Colin Morgan cast in Our Private Life at the Royal Court

Colin Morgan has been cast in Our Private Life, a black comedy by Pedro Miguel Rozo, translated by Simon Scardifield, which opens at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs 18 Feb 2011, following previews from 11 Feb - running to 12 Mar 2011.

Colin Morgan is best known for playing the title character in the BBC TV series Merlin. He made his professional theatre debut in the title role of the Young Vic's adaptation of DBC Pierre's Vernon God Little. His other London stage credits include "All About My Mother" at the Old Vic in 2007 and "A Prayer For My Daughter" at the Young Vivc in 2008.

The cast also includes Ishia Bennison, Clare Cathcart, Eugene O'Hare, Adrian Schiller, Anthony O'Donnell, Joshua Williams.

Directed by Lyndsey Turner, designed by Lizzie Clachan, lighting by Peter Mumford, sound by Carolyn Downing.

When a rumour spreads like wildfire through a Colombian village, a respectable family start to wither in the heat. As long- buried secrets begin to surface, their efforts to discern truth from slander become fused with a desire for justice.