Kit Harington and Johnny Flynn star in a new production of Sam Shepard's blistering play True West, for a limited season at the Vaudeville Theatre which opened in London's West End on 23rd November. Tickets are on sale for True West now.
Shepard's play is about a Hollywood screenwriter named Austin who is researching a film set in, and his brother Lee, a drifter who burgles homes for a living. They reunite for the first time in half a decade in their mother's home in California. Over the course of the play, Lee pushes Austin to the edge of a mental breakdown.
Kit Harington, who is best known for playing Jon Snow in the television phenomenon Game of Thrones, will play screenwriter Austin. Harington has an extensive stage career having made his debut in the National Theatre production of War Horse, which eventually transferred to the West End. He has also appeared in Posh at the Royal Court, The Vote at the Donmar Warehouse and Doctor Faustus at the Duke of York's.
Johnny Flynn is known for playing Dylan in the Netflix sitcom Lovesick, and is also a renowned singer-songwriter. On stage, he most recently appeared in Martin McDonagh's Hangmen at the Royal Court. He was nominated for an Olivier Award for his role in Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem.
Directed by Matthew Dunster, True West is at the Vaudeville Theatre now.
True West tickets are on sale now.
2hrs (including interval)
TBC
23rd November, 2018
23rd February, 2019
By: Sam Shepard
Director: Matthew Dunster
Cast list: Kit Harington, Johnny Flynn, Madeleine Potter and Donald Sage Mackay.
Design: Jon Bausor
Lighting: Joshua Carr
Costume: Jon Bausor
Sound: Ian Dickinson (for Autograph)
Location: West End
Railway station: Charing Cross
Bus numbers: (Strand) 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 87, 91, 139, 176
Night bus numbers: (Strand) 23, 139, 176, N6, N9, N11, N13, N15, N21, N26, N44, N47, N87, N89, N91, N155, N343, N551
Car park: St Martin's Lane Hotel (5mins)
Directions from tube: (5mins) Head out onto the main road Strand. Cross street where possible and go right 100 metres – it’s just after the Adelphi Theatre.
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