Cool Hand Luke

A major stage production of Donn Pearce's Cool Hand Luke in London, adapted for the stage by Emma Reeves and starring Marc Warren.

Wherever you go and whatever you do, always play a real cool hand...

In a powerful new stage adaptation by Emma Reeves, Donn Pearce's acclaimed novel comes alive on stage - Cool Hand Luke is the hard-hitting story of a World War II veteran turned convict and rebel, whose unquenchable spirit and refusal to be broken by the system becomes part of his fellow convicts' mythology of survival.

Beneath a scorching Florida sun, Boss Godfrey watches the chain gang. Keeps his eye on Cool Hand Luke. War hero, trouble-maker, inspiration to his fellow inmates. And just the man Boss wants to crush... Cool Hand Luke is the hard-hitting story of a true original. He'll play it real cool in the face of brutality. He'll always get back up after a beating. He'll eat fifty eggs in an hour, to win a bet. A man who won't conform no matter what it costs. It's a raw, uncompromising tale of sticking it to "The Man".

The cast for Cool Hand Luke in London features Marc Warren as 'Cool Hand Luke'. Marc Warren's recent theatre credits include playing 'Ray Say' in a revival of Jim Cartwright's The Rise and Fall of Little Voice at the Vaudeville Theatre in 2008. He is probably best known for his role as 'Danny Blue' in BBC TV Series Hustle and for the recent Sky TV drama Mad Dogs. Cool Hand Luke has been adapted by Emma Reeves whose previous West End stage adaptations include Nina Bawden's Carrie's War (Apollo Theatre 2009) which was directed by Andrew Loudon and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women (Duchess Theatre 2004).

Cool Hand Luke in London at the Aldwych Theatre previews from 23 September 2011, opens on 3 October 2011 and closes on 19 November 2011 (was originally booking up to 7 January 2012.