Billy Crudup and Denise Gough to star in world premiere of 'High Noon'

Directed by Olivier Award-winner Thea Sharrock, High Noon is based on the Academy Award-winning 1952 film by Carl Foreman and is hailed as one of the greatest westerns ever made.

Summary

• The Morning Show's Billy Crudup and People Places & Things star Denise Gough will lead world premiere of High Noon
• High Noon is based on the 1952 western written by Carl Foreman
• Eric Roth adapts High Noon for the stage
• Performances will begin at the Harold Pinter Theatre in December

Tony Award winner Billy Crudup (The Morning Show, Harry Clarke) and Olivier Award winner Denise Gough (People, Places & Things) will star in the world premiere of High Noon by Eric Roth. Performances will begin at the Harold Pinter in the West End on 17 December, running through 7 March 2026.

Directed by Olivier Award-winner Thea Sharrock, High Noon is based on the Academy Award-winning 1952 film by Carl Foreman and is hailed as one of the greatest westerns ever made. The play is set in the American West of the 1800s, and follows Will Kane (Crudup) and Amy Fowler (Gough) as their love is tested by impossible choices when a deadly outlaw returns to town.

Producer Paula Wagner said today "There’s no one better than Eric Roth to reimagine High Noon for the stage. His debut as a playwright feels both thrilling and inevitable. With Thea Sharrock’s inspired direction and the incredible talents of Billy Crudup and Denise Gough, High Noon will bring the urgency and heart of the classic film to audiences in a way that feels both timeless and powerfully alive today.”

Producer Tom Werner said today "Every once in a while, I see a play whose themes stick with me long after I leave the theatre. Those experiences are both thrilling and astonishing. It happened recently when I saw Sarah Snook in The Picture of Dorian Gray. And it happened when I saw High Noon this summer in a workshop. Billy Crudup and Denise Gough in Eric Roth’s adaptation of High Noon is not to be missed.”

High Noon has set and costume design by Tim Hatley (Life of Pi, Back to the Future The Musical), lighting design by Neil Austin (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Born with Teeth) and the composer and music producer is Chris Egan.

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Photo credit: Billy Crudup and Denise Gough. (Photos by Jesse Dittmar and Sam Irons)