Ducktastic to Close in the West End on November 19

Ducktastic, which was created by the same team responsible for The Play What I Wrote writers and performers Hamish McColl and Sean Foley, director Kenneth Branagh and designer by Alice Power, is will end its run at the Albery Theatre on November 19.

Whereas The Play What I Wrote was inspired by Morecambe and Wise, McColl and Foley took the inspiration for Ducktastic from the world's master illusionists, Las Vegas' Siegfried and Roy. McColl plays Christopher Ursula Sassoon and Foley plays Roy de la Rue née Street--both lads that want to be world-famous illusionists.

The show began performances in the West End on October 11 and officially opened on October 19. In his review of the production, Variety's Matt Wolf wrote: "As aimless theatrical events go, you could do worse than Ducktastic, a self-described 'comedy spectacular' that in truth feels closer to an elaborately produced college revue. Hamish McColl and Sean Foley's first West End entry since The Play What I Wrote is best approached with a couple of drinks under your belt late start of 8:15 helps and a thirst for cheesy gags… Helmer Kenneth Branagh's production gives off the air of a work still in progress. You smile often, sometimes chortle, and just as occasionally wince."

In addition to McColl and Foley, the cast of Ducktastic includes Alex Kelly, Liz Crowther, Ruby Snape, Kyle Reece, Clive Hayward and Simone de la Rue.