Eight years after success with a stage version of The Ladykillers, Sean Foley is adapting and directing a version of The Man in the White Suit, starring Stephen Mangan and Kara Tointon.
The Man in the White Suit will play for three weeks at Theatre Royal Bath before it transfers to the Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End, opening on 8 October.
The Man in the White Suit has a particular, perennial relevance in that it is about people with vested interests not wanting change because it threatens them.
The 1951 film tells the story of Sidney Stratton, who invents a fabric that never gets dirty or wears out.