July and August

Casting has been announced for Time And Time Again which comes to the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne from Tuesday, July 28-Saturday, August 1.

Taking to the stage will be Pete Ashmore as Leonard, Katy Dean as Anna, Phil Stewart is Graham, with Tanya-Loretta Dee as Joan and Simon Pothecary taking the role of Peter.

Phil&Ben in association with Eastbourne Productions present Alan Ayckbourn's award-winning play, a poignant, laugh-out loud comedy which follows Leonard, a quiet, socially awkward man who lives with his sister Anna and husband Graham. Leonard pursues Joan, trying to wrestle her affection away from her sports-mad fiancé Peter.

A spokesman said: “With Sunday league football, village cricket, a generous helping of Battenburg cake, and of course, inevitable misunderstanding and mistaken identities, Time and Time Again is Ayckbourn’s 11th full-length work which opened in Scarborough in 1971 and had its West End première the following year, going onto become one of his best-loved works despite being written in just six days!”

Tanya-Loretta Dee’s television credits include EastEnders, Peaky Blinders and The Bill. On stage, she has worked with some of the biggest names in the UK theatre scene including Sir Alan Ayckbourn on Things We Do For Love and Constant Companions.

Pete Ashmore returns to the Devonshire Park. He’s previously appeared in Strangers On A Train, Bedroom Farce and Murder By Misadventure in Eastbourne. Other credits include The Rivals (The Orange Tree) and Romeo & Juliet (Belgrade Coventry, Bristol Old Vic and Hackney Empire). TV includes The Crown (Netflix).

Simon Pothecary’s credits include The Woman in Black (West End); Not About Heroes (West End); and Romeo and Juliet (international tour). Simon has also worked heavily in motion capture for AAA Video Games and on screen in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (Warner Bros/Framestore); Love, Death & Robots (Netflix/Axis Studios).

Katy Dean’s Eastbourne appearances include An Inspector Calls, Table Manners, Absent Friends, Abigail’s Party and Gaslight. Other theatre credits include The Full Monty, Body Double, Trespass, Blithe Spirit, Spend, Spend, Spend (Best Actress nominee Union Theatre) and Blood Brothers (West End). Television includes The Gathering (Channel 4) and Emmerdale (ITV).

Phil Stewart’s Eastbourne appearances include The Invisible Man and The 39 Steps (Eastbourne Theatres). His West End credits include The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night-Time, The Audience and Blood Brothers. Television includes The Bill and Brits Who Made the Modern World and the film Broken Church.

To book, visit eastbournetheatres.co.uk or call 01323 412000.