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New central London theatre with an international focus
The Marylebone Theatre is an intriguing new addition to the London theatre scene. Frankly we don’t know a lot about it yet. It has around 200 seats, is located in the former Steiner Hall in (you guessed it) Marylebone, and its artistic director is one Alexander J Gifford, who isn’t exactly a huge name in London theatre. Nonetheless, its sole piece of programming is interesting, with former Young Vic boss Tim Supple directing a new version of Friedrich Schiller’s unfinished play ‘Demetrius’, entitled ‘Dmitri’. It’s an ambitious show for a small theatre to open with, and speaks of ambitious programming to come.
Patrick Myles writes and adapts this new stage adaptation of Gogol’s classic satire about a smalltime crook masquerading as… a government inspector, who dupes the corrupt officials of a small town into laying out the red carpet for him. ‘Ghosts’ stars Kiell Smith-Bynoe plays the conman – here dubbed Percy Fopdoodle – while Dan Skinner (best known for his comic alter ego Angelos Epithemiou) plays the town magistrate Governor Swashprattle.
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