Little Theatre presents The 39 Steps

The longest running comedy in London's West End began its 10 performance season at Woy Woy's Peninsula Theatre on Friday, October 26.

The 39 Steps is based on the well-known Alfred Hitchcock thriller, but has been transformed into a hilarious and thrilling play that won the 2007 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy in London.

A cast of four actors play 139 characters in this production from Woy Woy Little Theatre.

Two Central Coast actors, Duncan Piney and Paul Russell, play a multitude of characters between them, while Martin-John Pemberton plays hero Richard Hannay and Caitlin Shaw dips in and out of disguises as Pamela, Margaret and Annabella Schmidt.

All four are regulars with the 50-year-old theatre group, with Piney last seen as the stalker in Boy Gets Girl.

He has also appeared in Sydney and Melbourne theatre productions, as well as a major part in The Winslow Boy at the Sydney Opera House.

Paul Russell has some 30 years of experience in professional and community theatre in Brisbane, Perth, Sydney, Newcastle and the Central Coast, where he was seen in Woy Woy Little Theatre's stagings of David Williamson's Influence and Operator.

Both Pemberton and Shaw have many shows under their belts, and were last seen on stage in the sold-out Woy Woy production of Arsenic and Old Lace earlier this year.

The 39 Steps will run until Sunday, November 11.

Media Release, 22 Oct 2012

David Wicks, Woy Woy Little Theatre