Matthew Warchus announces new productions as part of Old Vic season
Artistic director at the Old Vic Matthew Warchus has announced a number of new productions as part of a new season at the theatre.
Director Rachel Chavkin will make her Old Vic debut when she mounts a production of Arthur Miller's The American Clock. Running form 4th February, the play follows the Baums, an American family struggling during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Miller's masterpiece All My Sons will then be revived by director Jeremy Herrin from 15th April. Starring Sally Field, Bill Pullman, Jenna Coleman and Colin Morgan, the play follows successful couple Joe and Kate Keller, whose lives are overshadowed by the loss of their eldest son at war.
Lucy Prebble's play about a modern-day assassination in London is also set to be premiered as part of the season. With dates to be announced, the ENRON writer's new play A Very Expensive Poison will transport the Old Vic to the shadowy areas of Fitzrovia and the brothels of Soho.
It has also been announced that David Greig and Bill Forsyth will adapt Forsyth's film Local Hero, set to be staged in 2020. Directed by John Crowley and with music and lyrics by Mark Knopfler, the comedy is about a businessman who is sent to a Scottish town with a view of purchasing it and the surrounding area.
Further casting has also been announced for the festive revival of Jack Throne's adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Starring alongside Stephen Tompkinson will be: Rosanna Bates, Ava Brennan, Jamie Cameron, Peter Caulfield, Oliver Evans, Eugene McCoy, Myra McFadyen, Frances McNamee, Alastair Parker, Michael Rouse, Tim van Eyken and Witney White.
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