The Great Gatsby – On Air

17th February 2024

Tickets from £19.50

Running time approx 1 hour 45 minutes

Age guidance: 12+

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With a cast including CARLEY STENSON, CHARLIE CLEMENTS, GEORGE BANKS, EVA O’HARA and BARNABY TOBIAS, escape to the roaring 20s this February and explore the mysteries behind the enigmatic millionaire Jay Gatsby.

Based on F.Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel and set in the Jazz age of the glamorous, roaring 20s near New York City, the play follows the tragic story of mysterious and enigmatic millionaire Jay Gatsby. Deceit, murder, obsession and jazz abound as we delve into the illicit source of Gatsby’s self-made fortune and obsession to reunite with his wealthy, socialite former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

In a brand-new adaptation from Roy Marsden, this Windsor On-Air production will be brought to life with dazzling period costume, live music and a Foley artist recreating sound effects and atmospherics live on stage. All performed on the set of a vintage-style recording studio.

Roy Marsden – Director

Born at the London Hospital during the war, Roy was brought up in Shoreditch, gradually moving east via Whitechapel, then to Poplar and has now finished up living in leafy Hackney.

Although he originally trained as an actor at the Italia Conti School and later at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he has been directing plays since the age of 15, his first production being The Dybbuk in Yiddish. Since then, he has directed at least one play a year.

In 2010 he reopened the Repertory Theatre in New Orleans after the disastrous hurricane with a new version of Macbeth. Plays which also gave him great pleasure directing include: Roy Smiles’ wonderfully observed work Stand Up about the backstage life of stand-up comedians, and Lionel Bart’s musical Fings Ain’t Wot They Used t’Be, A Christmas Carol, Treasure Island, Vivat! Vivat! Regina! and The Hobbit. For Bill Kenwright Ltd he directed A Daughter’s A Daughter by Agatha Christie at Trafalgar Studios (2010) and Noel Coward’s forgotten masterpiece Volcano at the Vaudeville Theatre (2012).

For Bill Kenwright’s ‘The Classic Thriller Theatre Company’, he directed Ruth Rendell’s A Judgement in Stone, Rehearsal for Murder, The Case of the Frightened Lady, The Lady Vanishes and The Cat and the Canary.

He was the artistic director of the Mermaid Theatre and then at the Palace Theatre, Westcliff. He continues to be a director of the Bruvvers Theatre Company, Newcastle.

As an actor, he started at the Nottingham Repertory Theatre before joining the RSC, later spending three years at the Northcott Theatre and the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. He is perhaps best known for his work in television. He portrayed PD James’ Detective Chief Inspector Dalgliesh for 14 years. He is also remembered for his portrayal of the character of Neil Burnside in The Sandbaggers, Jack Ruskin in Airline, Mr Chips in Goodbye Mr Chips, and Danny Driscoll, Del Boy’s nemesis, in Only Fools and Horses.

Carley Stenson – Daisy Buchanan/Myrtle Wilson

Best known for playing Steph Cunningham in the Channel 4 series Hollyoaks, Carley received nominations for Best Actress at the NTAs and Best Exit, Best Drama Performance, and Best Comedy Performance at the British Soap Awards.

Theatre credits include: From Here to Eternity (Charing Cross Theatre); Dial M for Murder (Theatre Royal Windsor); Curtains (Wyndhams Theatre, West End & UK Tour); Les Misérables (Queens Theatre); Some Girls (The Park Theatre); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (ATG UK No. 1 Tour); Spamalot (Playhouse Theatre); Shrek (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Legally Blonde: The Musical (Savoy Theatre).

Television credits include: Doctors (BBC); Holby City (BBC); Suspects (Channel 5); Hollyoaks (Channel 4).

Charlie Clements – Tom Buchanan

Charlie is perhaps best known to audiences for his time on EastEnders.

However, since then he has gone on to graduate from RADA with a Master’s in theatre practice, appeared in numerous other major TV shows and toured with multiple stage productions.

Most recently he appeared in The Mousetrap, the first show to re-open in the West End post-Covid.

Television credits include: Holby City (Series XX) (BBC); Elizabeth and Her Enemies (Channel 5); Six Wives; Murdoch Mysteries (CBC Canada); Casualty (BBC); Falling Apart; Coward; EastEnders (BBC); The Bill (Talkback/Thames).

Stage credits include: The Mousetrap; The House on Cold Hill; The Case of the Frightened Lady (Bill Kenwright UK Tour); The Greater Game (Southwark Playhouse); Lone Star (LTL); Faith; The Haunting (Bill Kenwright Productions).

Radio credits include: Home Front (BBC Radio 4).

George Banks – Nick Carraway

George trained at Rose Bruford College.

Theatre credits include: The Mousetrap (St Martin’s Theatre, West End); Dial M For Murder (Theatre Royal Windsor); Birdsong (UK Tour); Pride & Prejudice (Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds); Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (The Theatre, Chipping Norton); Great Expectations, Bedroom Farce, Dry Rot (Theatre by the Lake); Market Boy (Lost Theatre); Hobson’s Choice (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield); The History Boys (WYP/Bath Theatre Royal, No. 1 tour); Blavatsky’s Tower (Camden People’s Theatre); Country Music (Cockpit Theatre); Honeymoon Suite (New Vic Theatre).

Screen credits include: Coronation Street (ITV); Badnaam (Feature Indo-UK Film Company); Patrick Swayze: Ghosts & Demons (Potato/ITV Studios).

