It has been announced that John Gordon Sinclair and James Lance will play Jeeves and Wooster in the Olivier Award-winning comedy Perfect Nonsense. The will take over from Robert Webb and Mark Heap from 30th June 2014 and star in the play's upcoming UK Tour. Co-writer Robert Goodale will take over from Mark Hadfield as Seppings.
Written by brothers Robert and David Goodale (based on and adapted from the established literary works of P.G. Wodehouse), Perfect Nonsense opened at the West End's Duke Of York's Theatre last October where it runs until 20th September 2014. The play's UK Tour begins on 24th September at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre before visiting Cambridge, Newcastle, Norwich, Reading, Salford, Cheltenham, Southampton, Glasgow and Bath.
John Gordon Sinclair is best-known for playing Gregory in Bill Forsyth’s iconic 1981 film Gregory’s Girl. In 1995 he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in She Loves Me (West End). John most recently played Professor Marcus in the West End run of The Ladykillers.
James Lance is well-known for his numerous roles comedy series including Teachers, The Book Group, Smack the Pony and I’m Alan Partridge. His stage credits include Celebrity Autobiography (Leicester Square Theatre) and Ingredient X (Royal Court).
Robert Goodale's stage credits include Dr. Faustus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Timon of Athens (Shakespeare’s Globe), The Rivals, Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, School for Scandal and Cyrano de Bergerac (Royal Shakespeare Company); Vanya (The Gate Theatre) and Ghosts (Young Vic).
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