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Amanda Lawrence, Kevin Bishop and Harry Enfield in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Amanda Lawrence, Kevin Bishop and Harry Enfield in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Buffy Davis, Kevin Bishop and Lizzy Connolly in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Buffy Davis, Kevin Bishop and Lizzy Connolly in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Company members in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Company members in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Harry Enfield in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Harry Enfield in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Claudie Blakley in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Claudie Blakley in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Harry Enfield in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Harry Enfield in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Company members in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Company members in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Company members in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Company members in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Kevin Bishop, Okorie Chukwu and Amy Griffiths in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Kevin Bishop, Okorie Chukwu and Amy Griffiths in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Adrian Der Gregorian, Daniel Abelson and Otto Farrant in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

Adrian Der Gregorian, Daniel Abelson and Otto Farrant in rehearsal for the Young Vic’s production of Once in a Lifetime. Photograph taken at the Copperfield Rehearsal Rooms SE1 © Johan Persson

In rehearsal: Once In A Lifetime

Published 7 November 2016

Harry Enfield, Kevin Bishop, Claudie Blakley and John Marquez star in the upcoming production of Once In A Lifetime at the Young Vic – go inside the rehearsal room with our gallery!

1930s Broadway classic Once In A Lifetime tells the farcical story of three New York vaudevillians who, upon the advent of talking motion pictures in Hollywood, journey West to capitalise by opening an elocution school.

When the first-ever talking movie opens to smash-hit success, every actor suddenly needs a voice. Espying an opportunity, the trio present themselves as experts in the field of elocution, the perfect candidates to prepare starlets for the silver screen.

But in a city powered by all-powerful studio moguls, neurotic screenwriters and clueless hopefuls, can the three friends retain the life of glitz, glamour and success they attain, or will their desire for fame peter out as the responsibilities amass?

Directed by the Olivier Award-winning Young Vic favourite Richard Jones, the show runs across the festive season to tickle ribs and warm hearts in classic Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman satire-loaded style.

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