January 2014 – The Sunshine Boys

  • Playwright – Neil Simon
  • Location – Harrogate Studio Theatre
  • Director – John Wilford

Cast

  • Willie Clark – Paul Dunstan
  • Al Lewis – Derek Newton
  • Ben Silverman – Stuart Newsome
  • Young nurse – Claire Hadden
  • Registered nurse – Pat Bickerton
  • Eddie – Joash Parker
  • Patient – Ashley Haigh

Al and Willie as “Lewis and Clarke” were top billed Vaudeville comedians for over forty years. Now they are not even speaking!

When CBS requests them for a “History of Comedy” retrospective TV programme, a grudging reunion brings the two back together – along with a flood of memories, miseries and a bucket-full of laughs.