
This show ran March-April 2022
Written by Patrick Barlow
Directed by Mark Carter
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have the 39 Steps: a fast-paced and hilarious who-dun-it. Four actors play all the roles in this Tony Award winner.
The show hurtles a notorious fugitive and a spellbound blonde from a London music hall north by northwest to Scotland’s most remote highlands. Will they save Britain from a den of devious spies?
A cast of four actors plays over 150 characters in this fast-paced tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinarily entertaining adventure. The 39 Steps contains every single legendary scene from the award-winning movie — including the chase on the Flying Scotsman, the escape on the Forth Bridge, the first theatrical bi-plane crash ever staged and the sensational death-defying finale in the London Palladium.
Suitable for:
Adults & older children 12+.
Some suggestive dialog.
Parental Guidance.Mystery
SPY Story with a bit of 'Monty Python' for the lighter entertainment...
Relaxed Performance*
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Audience Reactions:
Dark comedy
The show will split your sides and rupture your spleen. It’s a dark comedy you don’t want to miss. You’ll be totally entertained. I think you’ll enjoy every minute of it.
Delightful!
We were in the audience @surreyartscentre last night. The play was thoroughly delightful. You were your always talented and artistic self and the audience loved you for it. We went home and checked out the 1949 Blithe Spirit movie with Margaret Rutherford. So wonderful to be back at live theatre. Thank you to all who made this happen.
Clever Personalities
We all enjoyed the laughter last night! Thanks for clever personalities flair, story & neat set with spooky moving parts! Look forward to more this season!
Really Enjoyed It
We saw this show tonight and really enjoyed it!
Excellent!
Excellent!
Thoroughly Delightful!
We were in the audience at Surrey Arts Centre last night. The play was thoroughly delightful. You were your always talented and artistic self and the audience loved you for it. We went home and checked out the 1949 Blithe Spirit movie with Margaret Rutherford. So wonderful to be back at live theatre. Thank you to all who made this happen.
Fabulous & Hilarious
Thanks to rctheatreco for their presentation of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit at the Surrey Arts Centre. It is a fabulous & hilarious production featuring Ellie King as Madame Arcati plus other local artists.
Mark Thornburn
Saw the play twice! It was fantastic! - Mark Thornburn
Red hot – Stephen Elcheshen
Great fun watching (Elaine) drink enough Scotch to put me down.
- Stephen Elcheshen
Ghost – Mark Thornburn
Amanda (Haggett) and the rest of the cast did a fantastic job!
- Mark Thornburn
Red hot – Mark Thornburn
Saw the play last weekend in Surrey. It's great!!
- Mark Thornburn
Check Please – Katherine Grace
A great comedy!
- Katharine Grace
Ghost of a Chance – Steve Weller
Thank you for a wonderful night.
- Steve Weller
Ghost of a Chance
Congratulations, great performance, saw it yesterday for second time, with family and friends. Still time to go see it and have some good laughs.- Ada Thomas
Ghost of a Chance
Highly recommend this play. So funny and touching. Absolutely superb acting.
- Karen Dyke
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* The participation of these Artists is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance • Opera • Theatre Policy.