Jumpy, a family drama starring Tamsin Greig, sold-out four days after its opening night in 2011.

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Director Stephen Frears (The Queen) was instead accompanied by Arterton's co-stars Dominic Cooper and Tamsin Greig.

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With a fine cast led by Tamsin Greig and Iain Glen, and Lizzie Clachan's perfect set, it almost works (until April 6).

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In the first season, a British screenwriting couple, Sean and Beverly Lincoln (Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig), arrive in Hollywood to remake their sophisticated hit sitcom for Americans an easy payday, they imagine.

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"Phones go off all the time and if I'm speaking I tend to stop speaking and wait for it to finish and carry on, " says Tamsin Greig, star of this year's West End transfer of Jumpy.

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