Welcome to another challenge of your theatre knowledge. If you entered last month’s quiz, it’s time look out your answers and check them with those at the bottom of the page. This month there are another 12 pictures with 18 points up for grabs, how many can you score? Answers will follow with October’s quiz, just remember, it’s all for fun.
1 | Who wrote the play Zigger Zagger, the first new work commissioned by the National Youth Youth Theatre, and in what year? (2 points)
2 | Sid James died on stage after suffering a heart attack during a performance of The Mating Game on 26 April 1976, in which theatre? (1 point)
3 | The play I Ran With The Gang told the life story of which member of the Bay City Rollers? (1 point)
4 | Can you name the theatre in the image and the year that it opened? (2 points)
5 | The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh 2019, name the sc-fi play with a bonus if you know the link to Priscilla Queen of the Desert? (2 points)
6 | What is the name of the outdoor night show that takes audiences on a journey through 2,000 years of history, myth and legend with a cast and crew of 1,000 on a vast 7.5-acre stage in Bishop Auckland. (1 point)
7 | Name the actors and the play in this production shot from a 2012 UK tour? (3 points)
8 | Name the character and the musical? (2 points)
9 | Name this currently touring production? (1 point)
10 | Josh Barrow starred in this play written by Alex Oates and directed by Dominic Shaw, name the play? (1 point)
11 | Which musical theatre star surprised theatre-goers by starring in William Mastrosimone’s dark play Extremities at The Old Red Lion in Islington in 2003? (1 point)
12 | Which theatre staged the World Premiere of the 2016 stage play of The Exorcist ahead of its transfer to the West End? (1 point)
ANSWERS TO LAST MONTH’S QUIZ CAN BE FOUND BELOW
1 Tom Whalley & Miss Rory at Sunderland Empire | 2 The Karate Kid The Musical | 3 Wyndham’s Theatre | 4 Christine Baranski as Judith Bliss and Richard E Grant as David Bliss in Hay Fever | 5 The Playhouse | 6 Divina de Campo in Ride The Cyclone | 7 79th | 8 John Mortimer | 9 The Mousetrap at St Martin’s Theatre | 10 Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre in The Hunger Games: On Stage | 11 Jason Donovan (Bottom right) | 12 20th
