After the successes of California Suite and Plaza Suite, Neil Simon traveled across the Atlantic to set this, his last major play, in a premium London hotel. In a mixture of comedy and heart warming drama, real life is on full display as we play fly on the
wall for four episodes in the life of Suite 402:
Settling Accounts
a highly successful Welsh writer holds his formerly trustworthy accountant and business manager at gunpoint, having caught him in the act of leaving the country with all his money!
Going Home
a very close mother and daughter from the USA visiting London for a shopping spree. The daughter is concerned that her mother still hasn’t got her life together again, having been bereaved a few years previously. After setting her up on a date with a rich Scotsman, with hilarious results, her mother reveals a closely guarded secret.
Diana and Sydney
twenty five years on, the lives of two characters from an earlier Neil Simon comedy, California Suite. The now very successful Diana is visited by her ex-husband, who is seeking financial assistance to pay for treatment for his gravely ill male partner. The money is no problem, but the realisation that she is still deeply in love with him is.
The Man on the Floor
an American couple visiting London to attend the Wimbledon Tennis Championships are horrified to discover that they have lost their tickets! In a fit of temper he puts his back out, leaving him incapable of almost all
movement, only to be informed by the hotel manager that there has been an unfortunate double booking and Kevin Costner is waiting downstairs to take up residency in Suite 402 – the one he always stays in! One awkward situation then leads
to several others…
London Suite is set in the mid 1990s, and we are proud to present this as our tribute to the late, great Neil Simon
CAST & CREW
Settling Accounts
Brian -------- Graham Johnson
Billy --------- Joe Wilkins
Going Home
Lauren ------- Helena Houghton
Mrs Semple -- Teresa Wilkins
Diana and Sidney
Diana ---------- Glynis Watson
Grace ---------- Rosalind Fogden
Sidney --------- Graham Johnson
The Man on the Floor
Mark ------------ Joe Wilkins
Annie ------------ Jordan Price
Mrs Sitgood ----- Sallie Cross
Bellman ---------- Richard Rickson
Dr. McMerlin --- Leonard Quaife
BOB HOPE THEATRE
22nd - 25th May 2019
Tickets £12 /£11 concession
Stage Manager --------- Sue Owen
Lighting --------------------------- Rod Stanbridge
Sound Op ---------------------- Simon Cliffton
Set design------------------------- David Townsend
Sound Design--------------------------Stuart Mitchell-Smith
Directed by Trevor Talbot
RTC front of house team.
Adrian Carlton-Oatley, Guy Wilkins,Freda Goldberg, Fidelia Ekomaye ,Sharon Filmer, Fiona Burness ,Kevin Burness
