David Tennant Good Harold Pinter Theatre

Good, starring David Tennant to open at the Harold Pinter Theatre in 2021

The production will now run for a limited engagement of 12 weeks from April 2021.

Sophie Thomas
Sophie Thomas

David Tennant will star in the West End revival of C. P. Taylor's Good, now set to open at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Originally scheduled to run at the Playhouse Theatre from next month, the production will now begin performances in April 2021 and it will play for 12 weeks.

If you are a current ticket holder for Good with LondonTheatre.co.uk, you will be given priority for the new dates and we will be in touch.

Good tickets for the new performances are on sale from 12th October.

Good will begin previews at the Harold Pinter Theatre on 21st April, ahead of an official opening night on 27th April and running to 17th July 2021.

The cast will star Tennant as John Halder, whose West End credits include Don Juan in Soho at the Wyndham's Theatre, as well as Much Ado About Nothing and Lobby Hero at the Donmar Warehouse. On television, he's best known as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who.

Fenella Woolgar will play Helen, previously appearing in Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic and Handbagged at the Vaudeville Theatre. Elliot Levey will play Maurice, recently starring in Snowflake at the Kiln Theatre and Mary Stuart at the Duke of York's Theatre.

First performed at the Donmar Warehouse in 1981, Good tells the story of John Halder, a German professor who progresses through the ranks of the SS. As his morals and ambition comes into question, his life is altered drastically during World War Two.

The Olivier Award-winning director Dominic Cooke will direct GoodCooke's production of Follies at the National Theatre recently won Best Revival at the Oliviers. He's also directed productions including Jerusalem and Clybourne Park, and is set to direct the upcoming revival of Hello, Dolly!, starring Imelda Staunton.

Good is now at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 21 April to July 2021.

Good tickets are on sale from 12th October.

Photo credit: Magnus Manske (Flickr) under CC. 2.0.

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