Gavin and Stacey star joins Blur-Oasis Britpop Battle
Gavin and Stacey star Mathew Horne will play influential Britpop music executive Andy Ross in new musical The Battle, heading next year to Manchester Opera House (March 17-21); York's Grand Opera House (June 9-13) and Storyhouse, Chester (July 28-Aug 1).
It's London in 1995 and two of the country’s biggest bands release singles on the same day, commencing the battle of Britpop. On one side, clean-cut, art-school intellectuals from the South - Blur; on the other, raw and unapologetic lads from the North - who else but Oasis?
Rivalries flare, friendships fracture and at the centre of it all is a fan rivalry that would define an era – were you Blur or Oasis?
Mathew says: “This play is right in the sweet spot of my teenage experience. I’m thrilled to be exploring it on stage with such a talented creative team.”
The actor's other theatre credits credits Include: Endgame; The Lover / The Collection; Noises Off; Rain Man and Charley’s Aunt. TV includes Gavin and Stacey; Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes; Worried About The Boy; Catherine Tate’s Nan and Bad Education.
