Full cast announced for UK premiere of 'Mother Russia'

Full casting for the UK premiere of Lauren Yee’s Mother Russia, at Hampstead Theatre has been announced.

Summary

• The complete cast for the UK premiere of Lauren Yee’s *Mother Russia* has been announced.
• Samuel Creasey will play the role of Dimitri, Lucy McCormick will play Mother Russia
• Kirsty Rider will play Katya, and Matthew Tennyson plays Evgeny

The complete cast for the UK premiere of Lauren Yee’s Mother Russia has been announced. Directed by Oscar Toeman the production plays Hampstead Downstairs from 11 December until 30 January 2027.

Critics' Circle Theatre Awards Most Promising Newcomer Samuel Creasey will play the role of Dimitri, Lucy McCormick will play Mother Russia, Kirsty Rider will play Katya, and Matthew Tennyson plays Evgeny.

Set in 1992 St Petersburg, 1992, where communism and capitalism are colliding, friends Evgeny and Dmitri look to their futures in this unfamiliar world. Will this new free market bring personal freedom?

Espionage and racketeering promise the biggest pay cheques; their first surveillance target is Katya, a fiery young woman who has lived in the West and acquired a complex history of her own. Evgeny immediately falls for her - but how do you confess your feelings to someone who doesn't know you are listening to their every word?

Playwright Yee said: "Over the past decade, I've been embarking on a cycle of plays about Communism in Asia in the 20th century and its collision with Western pop culture. Mother Russia is the latest play to be borne out of that impulse. To me, Mother Russia is a wild ride through early 90s Russia that's a mirror for the topsy turvy world we live in today. I cannot wait to see how the irreverent humour and unexpected guts of the piece lands in the UK with this incredible team."

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