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‘Onassis’ the new play at the Novello Theatre, London starring Robert Lindsay
Robert Lindsay will return to the West End stage to star in the title role of Martin Sherman’s new play “ONASSIS”, which will be directed by Nancy Meckler. “ONASSIS” will open at the Novello Theatre on Tuesday 12 October 2010, following previews from Thursday 30 September 2010. The limited London season will finish on Saturday 5 February 2011. “ONASSIS” will also feature Lydia Leonard as Jackie Kennedy and Anna Francolini as Maria Callas.
“ONASSIS” is the story of the last years in the life of Aristotle Onassis, and of his passionate and interwoven relationships with Jackie Kennedy and Maria Callas, and his son Alexandros. Based on material from Peter Evans’ book “Nemesis”, “ONASSIS” is an explosive account of how those in positions of enormous power and wealth often live lives detached from the realities and moral codes of everyday existence.
Robert Lindsay has a distinguished career including UK television; “Citizen Smith”, “Jake’s Progress” and “GBH”, for which he won a BAFTA Award for Best Actor. His films include “Divorcing Jack”, “Genghis Cohn” and “Remember Me”. His award-winning theatre includes “The Entertainer”, “Richard III”, “Oliver!”, for which he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical and “Me and My Girl”, for which he won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Musical and, when it transferred to Broadway, the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Robert Lindsay can currently be seen in the hugely successful BBC television series “My Family” with Zoë Wanamaker.
The cast will also include Tom Austen, Liz Crowther, Ben Grove, Robert Hastie, John Hodgkinson, Sue Kelvin, Graeme Taylor and Gawn Grainger.
Performance times at the Novello Theatre will be Mondays-Saturdays at 7.30pm, with Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2.30pm. Tickets, priced from £10.00 to £49.50, are available from the Novello Theatre Box Office on 0844 482 5170 or at www.onassistheplay.com. Prior to London, “ONASSIS” will play the Derby Theatre from 9-25 September 2010.


























