Starz has released the trailer and key art for Tip Toe, the new drama series from Russell T Davies, starring Alan Cumming and David Morrissey. The series is coming on Starz following its U.K. airing Channel 4.
It is described by Starz, as a “darkly witty, yet harrowing and explosive thriller that explores the most corrosive forces facing the LGBTQ+ community today.”
Here’s the synopsis: “Leo (Cumming) and Clive (Morrissey) have lived next door to each other in Manchester for almost 15 years. Leo runs Spit & Polish, a bar on Canal Street and Clive is an electrician with two teenage sons. But just as life should be settling down for both, the world around them is growing more tense. Words become weapons, opinions become radicalized and gradually the two neighbors become deadly enemies in a tense, thrilling drama that spotlights the prejudices that have started to creep back into our lives, in a story that speaks not just to the queer community, but to the world at large.”
Who stars in ‘Tip Toe’?
Cumming and Morrissey lead the cast, which also features Pooky Quesnel as Clive’s wife, Marie; Jackson Connor as Clive’s youngest son, George; Joseph Evans as George’s older brother, Saul; Elizabeth Berrington as Leo’s best friend, Stephanie; Iz Hesketh as Zee; Shakeel Kimotho as Hanna; Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo as bar manager Judy; Paul Rhys as Melba; Charlie Condou as Leo’s ex-husband, Curtis; and Denise Welch as Diane.
Davies created the series, with Nicola Shindler, Davies, Peter Hoar and Cumming executive producing for Quay Street Productions. Phil Collinson produces, Hoar directs, and Andy Pryor serves as casting director. The series is produced in association with ITV Studios, which also distributes it internationally.
When does ‘Tip Toe’ premiere on Starz?
Tip Toe premieres Friday, Oct. 2, with new episodes streaming weekly on Fridays on Starz.
Watch the trailer below:
Featured image photo credit: Starz
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