Audio includes: Gloucester Road, Wood Green (Urban Scrawl/Theatre 503); Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup (EA Games). George has also lent his voice to several documentaries, news broadcasts and independent radio dramas.

Eva O’Hara

Eva O’Hara is a 25-year-old actor from London. She attended National Youth Theatre and trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. During her time at Bristol, she came runner up for the Carleton Hobbs and Alan Bates Award. On graduating, she landed her first television role where she played Verity – the fierce, fun-loving lawyer – in Hollyoaks. After three thrilling years on our television screens, she returns to her roots on the stage.

Theatre credits include: Artist Descending a Staircase (The King’s Head Theatre), Cymbeline (RSC), Edie (Theatre 503), The Importance of Being Earnest – On Air (Theatre Royal Windsor).

Television includes: ‘Dev’ in The A List (Netflix)

Short Films include: Ticket (Marcus Liversedge) and Alone (Shian Denovan).

As a writer he’s had two plays staged – Fox-Light ‘A skilfully written gem’ – Reviews Hub, and Putrid Beauty ‘****’ – London Pub Theatres.

He established the Marylebone Theatres Emerging Playwright’s Group and runs the independent poetry press Mysterium, based in Devon.

Tobias trained at the Oxford School of Drama.

Sophie Burke – Pianist/Singer/Woman 1

Sophie works extensively as a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and musical director having trained in musical theatre at The Urdang Academy. Musical Direction credits include: Jack and the Bean Stalk, Cinderella, Aladdin (2019 & 2023) and Sleeping Beauty (Theatre Royal Windsor); Snow White and the Happy Ever After Beauty Salon (Theatre Royal Plymouth, Oval House Theatre); Our House the Musical (BWA); Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood (Leeds City Varieties, Assistant MD & Choreographer); Nine & A Chorus Line (Reynolds College). Theatre credits include: Helene in Sweet Charity (New Wolsey Theatre); Jerry’s Girls (Jermyn Street Theatre); Threepenny Opera (UK Tour); Some Like It Hotter (UK Tour); Radio Times (UK Tour & Watermill Theatre); Mimi / Dance Captain in Guys & Dolls (UK Tour); Daisy in Original Cast Dreamboats and Petticoats (West End & UK Tour); Gotta Sing Gotta Dance (UK Tour); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (National Tour); Columbia in The Rocky Horror Show (European Tour). Sophie is the proud creator of The Daisy Chains – the all-girl rock ‘n’ roll band. More information can be found at www.thedaisychains.co.uk.

Holly Smith – Lucille/Maid/Woman 1/Lady

Martin Carroll – Foley/Meyer Wolfsheim/Butler/Policeman

Martin lives in Essex, where he spent his formative years, having moved here from Dublin, Ireland, when he was young.

Theatre includes: Fisherman’s Friends the Musical (UK & Canada tour: ROYO productions); Windsor On Air & Catch Me If You Can (Theatre Royal, Windsor); UK tours of The Cat & The Canary, The Lady Vanishes & Rehearsal For Murder (The Classic Thriller Company).

Prior to this he played René Azaire & Captain Gray in the UK theatre tour of Birdsong, commemorating the centenary anniversary of the Armistice.

Also: Scrooge in A Christmas Carol & the title role in Trials of Charles Dickens & Macbeth (Dickens Theatre Company); Van Helsing in Dracula (Sentosa World Resort, Singapore); Black Coffee, Murder on Air, Verdict and Lark Rise to Candleford, (Agatha Christie Theatre Company & Bill Kenwright Productions); Twelfth Night and Richard III (The Globe at The Apollo Theatre); The Royal Hunt of the Sun, The Oresteia, Translations and On The Razzle (National Theatre);

The Weir (Haymarket Basingstoke); Dad’s Army & ‘Allo ‘Allo! (UK Tours & The Lowry Manchester for Calibre Prods.); The Unexpected Guest, Witness for the Prosecution, Spider’s Web, Black Coffee & Fiddlers Three (Palace, Westcliff).

Classical roles include: Macbeth, Iago in Othello, Duke Vincentio in Measure For Measure, Claudius in Hamlet and Doctor Faustus.

UK tours of: The King and I, The Hobbit, A Christmas Carol, West Side Story, Little Shop of Horrors and The Rocky Horror Show.

Television includes: The Gold Tannadice Pictures (BBC-TV); The Confession (The Disappearance of Patricia Hall) (Amazon Prime/ITV Drama); The Angel of Darkness (Paramount TV); The Bill; Silent Witness; Harry & Cosh; The Alleyn Mysteries; Shergar-The Big Gamble; Monster Maker-Henson Storytellers; Johnny Jarvis; Minder; The Cleopatras and Joyce in June.

Film includes: One Careful Owner, Intolerable Redemption, Little Shop of Horrors, Perfect State, World War Z, The Little Stranger and How To Survive The End of The World.

Other work & Voice Overs: Crawford Starrick in Assassins Creed Syndicate (Video Game); The SoulKeeper (Virtual Reality game); Dubai World Cup (Documentary); Berlin Marathon & The Grand National.

A variety of his voiceover characters include: Sweeney Todd (London Dungeon); Dick Turpin and Eric Blood-Axe (York); Guy Fawkes (Edinburgh); and the Viking King Ragnold (Blackpool).

Martin has also recorded several audio-books & performed in a live broadcast transmission, celebrating the centenary of the birth of radio; The Power Behind The Microphone, at the Civic Theatre, Chelmsford.