A comedy of huge small proportions comes to Eastbourne from 17th to 22nd March when Warwick Davis, star of Life’s too Short and Willow, brings a new take on the much loved farce See How They Run to the Devonshire Park Theatre. However, this is no run-of-the-mill rendition of one of the fastest, funniest farces ever written – this is performed by a cast who are all under four feet tall.
The Reduced Height Theatre Company is the first theatre company made up of entirely short actors and is the brainchild of Warwick Davis, the most successful short actor in Britain. With a career spanning over three decades, he is best known for his roles in Willow, Star Wars, the Harry Potter films and most recently on our TV screens in Life’s Too Short, Doctor Who and An Idiot Abroad 3. This will be Warwick’s first venture as actor and producer.
Warwick Davis, who also appears in the play, says: ‘The formation of The Reduced Height Theatre Company is a dream realised for me. As a short actor, I am not always afforded the same professional opportunities as my taller colleagues. This new venture will tip the balance in favour of myself and the other talented short actors in the UK. In these times of equality and diversity, this will be a unique, bold and empowering journey’.
Philip King’s See How They Run is widely regarded as one of the best farces ever written. Set in 1944 in a vicarage in the village of Merton-cum-Middlewick, it is a quintessentially British play featuring timelessly funny characters – a maid, a spinster, a German soldier, retired actors, a bishop and a handful of vicars. A plot of mishaps and mistaken identity causes the action to spiral out of control, culminating in a houseful of bishops, deacons and other assorted clergymen.
The show is suitable for the whole family so, for an evening of theatre that won’t be ‘short’ of laughs, catch See How They Run at the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne from 17th – 22nd March. Tickets are priced from £14.50, with concessions available for evening performances. To book call the box office on 01323 412000 or online at www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk.