The Grand Babylon Hotel

By Arnold Bennett | Adapted for the stage by Deborah McAndrew | Directed by Conrad Nelson

Nella Racksole wants steak and beer for her birthday treat, but these are not on the menu of the exclusive Grand Babylon Hotel – so her American Railroad Millionaire father obligingly buys the chef… the kitchen… the entire hotel.

However, The Grand Babylon is not all it seems, and Theodore Racksole soon discovers there’s more than a juicy steak on his plate – with kidnapping and murder for starters!

Have Theodore and Nella bitten off more than they can chew?

The Grand Babylon Hotel is a rollicking comedy thriller, with a virtuoso cast of five bringing you many faces, chases, glamour, intrigue, and a couple of German princes thrown in for good measure.

A riotous evening out!

★★★★★ ‘…infernally captivating and brilliant throughout.’ – Whatson

★★★★★ ‘…fun-filled, whirlwind of mayhem and chaos…’ – Baba Baboon

★★★★★ ‘A sensational, utterly bonkers, really funny play’ – Stoke is where the heart is

★★★★ ‘This is that rare thing, a great night out.’ – Northern Soul

★★★★ ‘Accomplished adaptation of Arnold Bennett’s novel is packed with clever comedy… switches deliriously between the daft and the macabre.’ – The Stage

The cast features: Shelley Atkinson (Marvellous, New Vic and Soho Place Theatre; Blithe Spirit, Stephen Joseph Theatre) as Miss Spencer, Baroness Zerlinski, Messenger and Nanny Heidi, Thomas Cotran (Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare North Playhouse and Stephen Joseph Theatre) as Reginald Dimmock, Prince Albert of Posen and Rocco, Michael Hugo (One Man, Two Guvnors, New Vic Theatre; What the Butler Saw, London Classic Theatre) as Jules, Tom Jackson, Detective Marshall, Porter, Ticket Collector and Prince Eugen of Posen, Alice Pryor (Inferna, Riverside; BLEACHED, Etcetera Theatre) as Nella Racksole, and Bill Champion (The Girl Next Door, Stephen Joseph Theatre; Moll Flanders, Mercury Theatre Colchester) as Theodore Racksole.