Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age has announced it will make a West End bow at London's Theatre Royal Drury January 15 and 16, 2024. Alan Cumming will subsequently take his show, presented by AEG and Fourth Wall Live, to Manchester and Glasgow.
The show centers around this question: "What exactly is acting your age?" As Cumming explained in a statement, "I’m constantly told, even now in my sixth decade, that I am child-like or puckish, and yet at the same time I’m also called a silver fox and a daddy. I think we all get really mixed messages about ageing. We’re told to worship at the fountain of youth, to do everything we can to our bodies and our minds to stay young, yet then we bandy around pejoratives like 'grow up' or 'act your age,' even that we’re 'mutton dressed as lamb.' I feel I’m still at an age where I can dance till dawn but also be able to dole out some wisdom to my fellow revelers! Wisdom is just being able to recognize the repeating patterns that emerge as you get older, and maybe deciding to react to them differently. It’s just the same show with different costumes."
The show covers the classic topics of sex, death, and debauchery with a set list that ranges from Kander and Ebb to contemporary favorites and songs written by Cumming himself. A multi-talented artist, the Tony and Olivier winner starred in Burns Off-Broadway last year, and has also starred on Broadway in Cabaret and Macbeth. He's also graced the screen in many film and TV projects, including Schmigadoon.
Cumming will bring the show to Manchester's Bridgewater Hall January 18, 2024 and Glasgow's SEC Armadillo January 20, 2024.
Tickets will go on sale July 28 at 10 AM BST.
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