Following the critically acclaimed smash-hit primetime ITV collection ‘Grace’, based mostly on the best-selling novels by the UK’s primary crime writer Peter James, producer Joshua Andrews is delighted to announce the world stage premiere of James’ novel ‘Want You Had been Useless’ – that includes DSI Roy Grace.
This would be the sixth stage adaptation of James’ best-selling novels – making it essentially the most profitable crime thriller stage franchise since Agatha Christie.
Tailored completely for the stage, the world premiere of ‘Want You Had been Useless’ will kick off a serious five-month nationwide UK tour in February 2023 on the Churchill Theatre, Bromley. The manufacturing will then journey to theatres throughout the nation coming to New Theatre, Cardiff, 16 – 20 Could 2023. Tickets are on sale now from PeterJames.com, with additional dates to be introduced quickly.
Peter James mentioned: “I’ve all the time liked reside theatre, so it’s been thrilling to observe how a lot audiences across the UK have liked the performs. Theatre and the escapism it gives us all is so necessary – notably now. Contained in the secure cocoon of a theatre, audiences like to be on the sting of their seats and generally shocked, all the time hoping when that ultimate curtain falls, order can have been restored and the world will appear just a bit little bit of a greater place. I’m extremely grateful for the help regional theatres and their audiences have proven our performs and it is going to be incredible to see one other certainly one of my books being tailored for the stage – the sixth one! – and audiences having fun with it, in 2023.
Earlier Peter James novels delivered to the stage embrace: ‘Trying Good Useless’ which premiered earlier this 12 months starring Adam Woodyatt; ‘The Home on Chilly Hill’ starring Joe McFadden and Rita Simons in 2019; ‘Not Useless Sufficient’ starring Shane Richie and Laura Whitmore in 2017; ‘The Excellent Homicide’ starring Shane Richie and Jessie Wallace in 2016 and ‘Useless Easy’ starring Tina Hobley in 2015.
The stage play of ‘Want You Had been Useless’ follows DSI Roy Grace and Cleo Morey as they take a a lot wanted vacation collectively. Cleo hopes that she is going to lastly get Grace to herself for just a few days and away from his crime fixing exploits. However their dream escape seems to be the vacation from hell, because the previous comes again to hang-out them.
