Rain Man
Multiple dates from 4th December to 20th December
Apollo Theatre
31 Shaftesbury Avenue
London
W1D 7EZ
Event summary
Adapted for the stage by Dan Gordon based on the MGM motion picture, story by Barry Morrow. Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett makes his West End debut as Charlie Babbitt in this complex, moving and funny stage adaptation of the iconic film Rain Man which opens on Tuesday 9th September at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. Josh is joined on stage by Olivier-nominated British actor Adam Godley as his autistic savant brother Raymond. Writer Dan Gordon has radically re-imagined the multi Oscar Award winning 1988 film for the stage, resetting this timeless story in the present day. The result is touching, surprising and often laugh-out-loud funny. Definitely funny, as Raymond would say. Charlie Babbitt (Josh Hartnett) is a self-centred Los Angeles-based automobile dealer and hustler, who is at war with his own life. Relationships are not Charlie's strong suit and love is quite outside his experience. Raymond (Adam Godley) is the elder brother Charlie never knew he had - an autistic savant who has been hidden away in an institution for most of his adult life. Raymond is dysfunctional in many senses, but - as Charlie is soon to discover - also touched with a kind of stellar genius which Charlie harnesses to save his business. The two brothers embark on a rollercoaster journey together which shows Raymond a world beyond the hospital gates and Charlie the meaning of unconditional love. Josh Hartnett is well known for a range of films from the small independent to the big Hollywood blockbuster including Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, 30 Days of Night,Virgin Suicides,The Black Dahlia and Lucky Number Slevin.
Dates
You can catch 'Rain Man' on the following dates:
- 4th December at 7:30 p.m.
- 5th December at 7:30 p.m.
- 6th December at 3 p.m.
- 6th December at 7:30 p.m.
- 8th December at 7:30 p.m.
- 9th December at 7:30 p.m.
- 10th December at 7:30 p.m.
- 10th December at 3 p.m.
- 11th December at 7:30 p.m.
- 12th December at 7:30 p.m.
- 13th December at 3 p.m.
- 13th December at 7:30 p.m.
- 15th December at 7:30 p.m.
- 16th December at 7:30 p.m.
- 17th December at 3 p.m.
- 17th December at 7:30 p.m.
- 18th December at 7:30 p.m.
- 19th December at 7:30 p.m.
- 20th December at 3 p.m.
- 20th December at 7:30 p.m.