National Theatre Live: Jack Absolute Flies Again

July 1940. After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish. Back on British soil, Jack’s advances soon turn to anarchy when the young heiress demands to be loved on her own, very particular, terms. A rollicking comedy by Richard Bean (One Man, Two Guvnors) and Oliver Chris (Twelfth Night).

• Emily BurnsDirector
• Oliver ChrisWriter
• Richard BeanWriter

• Laurie DavidsonJack Absolute
• Natalie SimpsonLydia Languish
• Caroline QuentinMrs Malaprop
• Peter ForbesSir Anthony Absolute
• Helena WilsonJulia Melville
• Jordan MetcalfeRoy Faulkland
• Kerry HowardLucy
• James CorriganBob 'Wingnut' Acres
• Kelvin FletcherDudley Scunthorpe
• Akshay SharanBikram 'Tony' Khattri
• Tim SteedBrian Coventry
• Theo CowenPeter Kingsmith