Check out the latest photos and videos of The Code at Southwark Playhouse Elephant in London.
An all-star cast features Olivier Award-winner Tracie Bennett (Here We Are, Hairspray) as Tallulah Bankhead, John Partridge (EastEnders, Cats) as Billy Haines, Solomon Davy (Hairspray) as Chad Manford and Nick Blakeley (Underdog: The Other Brontë) as Henry Willson.
Just in: Production photos have been released for The Code, which is now playing at Southwark Playhouse Elephant until 11 October 2025.
The Code – Production photos
Written by Michael McKeever (Daniel’s Husband and Mr. Parker) and directed by Christopher Renshaw (Taboo, We Will Rock You), The Code examines the hidden rules of 1950’s Hollywood.
Joining Christopher Renshaw in the creative team are set and costume design by Ethan Cheek, lighting design by Jack Weir and casting by Nicholas Hockaday.
Photos: The Code in rehearsals
Also, go behind the scenes of rehearsals for The Code.
Michael McKeever’s other plays include Daniel’s Husband, which is getting a revival at Marylebone Theatre this Christmas.
Hollywood, 1950. A fading star. A rising one. An agent with an agenda. And a legend who’s seen it all. Tallulah Bankhead – magnetic, mercurial, and unapologetically sharp-tongued – stops in for a cocktail at the home of former screen idol turned interior designer Billy Haines, who may or may not be planning to disappear from the town he once ruled. Enter power agent Henry Willson and his all-too-perfect protégé Chad Manford, setting the room alight. In a world where image is everything, and identity must be carefully edited to survive, can any of them break ‘the code’ without losing everything?
Video: The Code – Behind the scenes
The Code is produced in London by Jim Kierstead, Merrie L. Davis, Jim Head, Elisabeth Rock, Jim Karp/James Manuel Meneses, Vasi Laurence/Adina Schecter and Ted Snowdon.
The Code is now playing at Southwark Playhouse Elephant to 11 October 2025.
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