Arsenic and Old Lace has been a favourite since Cary Grant created the role of Mortimer Brewster in Frank Capra’s 1944 film. Now a brand new production of this hilarious farce comes to Bath's Theatre Royal from Monday 28th February to Saturday 5th March as part of a major national tour. A company of eleven is led by four of the country’s favourite actors; Angela Thorne (To The Manor Born), Brigit Forsyth (Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads), Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who), and Huw Higginson (The Bill), for what is guaranteed to be an evening of riotous, hair-raising fun. In a quaint Victorian Brooklyn house Mortimer’s two sweet and loveable maiden aunts have been perfecting their elderberry wine - it has quite a kick! Little do their ‘gentlemen callers’ suspect that soon after partaking they will be heading off to the exotic climes of the Panama Canal courtesy of the sisters’ harmless, but totally mad nephew, who is building it in the basement! Throw into the mix a plastic surgeon, a glamorous minister’s daughter, a policeman who wants to be a playwright and a Boris Karloff look-a-like, and you have all the ingredients for a hugely entertaining and intriguing, mad-cap evening in the company of Brooklyn’s most unusual residents – the Brewsters. This production of one of the most hilarious and enduring thrillers ever written comes from the producers of The Shell Seekers (which played Bath last year starring Stephanie Cole), and the director of the acclaimed West End thriller The Woman in Black.
 | | Sylvester McCoy in Arsenic and Old Lace |
Arsenic and Old Lace runs at the Theatre Royal Bath from Monday 28th February to Saturday 5th March. Ticket prices range from £11.50 – £26.50 (with concessions available) and can be booked by calling the Theatre Royal Bath Box Office on 01225 448844. BBC Wiltshire's Daniel Garrett spoke to actor Sylvester McCoy who plays Dr Einstein about the play. Sylvester also talked about another Doctorish role he was once famous for - Doctor Who! Click the link on the right to listen to the interview in streaming Real Audio. | 
