The Shark Is Broken

UK Tour (2 venues)

Mon 17 Feb - Sat 12 Apr 2025

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1 hour 35 minutes

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Richmond

Richmond Theatre

Mon 17 Feb - Sat 22 Feb 2025

Brighton

Theatre Royal Brighton

Mon 7 Apr - Sat 12 Apr 2025

DIVE INTO THE DRAMA BEHIND THE SCENES OF HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST BLOCKBUSTER

UK tour (2 venues)

Mon 17 Feb - Sat 12 Apr 2025

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FADE IN: The open ocean, 1974. Filming is delayed…again. The lead actors - theatre veteran Robert Shaw and young Hollywood hotshots Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider - are crammed into a too-small boat, entirely at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical co-star. Alcohol flows, egos collide, and tempers flare on a chaotic voyage that just might lead to cinematic magic…if it doesn’t sink them all.

Step aboard the Orca and into THE SHARK IS BROKEN, a “profound dive behind the scenes of the making of Jaws” (The Daily Telegraph, ★★★★). This Olivier Award-nominated new play is “hilariously brilliant and pure genius” raves the Sunday Express (★★★★★) and stars Ian Shaw (War Horse, Common) as his father, Robert Shaw.

A smash hit in the West End and on Broadway, THE SHARK IS BROKEN celebrates movie history and peeks at the choppy waters behind Hollywood’s first blockbuster.

Short tempers. Short circuits. 95 minutes, no intermission.

Photo features previous West End cast.

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UK Tour (2 venues)

Mon 17 Feb - Sat 12 Apr 2025

For group bookings of 10 or more:

Submit a request online

Or call 020 7206 1174

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