Quiz (theatre play)



Quiz is a theatre play written by British playwright James Graham. It made its world premiere at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, in November 2017, before transferring to the Noel Coward Theatre in London's West End in March 2018. The play centers on the true story of Charles Ingram and the coughing scandal that surrounded his 2001 win of £1,000,000 on the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Production history
Quiz is written by British playwright James Graham. Quiz centers around the true story of Charles Ingram (whom later came to be known as "the Coughing Major") and the coughing scandal that surrounded his 2001 win of £1,000,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and the subsequent court trial. In February 2017, it was announced the play would premiere at the Minerva Theatre, part of the Chichester Festival Theatre, on 3 November 2017, with an official opening night on 10 November, running until 2 December. Due to demand the run was extended to 9 December 2017. The play is directed by Daniel Evans, with design by Robert Jones, lighting design by Tim Lutkin, video design by Tim Reid and music and sound design by Ben and Max Ringham.

The show is based very closely on the real Charles Ingram cheating scandal, with the trivia questions taken directly from the source material, and the actors closely imitating the actions of the real-life characters, including Ingram himself, his wife Diana, accomplice Tecwen Whittock, host Chris Tarrant, and many more.

The audience are given the opportunity to act as the jury after each act, where they will have witnessed the arguments for the prosecution and the defence to decide whether or not Ingram was guilty.