Details

Miss Shepherd is a curious and enigmatic lady. Alan knows very little about her. She used to drive ambulances in the war, might have been a nun, sells pencils and pamphlets and has an unexplained aversion to piano music. But somehow she lives in the playwright's garden and has done for years. The Lady in the Van is based on renowned British playwright Alan Bennett's own recollections of the indomitable Miss Shepherd and is, as with any Bennett play, a beautifully observed, sharply intelligent and wonderfully witty drama.

Cast/Performers

Malcolm Scates (Alan Bennett 1), Malcolm James (Alan Bennett 2), Ann Rye (Miss Shepherd), David Bowen (Leo Fairchild), Ian Burford (Underwood), Greg Haiste, Nigel Hastings (Rufus), Helen Hobson (Pauline), Ganiat Kasumu (Jane), Vanessa Rosenthal (Alan Bennett's mother)

Creatives/Company

Author: Alan Bennett
Producer: West Yorkshire Playhouse (in association with Richard Jordan Productions Ltd)
Director: Ian Brown
Design: Dick Bird
Lighting: Neil Austin
Sound: Mic Pool
Music: Phillip Dupuy
Other: Penny Dyer (voice coach)