Akaky Akakievich is a lowly copying clerk who is teased and looked down upon by his colleagues. His only love is the letters he adoringly copies out day after day, year after year.
One freezing winter he is persuaded to buy a new overcoat from a one-eyed tailor called Petrovich. His life will never be the same again.
Suzy Willson - Direction; Paul Clark - Music; Sarah Blenkinsop - Designer; Simon Hetzel - Lighting
Performers: Alison Jones; Paul Ritter; Sabina Netherclift; Simon Walter; Stephen Harper; Zoe Bywater
Band: Laura Fairhurst; John Paul Gandy; James Keane; Calina De La Mare; Niall Webb
“A rich, quick-witted and superbly performed ensemble production which creates more than the sum of its musical and theatrical parts”
The Times
“Paul Clark’s score is a delight, not so much an accompaniment to the action as a character in it”
The Independent
Battersea Arts Centre, London
21st April - 3rd May 1998
UK Tour, Spring 1998
Eastbourne Arts Centre (5th May)
The Hawth Studio, Crawley (13th May)
The Bull, Barnet (20th May)
The Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath (21st - 23rd May)
Croydon Clocktower (28th May)
Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford (3rd June)
Commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre
Supported by Arts Council England; the London Arts Board
