The 39 steps

A whisky, two stubborn singletons bound by handcuffs, and a chase from London to the Scottish Highlands, The 39 Steps takes a Hitchcock masterpiece based on the ground-breaking spy novel by John Buchan and transforms it into a theatrical spectacle of comedy, action, romance, and fresh fish.

Adapted by Patrick Barlow for the West End and Broadway, this Olivier and two-time Tony award winning play has dozens of characters – all played by a ridiculously talented cast of four – with sound effects created live by an on-stage Foley artist. The play is a pastiche of Hitchcock’s 1935 film (and his other works),with laugh-out-loud comedy from witty dialogue – often unchanged from Hitchcock’s writers – and inventive stagecraft, on a stripped-back set in the intimate surroundings of Adelaide’s Little Theatre.