And though the versatile cast may number only four, and the set is little more than doors, chairs and steam, the quartet of actors in The 39 Steps do the work of thousands as they whisk their audience from London to Edinburgh to the Highlands and back in a breathless tour de force. Over 100 rollercoaster minutes, rattling through no fewer than 139 comedic characters, the whistlestop play is a madcap masterclass in ingenious theatricality. Tom Byrne – you may recognise him as Prince Andrew in... Read this story
