Beautiful Thing at the Arts Theatre starring Charlie Brooks

Nikolai Foster’s celebrated anniversary production of Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing returns to the West End’s Arts Theatre

Beautiful Thing plays a strictly limited run from 3 June 2015 – 3 July 2015 at the Arts Theatre.

The 2015 West End production stars Charlie Brooks as ‘Sandra’, Thomas Law as ‘Ste’ and Sam Jackson as ‘Jamie’ alongside Gerard McCarthy & Vanessa Babirye as ‘Tony’ and ‘Leah’.

STORY

Set during a heat wave on a rundown Thamesmead council estate, Beautiful Thing is an urban love story full of characters that abound with attitude, energy, frankness and humour.

The story follows Jamie, an introvert, troubled teen whose dislike of football is reason enough for his classmates to bully him at every opportunity. Living with his pre-occupied single mum, Sandra, Jamie finds himself infatuated with his next door neighbour and classmate Ste. Ste, who is living with his abusive, alcoholic father in the flat next door, is one night beaten so badly that Sandra takes pity and lets him sleep over. In the absence of a third bed, Ste has to make do with sleeping ‘top-to-toe’ with Jamie. Much to his delight, Jamie is able to provide Ste with the comfort and reassurance he craves and also a little massage with some peppermint foot lotion.

The boys’ relationship is helped along by Leah, a sassy, Mama Cass-obsessed neighbour and Sandra’s dippy neo-hippy lover, Tony, as they discover themselves, each other and a Beautiful Thing.

Jonathan Harvey deftly combines comedy with ardent drama in his critically acclaimed award winning play, and truly captures what it is to be sixteen and in the first full flush of love.

CAST

The production stars Charlie Brooks as ‘Sandra’, Thomas Law as ‘Ste’ and Sam Jackson as ‘Jamie’ alongside Gerard McCarthy & Vanessa Babirye as ‘Tony’ and ‘Leah’.

CREATIVE TEAM

Jonathan Harvey’s play is directed by Nikolai Foster with designs by Colin Richmond, lighting by Ben Cracknell and sound design by George Dennis. Beautiful Thing will be a co-production between the Nottingham Playhouse, the Curve Leicester and Tom O’Connell for QNQ Ltd.

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UK tour of Beautiful Thing announces early closure

The UK tour of Beautiful Thing is to close two months early. The producers of Beautiful Thing have announced the show will close earlier than planned finishing at the Leicester Curve on Saturday 30th May. Executive producer Tom O’Connell said, “It is with great regret that we have made the difficult decision to close Beautiful Thing early, but we are all immensely proud to have produced the show, led by a fantastic company and cast. After we staged an acclaimed West End season of the production in 2013, we hoped that this new tour would prove to be as successful but unfortunately the touring market can be an unpredictable place, as the closure of a number of high profile productions recently has shown. Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing remains a landmark and deeply relevant piece of theatre, and we thank every audience member who has come to see the show and who booked to see it elsewhere.”  The current production stars Charlie Brooks, Thomas Law, Sam Jakson, Vanessa Babiyre and Gerard McCarthy. Beautiful Thing will play this week at Northampton Theatre Royal 18 – 23 May and then a final week at Leicester Curve from 25 – 30 May. Ticket holders for performances in London, Brighton and Cardiff are advised to contact their point of sale.

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Production photos: Charlie Brooks & cast of Beautiful Thing

First look at production photos of Charlie Brooks and the cast of Beautiful Thing. Nikolai Foster’s celebrated production of Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing is currently touring the UK before it returns to the West End’s Arts Theatre this Summer.  The 2015 production stars Charlie Brooks as ‘Sandra’, Thomas Law as ‘Ste’ and Sam Jackson as ‘Jamie’ alongside Gerard McCarthy & Vanessa Babirye as ‘Tony’ and ‘Leah’. Beautiful Thing plays a strictly limited run from 3 June 2015 – 3 July 2015 at the Arts Theatre. [ngg src="galleries" ids="484" display="basic_imagebrowser"] 

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Rehearsal photos of Beautiful Thing

Rehearsal photos of Nikolai Foster’s celebrated production of Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing. Charlie Brooks, Thomas Law, Sam Jackson, Gerard Mccarthy & Vanessa Babirye in rehearsal with director Nikolai Foster ahead of Beautiful Thing UK tour As part of its UK tour, Beautiful Thing plays a strictly limited run from 3 June 2015 – 3 July 2015 at the Arts Theatre. [ngg src="galleries" ids="479" display="basic_imagebrowser"] 

Photos: Beautiful Thing at the Arts Theatre starring Suranne Jones

Production photos of Beautiful Thing at the Arts Theatre  [caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] Beautiful Thing at the Arts Theatre. Photo: Roy Tan[/caption] It's hard to believe that it has been twenty years since Jonathan Harvey’s warm and witty play Beautiful Thing seemed to come out of nowhere and charm everyone who saw it. This much-deserved revival directed by Nikolai Foster (Arts Theatre until 25 May 2013), stars Suranne Jones as Sandra, Zaraah Abrahams as Leah, Oliver Farnworth as Tony and introduces Jake Davies as Jamie and Danny-Boy Hatchard as Ste. Set during a heat wave on a rundown Thamesmead council estate, Beautiful Thing is an urban love story following schoolboy Jamie who falls in love with neighbour Ste. Jonathan Harvey deftly combines comedy with ardent drama in his critically acclaimed award winning play, and truly captures what it is to be sixteen and in the first full flush of love. Photos by Roy Tan. Viewing this on a tablet or mobile? Click here to see photos SPECIAL OFFER: Book tickets to Beautiful Thing at the Arts Theatre starring Suranne Jones

Cast Photos: Beautiful Thing at the Arts Theatre starring Suranne Jones

Cast Photos: Beautiful Thing at the Arts Theatre starring Suranne Jones [caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] Suranne Jones in Beautiful Thing at the Arts Theatre[/caption] Celebrating its twentieth anniversary year, Jonathan Harvey’s award-winning and much-loved urban love story Beautiful Thing returns to the West End this Spring starring Suranne Jones. The show, which runs at the Arts Theatre from 13 April to 25 May 2013, stars Suranne Jones as Sandra, Zaraah Abrahams as Leah, Oliver Farnworth as Tony and introducing Jake Davies as Jamie and Danny-Boy Hatchard as Ste. The revival will be directed by Nikolai Foster and designed by Colin Richmond. Viewing this on a tablet or mobile? Click here to see photos BOOK Book tickets to Beautiful Thing at the Arts Theatre starring Suranne Jones

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