Being Mr Wickham - Interview with Guy Unsworth and Libby Watson

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Adrian Lukis in
BEING MR WICKHAM
Performed by Adrian Lukis
Written by Adrian Lukis and Catherine Curzon
Directed by Guy Unsworth
Followed by a Q&A hosted by Libby Purves

★★★★★ The Reviews Hub ★★★★★ Broadway World ★★★★★ London Living Large ★★★★ The Telegraph ★★★★ Daily Mail ★★★★ Reviews Gate ★★★★ North West End

'Adrian Lukis finally sets the record straight with his account of the fearful bounder's bad behaviour' ★★★★ Daily Mail

‘Smart and thoughtful expansion of Pride and Prejudice… the chance to spend an hour in the company of Lukis’ Wickham is all the fun you’d hope it would be’ ★★★★★ The Reviews Hub

‘This is an original theatre bonne bouche to savour… a gloriously funny piece of on screen theatre’ ★★★★ Reviews Gate

'A charming and captivating hour spent with the old rogue' ★★★★★ Broadway World

‘Jane Austen’s charming rogue returns! It's a tour-de-force of acting’ ★★★★★ London Living Large

‘A wonderful evening that is worth the watch’ ★★★★ North West End

‘Lukis is splendid’ The Stage

‘Fantastic! A most memorable theatre evening’ Encore Magazine

"Mr. Wickham is blessed with such happy manners as may ensure his making friends - whether he may be equally capable of retaining them is less certain"

Mr Wickham is ready to set the record straight.

Adrian Lukis, who starred in the renowned BBC TV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, returns to the role of Mr Wickham this summer.

Join Pride and Prejudice’s most roguish gentleman, George Wickham, on the eve of his sixtieth birthday, to lift the sheets on what exactly what happened thirty years on from where we left him...

Discover his own version of some very famous literary events.

What really happened with Darcy…?

What did he feel about Lizzie…?

What happened at Waterloo? Not to mention Byron…


This on-demand version was originally streamed live from the stage of the magnificent Regency Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds.


Q&A WITH ADRIAN LUKIS

Radio presenter, journalist, drama critic and author, Libby Purves hosts our Q&A. A previous Times Columnist of the Year and author of 12 novels and non-fiction books, she was for 40 years a BBC Radio 4 broadcaster after becoming the Today programme’s first woman and youngest-ever presenter.

SUBTITLES - English subtitles available

The performance running time is approximately 90 minutes (60 minute show and Q&A), with no interval.

Starring and co-written by Adrian LukisCo-written by Catherine CurzonDirection by Guy UnsworthDesign by Libby WatsonLighting Design by Howard HudsonSound Design and Engineering by Max PappenheimDirector of Camera – Matt HargravesProduction Manager – Tammy Rose