Stage and screen actor Elliot Levey and Tracy-Ann Oberman, recognised for her role as Chrissy Watts in Eastenders and Yvonne Hartman in Dr Who, lead a cast of ten in the Royal Exchange Theatre’s world première of The Mighty Walzer.
Directed by Jonathan Humphreys and adapted by Simon Bent from the novel by Man Booker Prize winning author Howard Jacobson, this comic coming of age story follows Elliot Levey’s Oliver as he discovers the fast-paced world of ping-pong and the enigmatic Lorna Peachley.
Tracy-Ann Oberman plays matriarch Sadie Walzer in homage to the Manchester of Jacobson’s youth. The play runs at the Exchange from June 30 to July 30.