The 39 Steps

Directed by Themi Venturas, The 39 Steps features Clare Mortimer, Loyiso McDonald and Michael Gritten - all playing a cast of thousands - and Clinton Small as the title character, Richard Hannay.

Patrick Barlow's Olivier Award and Tony Award winning stage adaptation, based on John Buchan's gripping whodunit, memorably filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935, in its sixth year on the West End and its fifth year on Broadway finally comes to Durban to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Catalina Theatre.

The 39 Steps is a delicious stylised melodrama inspired by the 1935 cult film by Alfred Hitchcock and adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan.

The premise of the comedy is for the entire cast of the 1935 adventure film to be performed by a cast of four, with actors sometimes playing multiple characters at once! Nothing has been cut from this hilarious and spectacular version of Britain's most spellbinding thriller - legendary scenes include the chase on the Flying Scotsman, the escape on the Fourth Bridge, the first theatrical bi-plane crash ever staged and the death-defying (or nearly!) finale at the London Palladium!

With four actors playing a minimum of one hundred and thirty-nine roles, it's the most astonishing theatrical tour de force of the year. Under the direction of Themi Venturas, who had to travel to London to learn the show, the Durban production brings together four stalwarts of the Durban scene.

This show is festive fun of the first order for the whole family beginning on 8 and 9 Dec with two low-price previews.

Opening night is 12 December. The 39 Steps marks the Catalina Theatre's 10 birthday. The Catalina opened its doors for the first time on 12 December 2002.

Performance will be on Thurs and Fri at 8pm, at Saturdays at 2.30 & 8pm and Sundays at 2.30 and 6pm. The 39 Steps will play until 30 Dec. Bookings can be made by calling 0313056889 or booking online at https://www.strictlytickets.com.

The 39 Steps is adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan from the movie of Alfred Hitchcock. Licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited and an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon presented by arrangement with Samuel French Limited.