Four actors play 139 roles in The 39 Steps Photo: Pete Jones

Monday, May 12 until Saturday, May 17, Theatre Royal Bath.

Maria Aitken's critically acclaimed West End and Broadway production of Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 spy thriller, The 39 Steps, tours to Bath next week.

This hilariously recreated smash hit comedy, adapted for the stage by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan, is currently one of the West End's must-see' shows (where it won the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy 2007). The production is also enjoying international success, with a sell-out run in Boston and Broadway premiere earlier this year.

Four actors play 139 roles in 100 minutes in this fast-paced spy adventure, suitable for all the family. The fearless four are David Michaels, Clare Swinburne, Alan Perrin and Colin Mace.

They perform every single legendary scene from the award-winning movie - including the chase on the Flying Scotsman, the escape on the Forth Bridge, the first theatrical bi-plane crash ever staged and the sensational death-defying finale in the London Palladium, besides many other favourite cinematic moments, including the memorable and controversial stockings and suspenders' scene!

This wonderfully inventive and gripping comedy thriller follows the incredible adventures of our handsome hero Richard Hannay, complete with stiff-upper-lip, British gung-ho and pencil moustache as he encounters dastardly murders, double-crossing secret agents, and, of course, devastatingly beautiful women.

Maria Aitken's many credits include the critically acclaimed Man and Boy starring David Suchet at the Duchess Theatre, which played the Theatre Royal Bath in 2004. As an actress she has appeared in Blithe Spirit, Bedroom Farce and Larkinland at the National Theatre and in Humble Boy at the Gielgud Theatre. On film she starred in Asylum, Fierce Creatures and A Fish Called Wanda.

Visit www.love39steps.com
Box Office (01225) 448844

3:06pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

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