Co-written by
Ian Shaw and
Joseph Nixon and inspired by Robert Shaw's experience playing Quint in Jaws,
The Shark Is Broken is the brilliantly funny play which
celebrates movie history as it peeks at the choppy waters behind Hollywood"s first blockbuster and imagines what happened on board
The Orca when the cameras stopped rolling during the filming of Steven Spielberg's epic movie.
Starring
Ian Shaw (Warhorse, Common) as his father,
Robert Shaw, the UK and Ireland tour sets sail January 2025, arriving in Brighton in early April.
Tickets are now on sale.
FADE IN: The open ocean, 1974. Filming is delayed… again. The lead actors - theatre veteran Robert Shaw and young Hollywood hotshots Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider - are crammed into a too-small boat, entirely at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical co-star. Alcohol flows, egos collide, and tempers flare on a chaotic voyage that just might lead to cinematic magic… if it doesn't sink them all.
The Shark Is Brokrn will play Theatre Royal Brighton from Monday 7th to Saturday 12th April 2025. Tickets are on sale at ATGTickets.com/Brighton.