Lee Mead appears in Oscar Wilde play at Malvern (From Hereford Times)

Lee Mead appears in Oscar Wilde play at Malvern

7:00am Saturday 20th March 2010 in Theatre & Comedy By Philippa May

FOLLOWING his hugely popular and critically acclaimed revivals of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, A Woman of No Importance, The Importance of Being Earnest, and the legendary Peter Hall production of An Ideal Husband, Bill Kenwright presents one of Wilde’s most celebrated stories, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime.

Lee Mead – winner of the BBC’s Any Dream Will Do who played Joseph for 72 sold-out weeks in London’s West End – makes his comedy debut as Lord Arthur Savile.

He will be performing opposite an all-star cast led by Gary Wilmot, fresh from the national tour of Chicago, and the glamorous Kate O’Mara, star of TV’s Dynasty, Howard’s Way and Bad Girls, will play Lady Windemere.

The production also features David Ross as The Dean and Derren Nesbitt as Herr Frederick Winkelkopf.

Lord Arthur, a pillar of Victorian society, is on the verge of marriage to the lovely Sybil Merton, when a brief departure from late 19th century convention leads him to an encounter with a chilling clairvoyant called Podgers, who reveals that at some future point Arthur is destined to commit murder.

To protect his bride-to-be, Arthur decides he must commit the bloody deed before he marries.

As he searches for the most convenient person to sacrifice, chaos ensues.

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime runs from March 22-27.

To book, call 01684 892277 or visit malvern-theatres.co.uk.