The national tour of Terence Rattigan’s Flare Path has been extended through this year.
Directed by Justin Audibert, the cast will be led by Graham Seed as Squadron Leader Swanson, Lynden Edwards as Peter Kyle and Hedydd Dylan as Patricia Graham.
Also in the cast are Claire Andreadis, William Reay, Jamie Hogarth, Charlie G Hawkins, Polly Hughes and Emma Carter Further casting is to be announced.
Graham Seed played Nigel Pargetter in The Archers for 27 years. His recent theatre work includes An Audience with Jimmy Saville, The Mousetrap, Yes Prime Minister and Toad of Toad Hall.
Lynden Edwards’s stage credits include A Little Night Music, Les Misérables and The Mousetrap.
Hedydd Dylan’s recent work includes The Oresteia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Oppenheimer and The Shoemaker’s Holiday.
The story of Flare Path is based on Rattigan’s World War II experiences.
The tour schedule is as follows:
- 27 – 30 January: Connaught Theatre, Worthing
- 2 – 6 February: Oxford Playhouse
- 10 – 13 February: Buxton Opera House
- 15 – 20 February: Theatre Royal Windsor
- 23 – 27 February: The Grand Theatre, Blackpool
- 29 February – 5 March: Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
- 7 – 12 March: Mercury Theatre, Colchester
- 15 – 19 March: Aberdeen His Majesty’s Theatre
- 22 – 26 March: Theatr Clwyd, Mold
- 29 March – 2 April: Wycombe Swan
- 5 – 9 April: Orchard Theatre, Dartford
- 12 – 16 April: Darlington Civic Theatre
- 19 – 23 April: Derby Theatre
- 25 – 30 April: Birmingham Repertory Theatre
- 3 – 7 May: York Theatre Royal