The Royal Court's West End season - Cast announced for Laura Wade's POSH
CAST ANNOUNCED FOR
POSH
By Laura Wade
Directed by Lyndsey Turner
Press Performance: Wednesday 23 May 2012
ROYAL COURT THEATRE PRODUCTIONS AND AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP PRESENT A ROYAL COURT WEST END SEASON AT DUKE OF YORK’S THEATRE
Royal Court Theatre Productions and Ambassador Theatre Group bring a season of the Royal Court Theatre’s work to the heart of the West End.
The Royal Court’s West End season begins with Posh, Laura Wade’s searing take on Britain’s classes, old money and the ultra privileged. Lyndsey Turner directs.
The cast is Max Bennett (In Basildon, Royal Court; Danton’s Death, National); Leo Bill (Girl With The Dragon Tattoo; Posh, Royal Court); Pip Carter (The Cherry Orchard and Gethsemane, National); Jolyon Coy (Posh and Before The Flood, Royal Court); Richard Goulding (The Soldier and the Maker, Barbican; Posh, Royal Court); Edward Killingback (Posh marks Edward’s professional stage debut); Harry Lister Smith (Hamlet, Sheffield Crucible); Henry Lloyd-Hughes (The Inbetweeners, series and film; Posh, Royal Court); Charlotte Lucas (The Changeling, Young Vic; Posh, Royal Court); Joshua McGuire (Hamlet, Globe / International tour; Posh, Royal Court); Tom Mison (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen; Posh, Royal Court); Jessica Ransom (Doc Martin; The Wonder! A Woman Keep’s a Secret, BAC); Steffan Rhodri (Gavin and Stacey; Clybourne Park, Royal Court; Absent Friends, West End); and Simon Shepherd (Art, West End; Posh, Royal Court).
In an oak-panelled room in Oxford, ten young bloods with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are meeting, intent on restoring their right to rule. Members of an elite student dining society, the boys are bunkering down for a wild night of debauchery, decadence and bloody good wine. But this isn’t just a jolly: they’re planning a revolution.
Welcome to the Riot Club.
Posh played to 100% capacity at the Royal Court and remains one of the highest-grossing shows ever to play in the theatre.
The Royal Court is a leading force in world theatre, finding and producing new plays that are original, contemporary and challenging. This summer the Royal Court will be simultaneously producing work at its home in Sloane Square, in the West End, New York with an off Broadway production of Cock by Mike Bartlett as well as the next Theatre Local season.
Cast:
Max Bennett Harry Villiers
Leo Bill Alistair Ryle
Pip Carter Hugo Fraser-Tyrwhitt
Jolyon Coy Toby Maitland
Richard Goulding George Balfour
Edward Killingback Miles Richards
Harry Lister Smith Ed Montgomery
Henry Lloyd-Hughes Dimitri Mitropoulos
Charlotte Lucas Charlie
Joshua McGuire Guy Bellingfield
Tom Mison James Leighton-Masters
Jessica Ransom Rachel
Steffan Rhodri Chris
Simon Shepherd Jeremy
Creative Team:
Writer Laura Wade
Director Lyndsey Turner
Designer Anthony Ward
Lighting Designer Charles Balfour
Sound Designer David McSeveney
LONDON LISTINGS INFORMATION – Royal Court at the Duke of York’s Theatre
Dates: Friday 11 May to Saturday 4 August 2012
Performances: Monday – Saturday at 7.30pm. Saturday and Wednesday matinees at 2.30pm
Ticket prices: £15-£52.50. 20
best price seats at £10 each, available in person only, at the box office from 10am
on the day of the performance. Concessions and group discounts apply (Students £25 on Wednesday
matinees / Seniors £32.50 Monday to Thursday in advance, £29.50 on the door). See website for full details.
Access Performances: Audio-Described: Saturday 30th June 2.30pm
Captioned: Wednesday 11th July 7.30pm
Address: Duke of York’s Theatre, St. Martin’s Lane, London WC2N 4BG
Box Office: 0844 871 7623*
Website: www.royalcourtatdukes.com
Royal Court Theatre Box Office: 020 7565 5000*
Website: www.royalcourttheatre.com
*Booking fees apply
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