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Strictly Winner Tom Chambers and Not Going Out Star Sally Bretton Lead the Cast in 2020 UK Tour of the Classic Thriller DIAL M FOR MURDER

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A brand new production of the classic thriller, Dial M for Murder, tours the UK in 2020 opening at Richmond Theatre on Monday 13th January 2020. The genre-defining thriller – based on Frederick Knott’s stage and screen play, made world-famous by Hitchcock’s iconic 1954 film – will be directed by Anthony Banks.

TV and stage favourite, Tom Chambers, (Top Hat, Strictly Come Dancing) stars as the charismatic and manipulative Tony Wendice, a jaded ex-tennis pro who has given it all up for his wife Margot, played by Sally Bretton* (Not Going Out, Death In Paradise, The Office). When he discovers she has been unfaithful his mind turns to revenge and the pursuit of the ‘perfect crime’. Christopher Harper (Coronation Street, Strangers on a Train) performs in the dual roles of Captain Lesgate and Inspector Hubbard and Michael Salami (Hollyoaks) as Max Halliday, Margot’s American lover.

Tom Chambers plays Tony Wendice. Tom’s theatre credits include: Crazy For You (UK tour); Private Lives (UK tour); White Christmas (Dominion); Top Hat (Aldwych); White Christmas (Sunderland Empire); The Rover (Young Vic Studio); Journey’s End (Courtyard Theatre); Bloody Poetry (Brockley Jack Theatre); Pendragon (City Theatre Broadway NYMT and Sadler’s Wells). Television includes: Midsomer Murders, Emmerdale, Casualty, Father Brown, The Great Train Robbery, Waterloo Road and Holby City. Radio includes: Mellow Magic every Saturday 10am-1pm.

Sally Bretton appears as Margot Wendice. Sally’s theatre credits include: An Ideal Husband (Classic Spring Company); King Lear, The Front Line and In Extremis (Shakespeare’s Globe); A Conversation (Manchester Royal Exchange); All My Sons (Library Theatre, Manchester); Present Laughter (Theatre Royal Bath and UK tour) and Hay Fever (Oxford Stage Company). Film includes: Outlaw, So Long Charlie Bright and Peaches. Television includes: Not Going Out, Death in Paradise, The Office, Green Wing, Absolute Power, Thanks for the Memories, Casualty, Lewis, How Not to Live Your Life, Hotel Babylon, Vincent, Open Wide, Blessed, Blackbeard.

Christopher Harper performs as Captian Lesgate and Inspector Hubbard. Christopher’s theatre credits include: Strangers on a Train (UK tour); Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare’s’ Globe); Slipping (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough); The Wind in the Willows, Man of the Moment and Private Fears in Public Places (Royal & Derngate); I Know How I Feel About Eve (Hampstead Downstairs); The Night Before Christmas (Different Breed); The Village Bike (Sheffield Crucible Studio). Television includes: Holby City, Endeavour, Coronation Street, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Doctors, Upstairs Downstairs, The Bill, Heartbeat, The Roman Mysteries, Housewife 49, Life on Mars and Rosemary and Thyme. Chris also produced and voiced the award-winning charity animation The Mouse.

Michael Salami is Max Halliday. Michael Salami is a multi-award-winning actor. Born in America and raised in London, Salami discovered his passion for acting in 2007. Salami made his first on stage appearance at Oval Theatre in 2010 and has since then performed at The Old Vic, Soho Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith, Southwark Playhouse and Theatre503. His leading role in Just A Couple has landed him a number of nominations and awards such as a Screen Nation Award for Best Actor. Just A Couple is now in full development with Channel 4.

Anthony Banks directs Frederick Knott’s Dial M For Murder, adding another Hitchcock classic to credits that recently include Gaslight and Strangers on a Train. His production of the hit thriller, Girl on a Train, continues to tour the UK. The creative team is completed by David Woodhead, Designer; Lizzie Powell, Lighting Designer; Ben & Max Ringham, Sound Design; Betty Marini, Wigs Supervisor; Siobhan Boyd, Costume Supervisor, Robin Morgan as Props Supervisor and Alison de Burgh as Fight Director.

Dial M For Murder is produced by Simon Friend and Gavin Kalin.

2020 LISTINGS

Richmond Theatre Mon 13th – Sat 18th Jan

Theatre Royal, Norwich Mon 20th – Sat 25th Jan

Orchard Theatre, Dartford Mon 27th Jan – Sat 1st Feb

Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Mon 3rd – Sat 8th Feb

Theatre Royal, Bath Mon 10th – Sat 15th Feb

His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen Mon 17th – Sat 22nd Feb

King’s Theatre, Edinburgh Mon 24th – Sat 29th Feb

Theatre Royal, Glasgow Mon 2nd – Sat 7th Mar

Salisbury Playhouse Mon 9th – Sat 14th Mar

Churchill Theatre, Bromley Mon 16th – Sat 21st Mar

Palace Theatre, Southend Mon 23rd – Sat 28th Mar

Milton Keynes Theatre Mon 13th – Sat 18th Apr

New Alexandra, Birmingham Mon 20th – Sat 25th Apr

New Theatre, Cardiff Mon 27th Apr – Sat 2nd May

Curve Theatre, Leicester Mon 4th – Sat 9th May

Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield Mon 11th – Sat 16th May

Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool Mon 18th – Sat 23rd May

Theatr Clwyd, Mold Mon 25th – Sat 30th May

Theatre Royal, Brighton Mon 1st – Sat 6th June

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury Mon 8th – Sat 13th June

The Lowry, Salford Mon 15th – Sat 20th June

Royal & Derngate, Northampton Mon 22nd – Sat 27th June

Theatre Royal, Plymouth Mon 29th June – Sat 4th July

Grand Theatre, Leeds Mon 6th – Sat 11th July

Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton Mon 13th – Sat 18th July

*Sally Bretton performs as Margot Wendice until Sat 11th April