The Lyceum present the World Premiere of Pressure By David Haig
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The Lyceum present the World Premiere of Pressure
By David Haig
Picture shows : Laura Rogers as Kay Summersby and
David Haig – Group Captain Dr. James Stagg
Picture : Drew Farrell
Tel : 07721 -735041
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Directed by John Dove
A co-production with Chichester Festival Theatre
June 1944. One man's decision is about to change the course of history.
Cast
David Haig – Group Captain Dr. James Stagg
Laura Rogers – Kay Summersby
Robert Jack – Andrew
Anthony Bowers – Lieutenant Battersby/ Captain Johns
Scott Gilmour – Young Naval Rating
Malcolm Sinclair – General Dwight D “Ike” Eisenhower
Tim Beckmann – Colonel Irving P. Krick
Michael Mackenzie – Electrician/Admiral Bertram “Bertie” Ramsay
Alister Cameron – Air Chief Marshall Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Gilly Gilchrist – General “Tooey” Spaatz/Commander Franklin
Creative Team
Director - John Dove
Designer - Colin Richmond
LX Designer - Tim Mitchell
Deputy LX Designer - Guy Jones
Composer/Sound Design - Philip Pinsky
Video Designer - Andrzej Goulding
An intense real-life thriller centred around the most important weather forecast in the history of warfare.Scottish meteorologist, Group Captain James Stagg, the son of a Dalkeith plumber, must advise General Eisenhower on when to give the order to send thousands of waiting troops across the Channel in Operation Overlord.
In what became the most volatile period in the British Isles for over 100 years, the future of Britain, Europe and our relationship with the United States, rested on the shoulders of one reluctant Scotsman.
Pressure is the extraordinary and little known story of a Scot who changed the course of war, and our lives, forever.
David Haig is a four time nominee and Olivier Award winning actor best known for his roles in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral , TV series The Thin Blue Line and stage production The Madness of King George III (National Theatre). He is al
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