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| It’s official – it’s
the daddy |
THE play Who’s the Daddy, currently playing to packed
houses at Islington’s King’s Head, is the theatre’s
most successful ever production, it was revealed this week.
For the first time the struggling venue is expected to take around
£100,000 for the show.
Evening shows are currently booked up solid for the six-week run
until August 28, with a handful of tickets left for weekend matinees.
The comedy about the love affair of former Home Secretary David
Blunkett and sexual shenanigans at The Spectator magazine, has garnered
rave reviews, and is almost certainly heading for the West End.
That’s good news for the writers Toby Young and Jeremy Lloyd
and the cast of seven – but even better news for the King’s
Head theatre, which has struggled for 35 years, under the late artistic
director Dan Crawford, in a desperate attempt to keep its financial
head above water.
In fact the theatre will receive a one per cent royalty if the show
does hit the West End.
General manager Ninon Jerome said it was a wonderful tribute to
Dan who read the script and loved the idea right from the word go.
She said: “It’s a shame that he is not here to see the
contribution the show is making to the theatre’s fighting fund.”
Speaking form his holiday home in Tuscany Toby Young said that he
personally hadn’t made a fortune out of the show and his royalty
fee would be split three ways – about five per cent of the
box office.
He said: “It’s not a great deal of money from my point
of view but I have enjoyed writing the show. And when you tot up
the dinners and bar takings it won’t have hurt the King’s
Head either.
“It’s a wonderful way of honouring the memory of Dan.” |
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