Olivier Award-nominated Rachel Kavanaugh will direct Nicholas Farrell (as Guy Burgess), Belinda Lang (as Coral Browne and Her Majesty the Queen) and David Robb (as Anthony Blunt) in an extensive UK tour.
Nicholas Farrell starred as Alan Bennett in The Lady in the Van (Queen’s Theatre) and his extensive film career includes The Iron Lady, Legend and Chariots of Fire.
Belinda Lang is best known for playing Bill Porter in hit TV show 2 Point 4 Children (BBC) and other screen credits include Second Thoughts (LWT), Doctors (BBC) and Midsomer Murders (ITV).  She has recently appeared on stage in Oklahoma! (Northampton/tour), Ladies in Lavender (national tour), Hay Fever (Royal Exchange and Haymarket Theatre) and East is East (Birmingham Rep)
David Robb is currently on screen as Dr. Clarkson in the multi-award winning drama Downton Abbey (ITV). His extensive television credits also include Wolf Hall, Roman Mysteries and Garrow’s Law (all BBC).  On stage he has recently appeared in The Audience (Apollo Theatre) and Hamlet (tour & West End).
Bennett’s award-winning espionage double bill is a pointedly satirical snapshot of two members of the infamous ‘Cambridge Five’, Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt, both recruited as spies by the Soviet Union during World War II.
In 1950s Moscow, Coral Browne receives an invitation to lunch with shunned Soviet spy, Guy Burgess, with the sole instruction to ‘bring a tape measure’.  An Englishman Abroad is a wry and touching play which chronicles the pair’s fleeting friendship and Burgess’ attempts to cling to his way of life as a Soviet citizen.
A Question of Attribution gives a glimpse into Anthony Blunt’s life of espionage within the very walls of Buckingham Palace.  Following his double-life as an art historian to royalty and a Soviet spy, this witty tale of forgery and deceit culminates in a sharp and candid interrogation from Her Majesty the Queen herself.
Single Spies premiered at the National Theatre in 1988, opening to critical acclaim and receiving an Olivier Award for Best New Comedy in 1990.
Rachel Kavanaugh was Artistic Director of Birmingham Repertory Theatre and has directed many celebrated productions at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre including The Sound of Music, Much Ado About Nothing and As You Like It.  For Chichester Festival Theatre, Kavanaugh’s Love Story was Olivier Award-nominated for Best New Musical and received a West End transfer.
Single Spies visits the Main House at Salisbury Playhouse from Monday 18 April to Saturday 23 April. For tickets or further information please contact the Ticket Office on 01722 320333 or visit www.salisburyplayhouse.com.