Sheffield Theatres will stage The Hypochondriac, Roger McGough’s adaptation of Molière’s witty satire September 30 to October 21.
The cast includes Jonathan Ainscough as the Purgeon and Main Carer to Ill Servant and the on-stage musical director (playing piano and accordion), Zak Ghazi-Torbati as Clèante and Servant, Chris Hannon as Doctor Diaforius and Béralde, Edward Hogg as Argan, Zweyla Mitchell Dos Santos as Toinette, Jessica Ransom as Béline and Servant, Saroja-Lily Ratnavel as Angélique, André Refig as Bonnefoi and Ill Servant and Garmon Rhys as Thomas Diaforius, Fleurant and Servant.
Jessica Ransom returns to Sheffield Theatres after her recent appearance in the UK tour of Home, I’m Darling at Sheffield’s Lyceum Theatre. Having grown up in Sheffield, she was also part of the Crucible’s youth theatre and performed on the Crucible stage as part of the Sheffield Children’s Festival with High Storrs School. All other members of the cast make their Sheffield debuts.
With medical bills piling up, Argan believes he has found the perfect solution to his problem. But with an exasperated household growing tired of his antics, his time may be better spent addressing what is real rather than what is imagined.