JEEVES TAKES CHARGE returns to London this summer ahead of UK tour
Artwork: Clive Francis
First seen 45 years ago, the Olivier Award-winning and much-loved Jeeves Takes Charge returns to London for a strictly limited season at Charing Cross Theatre from 13 August-16 September, before transferring to Mayflower Studios, Southampton from 29 September-3 October, ahead of a UK tour in 2027.
Adapted by James Duke, Edward Duke and Hugh Wooldridge, and starring West End, Chichester and RSC favourite Sam Harrison, this dazzling one-man adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse’s beloved Jeeves and Wooster stories sees Harrison play all twenty-two characters, including the indefatigable Jeeves, the much-loved Bertie Wooster, Florence Craye, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Bingo Little, Uncle Willoughby and Aunt Dahlia, in a bravura tour-de-force performance.
Set in Wodehouse’s gloriously absurd world of country houses, terrifying aunts, engagements gone wrong and gentlemanly panic, Jeeves Takes Charge follows the hapless Bertie Wooster as his brilliantly resourceful valet Jeeves attempts to steer him away from disaster - and matrimony - at every turn.
Sam Harrison said: “P.G. Wodehouse created one of the great comic worlds, and stepping into it each night is pure joy. The challenge of playing twenty-two wildly different characters is exhilarating, but what audiences really respond to is the warmth, silliness and sheer brilliance of the writing. People leave grinning.”
Director and co-adaptor Hugh Wooldridge said: “Having first directed the Olivier Award-winning Edward Duke in Jeeves Takes Charge in 1980, it is wonderful to find another totally brilliant actor to take on the roles of all of PG Wodehouse’s 22 characters. Sam Harrison is a marvel and brings the house down with his energetic and charismatic portrayals of Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. And all the others…”
Jeeves Takes Charge is directed by Hugh Wooldridge, with set design by Caite Hevner, lighting by Tim Mitchell, and sound by Paul Groothuis.
