Donmar's My Night with Reg to Transfer to the West End with Julian Ovenden & More

The Donmar Warehouse production of Kevin Elyot’s My Night with Reg will transfer to the West End next year. The Robert Hastie-directed production will begin performance on January 17, 2015 and open officially on January 23 at the Apollo Theatre. The full Donmar cast will reprise their performances: Julian Ovenden Matt Bardock as Benny, Jonathan Broadbent as Guy, Richard Cant as Bernie, Lewis Reeves as Eric and Geoffrey Streatfeild as Daniel.

Set in the London gay community in the mid-1980s, My Night with Reg follows a group of friends at one of their London flats over a period of years, from a housewarming to a funeral. The play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 1994.

Ovenden’s London stage credits include Marguerite in the West End, Merrily We Roll Along, Grand Hotel and Annie Get Your Gun. The Downton Abbey star made his Broadway debut in Butley and starred in the New York Philharmonic concert production of Showboat. Bardock, perhaps best known for his performance as Jeff Collier in Casualty, appeared in the Donmar productions of The Dark and Frame 312. Broadbent’s stage credits include Grand Guignol, Ghost Stories and Chekhov in Hell. Cant has appeared on stage in War Horse, Salome and Cymbeline. Reeves’ recent stage credits include Our Boys and Muscle. Streatfeild has appeared on stage in Macbeth, Copenhagen, Children of the Sun and Earthquakes in London.