Steve Pemberton
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The League of Gentlemen’s Steve Pemberton will join the London cast of
The Drowsy Chaperone on 10 July. Pemberton will replace Bob Martin in the role of Man in Chair in the musical at the Novello Theatre.
Pemberton is a quarter of the award-winning comedy team The League of Gentlemen. In 2001, he appeared in the West End in the sell-out run of The League of Gentlemen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and in 2002 he played Marc in Art at the Whitehall Theatre. His television work includes three series of The League of Gentlemen for the BBC as co-writer and actor and appearances in Death on the Nile, Shameless and Gormenghast. His film work includes The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Churchill: The Hollywood Years and The League of Gentleman’s Apocalypse and The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You, in which he both starred and co-wrote.
The Drowsy Chaperone revolves around a die-hard musical theatre fan who chases the blues away by dropping the needle on his favourite cast album—the 1928 musical comedy
The Drowsy Chaperone. From the crackle of his hi-fi, the outrageously funny musical bursts to life in his living room. What follows is the rip-roaring tale of a pampered starlet determined to give up show business to get married while her ruthless producer is intent on sabotaging the nuptials. Add to this a Latin lover, a debonair groom, an English butler, a pair of gangsters disguised as pastry chefs and a very tipsy chaperone, and all manner of mix-ups and mayhem are set to ensue.
In addition to Martin, the cast features Elaine Paige (Drowsy Chaperone), Summer Strallen (Janet van de Graaff), Joseph Alessi (Aldolpho), Selina Chilton (Kitty), Enyonam Gbesemete (Trix), Nickolas Grace (Underling), Nick Holder (Feldzeig), Cameron Jack (Gangster 2), Sean Kingsley (George), John Partridge (Robert Martin), Anne Rogers (Tottendale) and Adam Stafford (Gangster 1).