Jim Cartwright's new play The Gap starring Matthew Kelly and Denise Welch, directed by Anthony Banks, will première at Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre.
It features the adventures of Walter and Corral. He’s back up north, she’s still down south. They haven’t seen each other for fifty years, not since their Soho days, back in the swinging ’60s. A chance phone call reunites them for one magical night and, in next to no time, they’re back to their old tricks.
Kelly said, “dear Manchester, I’m coming home and I can’t think of a better excuse to return than with actress Denise Welch and playwright Jim Cartwright," calling The Gap, "a funny, moving, exquisitely crafted play which will show off the superb talents of Denise Welch and I shall be showing off beside her all the way."
Welch added, “to play opposite Matthew Kelly in a new Jim Cartwright play is a dream come true.”
The Gap runs at Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester from 9 February to 9 March 2024.