Final Show: $5 Off Tix: Hitchcock’s “The 39 Steps” from San Francisco Playhouse (Mar. 7-Apr. 20)

It’s Hitchcock, but hilarious. In The 39 Steps, four actors play over 100 roles, resulting in a Tony-winning play that’s part slapstick comedy, part noir thriller. Save $5 off tickets with code FUNCHEAP.

Following a mysterious murder, the rather dull Richard Hannay launches on a high-speed chase from a London music hall to Scotland’s highlands, where he must dodge devious spies, woo beautiful bombshells, and attempt to reveal secrets of The 39 Steps, an international spy ring. With inventive stagecraft and masterful performances, four nimble actors play more than 100 characters in this riotous spoof that is equal parts slapstick comedy and film noir thriller.

The 39 Steps 
San Francisco Playhouse
March 7 – April 20, 2024
450 Post St., San Francisco
Tickets start at $10 $15 – including limited orchestra tickets!

Exclusive – Get $5 off Tickets w/ secret code FUNCHEAP

The best seats go quickly. Tickets are subject to availability. Promo code not valid for past purchases.

“Theatre at its finest… absurdly enjoyable! This gleefully theatrical riff on Hitchcock’s film is fast and frothy, performed by a cast of four that seems like a cast of thousands.” – The New York Times

About The Creators

PATRICK BARLOW’S Olivier-nominated adaptation of A Christmas Carol has played off-Broadway and London’s West End while his 4-person adaptation of The 39 Steps has played in over forty countries worldwide, winning Olivier, Helpmann, Moliere and Tony Awards and making Patrick the most performed playwright in America for 2012/13. Most recently, his rewriting of John Milton’s Comus has played to critical acclaim at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

Patrick is also celebrated in the UK for his two-man theatre company National Theatre of Brent, whose comedy epics include Wagner’s Ring Cycle, The Charles and Diana Story, The Messiah, The Wonder of Sex, The Arts and How They Was Done, The Black Hole of Calcutta, The Life and Times of the Dalai Lama and Zulu! They have won two Sony Gold Awards, a Premier Ondas Award for Best European Comedy and the New York Festival Gold Award for Best Comedy.

JOHN BUCHAN managed to juggle an extremely successful career as a writer with a even more successful career as a politician and diplomat. In 1935, the same year his perennial classic The Thirty-Nine Steps was adapted for film by Alfred Hitchcock, he was appointed Governor General of Canada. He died five years later, leaving behind over one hundred published books, including novels, poetry and short story collections, and biographies.

 

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