Billy Piper In Treats At The Richmond Theatre

Richmond Theatre is proud to be one of only four tour dates before Billie Piper makes her West End debut in Christopher Hampton’s sharply observed and darkly funny drama of interchanging relationships.

Ann (Billie Piper) replaces her egotistical boyfriend Dave (Kris Marshall) with the more ‘conventional’ Patrick (Laurence Fox), only to find that she can’t make up her mind as to what (or who) she really wants…

Since making the transition to acting following a successful music career, Billie Piper has become one of Britain’s best-loved personalities. She has starred alongside some of the biggest names in television, winning numerous awards, including (for two consecutive years) the National Television Award for Most Popular Actress, for playing Rose Tyler in Doctor Who. Billie recently appeared in the BBC adaptation The Ruby in the Smoke and will soon star in Mansfield Park for ITV. Other TV credits include The Canterbury Tales, Much Ado About Nothing and Bella and the Boys; film credits include The Calcium Kid for Working Title, Thing’s To Do Before Your 30! and Spirit Trap.

Joining Billie are TV favourites Kris Marshall and Laurence Fox. Kris is well known for playing bumbling son Nick (alongside Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wanamaker) in six hit series of the BBC drama My Family. Kris also starred alongside Amanda Donohoe in Murder City and appeared in The Merchant Of Venice with Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons. Laurence is perhaps best known to TV audiences as Kevin Whatley’s sidekick in Lewis. He has just finished filming Shekar Kapur's Golden Age with Cate Blanchett and starred in the feature film The Hole opposite Keira Knightley and in Robert Altman’s Gosford Park.

Written by Christopher Hampton, Treats was originally presented at the Royal Court in 1975, staring Jane Asher, Stephen Moore and James Bolam, where it enjoyed great success.

Christopher Hampton won an Academy Award and BAFTA for Dangerous Liasions, which he adapted from his own play, Les Liaisons Dangereuses. He has dominated the West End with such classics as The Philanthropist, Savages and Total Eclipse and also wrote the libretto for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of Sunset Boulevard, for which he won a Tony Award for best Book of a Musical.

Treats is directed by the Olivier award winner Laurence Boswell who has had numerous recent West End successes, most notably A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, This is our Youth, Popcorn and Up for Grabs. As Associate Director for the RSC he most recently worked on The Spanish Golden Age Season for which he won an Olivier for Outstanding Achievement.

Richmond Theatre
Mon 12 - Sat 17 Feb
Mon-Sat eves 7.45pm
Wed & Sat mats 2.30pm
Tickets: £13- £27