⭐ A SPLINTER OF ICE UK TOUR ANNOUNCED – A NEW PLAY BY BEN BROWN – STARRING OLIVER FORD DAVIES & STEPHEN BOXER ⭐
A UK tour of Ben Brown’s new political drama A Splinter of Ice has been announced.
Following a highly productive and successful season of online productions, Original Theatre Company is delighted to announce its first live stage production since March 2020.
From the writer of the award-winning West End play Three Days in May, which inspired the Oscar-winning film Darkest Hour, Ben Brown’s new political drama explores an unlikely friendship; a friendship interwoven with deceit and loyalty.
Moscow 1987 and the cold war begins to thaw. After declining his offer for more than 30 years, novelist Graham Greene travels into the heart of the Soviet Union to meet with his old MI6 boss, Kim Philby. Under the watchful eye of Russian memoirist and Philby’s last wife, Rufa, the two men set about catching up on old times. With a new world order breaking out around them, how much did the writer of The Third Man know about Philby’s secret life as a spy and did Philby betray his friend as well as his country?
The production will star Oliver Ford Davies as Graham Greene and Stephen Boxer as Kim Philby and be directed by Alan Strachan with Alastair Whatley.
It will also be available to stream online, having been filmed on stage at the Cheltenham Everyman Theatre, via originaltheatreonline.com from 15th April – 31st July 2021.
Whilst Sara Crowe will play Rufa Philby in the online version, she is unavailable for the tour, so the casting for Rufa on tour is to be confirmed.
The tour will open on 8th June in Malvern and will tour until 31st July 2021.
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Tickets & more info – https://www.originaltheatre.com/our-productions/a-splinter-of-ice/about-the-show
