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Vikash Bhai Is Joined By Suzy Kohane As The Cast Is Announced For The Bold Theatre Production Of THE FOREIGNERS’ PANTO


21 August 2023

BOLD Theatre presents
The Foreigners’ Panto
Written by Shani Erez
Music composed by Tomer Run and Shani Erez
Directed by Shani Erez, Marianne Badrichani and Sarah Goddard         Designed by Sammy Dowson
Music Direction by Leo Elso

CASTING HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE BOLD THEATRE PRODUCTION OF THE FOREIGNERS’ PANTO

VIKASH BHAI IS JOINED BY SUZY KOHANE, FABRIZIO MATTEINI, GABRIEL PAUL, ALIYA ROBERTS AND AMANDA VILANOVA

A MAD-CAP COMEDY OF ERRORS AND SHARP SATIRE ON THE LIVES OF A GROUP OF IMMIGRANTS ATTEMPTING TO PUT ON A TRADITIONAL BRITISH PANTO

BOLD THEATRE IS A THEATRE SPACE IN A 1950’S OFFICE BLOCK IN THE HEART OF ELEPHANT AND CASTLE

TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW

The full casting has been announced for BOLD Theatre’s world premiere production of Shani Erez’ political comedy with songs The Foreigners’ Panto

A cast of first and second generation immigrants will be led by Vikash Bhai (Limbo Film 4 Productions, Crossfire BBC and McMafia BBC/AMC) who will play Lord Villain. He is joined by Suzy Kohane (Hexenhammer Vault Festival, The Secret Life of Humans English Theatre of Frankfurt) will play Benedict Bumbercatch, Fabrizio Matteini (Medici - Masters of Florence Netflix, La Strada West End) will play Dame Foreign, Gabriel Paul (Windfall Southwark Playhouse, Macbeth Leeds Playhouse, The Play That Goes Wrong West End & UK Tours) will play John Constable, Aliya Roberts (Singapore Lyric Opera, Oak3Films and Mediacorp) will play Zara Foreign, and Amanda Vilanova (Fox Old Red Lion, Closer Vienna English Theatre) will play Visa the Cow.

 

 

The production will open in preview on 3 October and run until 28 October, with a press night on 5 October. Tickets are on sale now from Bold Theatre.

Love pantos? With original songs & music, comedy routine and your classic/mandatory audience participation, this show is just for you! 

Hate them? That’s great, because The Foreigners’ Panto is not a panto. Alongside the joy and silliness, the play offers sharp insights and questions into Britishness and immigrant experience in this country.

Have no idea what pantos are? Wonderful! Because neither does the company. In fact, they can’t even get the dates right..

The Foreigners' Panto is a political musical comedy about a group of immigrants trying to put on their own version of a traditional British pantomime; both a heartwarming madcap comedy-of-errors and a sharp satire on lives of immigrants in the UK - told through their eyes. 

Written by Middle Eastern theatre maker Shani Erez and based on her personal experience of facing deportation from the UK, The Foreigners’ Panto has original songs with music composed by Tomer Run & Shani Erez. 

Set in a 1950s office block at the heart of Elephant & Castle that was originally a brewery, BOLD Theatre is a daring theatre space. Founded by Sarah Davey-Hull who sadly died last year, the company is now run by her friends, the BOLD associates, who are determined to continue Sarah’s mission. Through renting out rehearsal space the company is able to use 100% of its profits to fund some of the work it does: offering cheaper rehearsal space for freelancers and independent theatre companies; partnering on ACE applications; mentorship; providing workshops to professionals in the industry; writer rooms; self-tape rooms and supporting migrant companies. BOLD also uses the money to produce its own shows - the immersive show production What They Forgot to Tell Us and the BOLD Beginnings film series. The company  also runs programmes like the BOLD Makers Scheme (which celebrates devising & collaborative ways of creating theatre - providing space, mentors, access training, money and filming to three companies creating new work);  and BOLD Playwrights Scheme - nurturing the development of two award-winning playwrights over 6 months, with dramaturgy, actor workshops and an industry reading. 

 

 

The Foreigners’ Panto

First Preview: Tuesday 3 October 

Press Night: Thursday 5 October at 7.30pm

Final performance: Saturday 28 October

Performance times: Thursday - Saturday at 7.30pm, Saturday at 7.30pm 

Tickets from £15 with some Pay What You Can performances

BOLD Elephant
21 St George's Rd, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 6ES
boldtheatre.com
1 minute walk from Elephant & Castle station.

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