Luke has also worked as an Associate Director on the RSC’s Matilda, in London and on Broadway.Renowned author Dan Brown looked on proudly at the stage, which resembled a kind of raised platform made of wood. His other credits include the Olivier Award-winning production of Lin Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights at the Southwark Playhouse David Walliams’ Billionaire Boy, which received the UK Theatre Award for Best Show for Children and Young People The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4, nominated for Evening Standard Award for Best New Musical, and Spring Awakening, winner of the Whatsonstage Award for Best Regional Production.
His most recent production, the musical & Juliet, opened to critical acclaim in the West End last year, winning six Whatsonstage Awards and receiving nine Oliver Award nominations. Duncan Abel is a writer of novels, radio plays and short stories, and was nominated for the 2010 Luke Bitmead Award for his novel, The Way Home.ĭirector Luke Sheppard’s work has played across the UK and international territories, covering a diverse range of projects from new musical theatre productions to rediscovered established plays, contemporary new writing to family shows. Rachel Wagstaff’s previous writing credits include the book for multi-award winning musical, Flowers for Mrs Harris (Best Musical, UK Theatre Awards 2016) which transferred to Chichester Festival Theatre in September 2018 after a run at the Sheffield Crucible and the critically acclaimed adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ Birdsong which has enjoyed several West End productions and UK tours. Twitter DA VINCI CODE has been adapted for the stage by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel, whose previous collaboration, Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train visited Bath in April 2019 as part of a record-breaking UK tour and West End run. THE DA VINCI CODE is directed by Luke Sheppard ( & Juliet, In The Heights, Billionaire Boy, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4).Īdapted by RACHEL WAGSTAFF and DUNCAN ABEL THE DA VINCI CODE has been adapted for the stage by Rachel Wagstaff ( Flowers for Mrs Harris, Birdsong) and acclaimed writer of novels, short stories and radio plays Duncan Abel, whose previous collaboration was on Paula Hawkins The Girl on the Train, which enjoyed a record breaking UK tour and West End run in 2019. The team making the production has been faithful to the book, but will also bring something new for the audience, in what is certain to be a gripping, fast-paced stage thriller and a thoroughly entertaining show.” Dan Brown “ I am thrilled that The Da Vinci Code is being adapted for the stage, and excited to see the unique potential of live theatre enhance this story. The pair must decipher the labyrinthine code before a shocking historical secret is lost forever.īased on the best-selling novel of this century, with over 100 million copies sold, unlock the secrets of THE DA VINCI CODE in the world premiere stage adaptation of the international phenomenon and uncover the truth in the greatest thriller of the past 2000 years. With guidance from teacher and friend Professor Leigh Teabing, played by family favourite Danny John-Jules ( Red Dwarf, Death in Paradise), Langdon, Neveu embark on a breathless race through the streets of Europe. Follow the pulse-racing journey as Professor Robert Langdon, played by television favourite Nigel Harman (EastEnders, Hotel Babylon) and fellow cryptologist Sophie Neveu (played by Hannah Rose Caton) attempt to solve the riddles, leading to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci and beyond, deep into the vault of history.
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The curator of the Louvre has been brutally murdered, and alongside his body are a series of baffling codes. The blockbuster story that captivated the world is now an epic stage thriller. Blockbuster perfection’ The New York Times ‘An exhilarating, breathless thriller-chase.