The mistletoe is hung, the cue cards are ready, and the lobster costumes have been dry-cleaned. This festive season, Lovers Actually is on the arrivals board at The Other Palace Studio with a cast so good, it’ll make you dance like Hugh Grant in Downing Street.
Starring four actors, taking on more roles than there are storylines in a certain film with a very similar name(!). Joseph Beach will play Liam Neeson/John/Billy Mack/Others – expect emotional monologues, questionable parenting, and at least one glittery jumpsuit, Ross Clifton as Prime Minister/Harry/Jamie/Others – who will be charming his way through Number 10, cheating on Emma Thompson (how dare he), and learning Portuguese, Martha Pothen as Natalie/Judy/Peter/Others – bringing the digestive biscuits, raunchy film shoots and with inflation, needing to give the carol singers more than a pound to get rid of them and Holly Sumpton as Juliet/Karen/Aurelia/Trump/Others – from awkward wedding videos to heartbreaking Joni Mitchell scenes to flinging herself into a possibly leech filled lake — and yes, she also plays Trump. Don’t ask. Just come!
All I want for Christmas is… filthy fun, fabulous festivities, and enough naughty cheer to make Santa blush! This Christmas, The Other Palace is serving up everything you could actually want – and then some, with this cheeky musical parody of Love Actually!
Will the Prime Minister finally get his Christmas wish? Will Mark steal his best friend’s new wife? Will we give the nation’s most beloved Christmas film a cheeky, festive kick in the mistletoe?! You’re damn right we will!
Get ready for another hilarious and downright dirty Christmas adventure. From Downing Street to The Other Palace, this naughty musical parody will remind you that, deep down, we’re all just Lovers Actually.
Last year’s hit parody Christmas offering, Homo Alone, became The Other Palace Studio’s best-selling show in the venue’s history, and so Jodie Prenger (Coronation Street, I’d Do Anything) is back for a third time along with Neil Hurst (Fat Friends The Musical, Casualty) with a new festive extravaganza, Lovers Actually.
Lovers Actually is written by Jodie Prenger and Neil Hurst, directed by Alex Jackson, and produced by The Other Palace. Choreography by Kim Healey, set and costume design by Louie Whitemore, lighting design by Sherry Coenen, sound design by Hannah Bracegirdle, musical direction by Lauren Hopkinson.
All you need is love at Christmas! Wait! ‘Actually’ all you need is the hit musical parody….’Lovers Actually’.
