Circa Theatre's revival of the classic suspense drama Wait Until Dark is set in London in the Swinging Sixties. Sam and Susy live in a basement flat in Notting Hill. Sam has inadvertently smuggled drugs hidden inside a doll into the U.K. Two conmen have both received anonymous phonecalls tipping them off to be at this flat to make some easy money - retrieve the doll from the beautiful Susy, who is home alone and blind.Circa Theatre's revival of the classic suspense drama Wait Until Dark is set in London in the Swinging Sixties. Sam and Susy live in a basement flat in Notting Hill. Sam has inadvertently smuggled drugs hidden inside a doll into the U.K. Two conmen have both received anonymous phonecalls tipping them off to be at this flat to make some easy money - retrieve the doll from the beautiful Susy, who is home alone and blind.But arch-villain Roat has other plans - as does Susy; who has adapted to her blindness with alacrity. Wait Until Dark brings terror and suspense to the stage in a thrilling new revival of this masterfully constructed stage play.
Wait Until Dark is the classic 1960's thriller - the film starred version starred Audrey Hepburn, who earned a Oscar Nomination for her portrayal of Susy. This play captures the high style and Henry Mancini soundscape of this delicious genre, so seldom enjoyed by theatre audiences, finally brought to the stage in Wellington City exclusively at Circa Theatre.
Director Peter Hambleton has drawn together an outstanding cast of Wellington's finest established and emerging actors to realize this highlight of the capital's theatrical year; a play that transports us back to the Swinging Sixties and a time where dramatists weren't afraid to leave their audiences on the edges of their seats with spine-chilling suspense!
Wait Until Dark
By Frederick Knott
She's Blind. They're Armed And
Dangerous. Who Hustles Who?
Circa Theatre Mainstage
10 Oct - 8 Nov 2008
Directed By Peter Hambleton
Featuring
Paul Mclaughlin, Toby Leach, Tim Gordon, Ban Abdul & Robert Tripe
And Introducing
Rebekah Smyth & Holly Mcdonald
Set Design By John Hodgkins
Lighting By Jennifer Lal
Costume By Gillie Coxill