Stephen Fry, Russell Tovey, Emily Atack and Layton Williams are among actors to appear in a star-studded new radio play to raise money for charity.
Two-part play The Understudy, based on the best-selling novel by author David Nicholls, will also feature performances from Sheila Atim, Sarah Hadland, Mina Anwar, Jake Ferretti, Sasha Frost, James McNicholas, Marie Lawrence and Lizzie Muncey.
Listeners can tune in on May 20 and 27 by buying a ticket for £5 each, with funds raised being split between charitable organisations – the Theatre Development Trust, Acting For Others and Equity Charitable Trust – which help those struggling because of coronavirus.
Henry Filloux-Bennett has adapted Nicholls’s book about a West End understudy who starts to fall for the leading man’s wife. The cast and creative team will put the show together from their own homes.
Stephen Fry said: “I am just so delighted to be working on Henry Filloux-Bennett's superb adaptation of David Nicholls’s The Understudy. I do hope lots of you will listen in and combine a good time with support for our wonderful theatre industry.”
For more information about how to listen to the play, visit understudyplay.com
