married (Garrick Theatre, West End), R. C. Sherriff's Journey's End (2 national tours and Duke of York's Theatre, West End), The Flying Karamazov Brothers (Vaudeville Theatre, West End), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Almeida Theatre and national tour).
As general manager/promoter/line producer, credits include: Cirque Berserk! Cirque Eloize's Cirkopolis at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; The Trail of Jane Fonda starring Anne Archer (Park Theatre and Edinburgh Festival Fringe; The Missing Hancocks starring Kevin McNally and directed by Neil Pearson (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Steven Berkoff's Shakespeare's Villains (international); The Gentle Giant (ROH2, Linbury Studio at the Royal Opera House). The 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe portfolio comprised 12 shows including Showstopper! The Improvised Musical; Cirque Berserk!; The Song of Lunch (starring Robert Bathurst), Thor & Loki and Harpy (starring Su Pollard).
Suzanna is also executive producer of the annual London's Free Open-Air Theatre Season in the 1000-seat amphitheatre outside City Hall on the Thames, The Scoop.
Perry and Croft’s classic BBC sitcom brought gloriously to life. Three episodes of the hugely popular radio series hilariously and lovingly enacted by two master performers. David Benson (Goodnight Sweetheart and One Man, Two Guvnors) and Jack Lane (Wisdom of a Fool and 7 Days) transport the audience right back to Walmington, working from original radio scripts – complete with sound effects, vintage music and all of Perry and Croft’s beloved characters and catchphrases. Highly acclaimed by critics and by audiences of all ages.