- Venue Menier Chocolate Factory, London
- Performance dates Booking to 9 September 2023
- Running time 2 hours 30 minutes (including interval)
★★★★ “A slick, wistful new musical” – i News
Graham Greene’s brilliant story, immortalised in Carol Reed’s classic film, is brought to life on stage in a new musical thriller premiering at the Menier Chocolate Factory this Summer.
Directed by multi award-winner Trevor Nunn (Les Miserables, Cats), The Third Man – A Musical Thriller has a standout writing team including music by five-time Oscar nominee and Emmy and BAFTA Award-winner George Fenton (Mrs Henderson Presents), a book by Oscar, Tony and Olivier Award winner Christopher Hampton (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, God of Carnage), and lyrics by Oscar, Tony and Olivier Award winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard Tell Me on a Sunday).
This world premiere promises to keep audiences on the edge of their seats as they are immersed into the world of The Third Man.
The cast of the show is led by Hollywood star Sam Underwood (Madame Secretary, Dexter, Homeland, Fear of the Walking Dead, The Following, Dynasty) as Holly Martins.
The Third Man – A Musical Thriller is playing to 9 September 2023 at the Menier Chocolate Factory London.
Post-war Vienna is the setting as Holly Martins arrives at the invitation of his friend and hero, Harry Lime, only to discover that Harry has been killed in a car accident. But nothing that he is told about what happened makes any sense. The tension mounts as Holly enters the world of black marketeers and military bureaucracy, culminating in a chase through the Viennese sewers, as Holly tries to discover what happened to Harry…and who is the third man?
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Performance Information
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Stars and Creatives
Who is in the cast of The Third Man - A Musical Thriller?
Sam Underwood as Holly, Edward Baker-Duly as Calloway, Simon Bailey as Crabbit, Natalie Dunne as Anna, Derek Griffiths as The Porter, Jonathan Andrew Hume as Paine, Rachel Izen as The Porter’s Wife, Gary Milner as Kurtz, Harry Morrison as Popescu, and Alan Vicary as Dr Winkel.
Chanice Alexander-Burnett, Craig Bartley, Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong, Leah Harris, Aly Merali, Tom Sterling, Samantha Thomas, and Tim Walton complete the ensemble.
Who are the creative team of The Third Man - A Musical Thriller?
Directed by Trevor Nunn with music by George Fenton, lyrics by Don Black andbook by Christopher Hampton. Set & costume by Paul Farnsworth, lighting by Emma Chapman, sound by Gregory Clarke, orchestrations by Jason Carr, musical supervision and direction by Tamara Saringer and movement and choreography by Rebecca Howell.
Venue Information
Menier Chocolate Factory , 53 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1RU
Nearest Tube or Train: London Bridge (Northern line, Jubilee line)
Nearest Buses: 17, 21, 35, 40, 43, 47, 48, 133, 141, 149, 343, 381, 521
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AppleCritics' reviews of The Third Man - A Musical Thriller
"A slick, wistful new musical" - i News
"Gorgeous aesthetics and plenty of atmosphere" - Guardian
"Masterfully staged" - The Stage
"Brooding, ambitious" - The Times
"Handsomely mounted by director Trevor Nunn, who works some familiar magic and reworks some old tricks" - Evening Standard
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