The National Theatre’s smash-hit comedy transfers to the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 2 March, with Gemma Whelan playing Rachel Crabbe...Richard Bean’s award-winning play is a glorious celebration of British comedy – a unique, laugh-out-loud mix of satire, songs, slapstick and glittering one-liners.Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe. But Roscoe is really Rachel, posing as her own dead brother – who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a job with one Stanley Stubbers – but to prevent discovery, he must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple. ‘The funniest show in the western world,’Daily Mail‘Forget your cares at the funniest show in town.’Daily Telegraph
Gemma Whelan in One Man, Two Guvnors at Theatre Royal Haymarket
9th March 2012