NEIL MORRISSEY, OLIVER CHRIS & CHARLES LAWSON STAR IN
RAIN MAN ON STAGE
Performance Dates: Monday 2 November – Saturday 7 November
Press Night: Monday 2 November at 7.30pm
Neil Morrissey is making his touring debut in the stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning film Rain Man, starring alongside Green Wing actor Oliver Chris and Coronation Street’s Charles Lawson.
Neil Morrissey will play the role of Raymond Babbitt, an autistic savant who has been institutionalized for most of his life, the part for which Dustin Hoffman received the Oscar for Best Actor in the 1988 movie. Oliver Chris will play Raymond’s younger brother Charlie, played by Tom Cruise in the movie. Charles Lawson will play Dr Breuner.
Rain Man tells the story of Charlie Babbitt, a self-centred Los Angeles-based car dealer and hustler who learns that his missing inheritance has been bequeathed to an autistic older brother in Ohio that he never knew he had. Discovering that his brother, Raymond, has an extraordinary talent for numbers, he takes him on a roller coaster journey across America from the mid-West to the casinos of Las Vegas. Charlie’s single-minded quest for cash evolves into a life-changing experience, where he finally learns the true meaning of unconditional love.
Neil Morrissey is one of this country’s most popular television actors, with credits including Men Behaving Badly, Boon, Paradise Heights, Carrie and Barry, and is currently starring in the BBC1 series Waterloo Road. His West End stage credits include: A Passionate Woman, Guys and Dolls and Victoria Wood’s Acorn Antiques, performing alongside Julie Walters.
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Lichfield Street
Wolverhampton
WV1 1DE
Performance Dates: Monday 2 – Saturday 7 November at 7.30pm
Press Night: Monday 2 November at 7.30pm
Matinees: Wednesday 4 and Saturday 7 November at 2.30pm
Tickets: £10.50 – £25.50 with concessions available.
Box Office: 01902 42 92 12
Online: grandtheatre.co.uk
