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Brie Larson electrifies the stage as Greek tragic heroine Elektra in Sophocles's tale of matricide and revenge. The star, who is making her West End debut, is best known for Captain Marvel, Lessons in Chemistry, and Room, the latter earning her an Oscar. Daniel Fish's (Oklahoma!) dark and experimental production promises to show the Hollywood actress in a whole new light.
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Two legends of the West End stage, Celia Imrie and Tamsin Greig play mother and daughter in Anna Mackmin's kaleidoscopic new play about love, family, and memory. Imrie is best known for her screen roles including Calendar Girls, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and Bridget Jones, while Greig starred in Green Wing, Friday Night Dinner, and Black Books. The two also starred together in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
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Life is a cabaret, old chum! Sensational duo Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace are starring as the Emcee and Sally Bowles in Kander and Ebb's musical, which is set in Berlin as the Nazis begin their rise to power. Porter originated the role of Lola in the Broadway production of Kinky Boots, earning a Tony Award, and is best known on screen for playing Pray Tell in the series Pose (for which he won an Emmy Award). Marisha Wallace has a long history in musical theatre, recently earning an Olivier Award nomination for Miss Adelaide in the Bridge Theatre's Guys & Dolls.
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The Split's Stephen Mangan and Nicola Walker reunite to once again play husband and wife in Mike Bartlett's play about a stale marriage that has new life breathed into it when a third person (Doherty) is introduced to the relationship. Walker won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2013 for her role in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and is best known on screen for Unforgotten, Last Tango in Halifax, and Spooks. Mangan and Doherty both recently appeared on the stage @sohoplace, starring in White Rabbit, Red Rabbit and Death of England: Closing Time, respectively.
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Gird your loins! Vanessa Williams takes to the stage as Runway Magazine editor-in-chief Miranda Pristley, as the 2003 book by Lauren Weisberger and 2006 film finally makes its way to the West End. Williams is best known for her screen roles in Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty, but she also has an extensive theatre resume on Broadway, earning a Tony Award nomination for The Witch in the revival of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods in 2003. She was due to make her West End debut in Josie Rourke’s production of City of Angels in 2020, but the show was cancelled during previews due to Covid.
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Following in the footsteps of former castmates such as Ncuti Gatwa, Tanya Reynolds, and Kedar Williams-Stirling, Sex Education star Asa Butterfield makes his stage debut next year at Riverside Studios in Second Best. Directed by Michael Longhurst, and based on David Foenkinos’ best-selling novel, Second Best is a new comedy about the paths we don't take, following the life of 10-year-old Martin Hill who narrowly missed out on being cast as Harry Potter. Butterfield's other screen roles include The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and TV series Merlin.
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Best known for his role as Anthony Bridgerton in the steamy Netflix TV series, Bailey's stage career started long before the hit Regency-era show. He started out as a child actor in Les Miserables in the West End and went on to win an Olivier Award for the role of Jamie in Company. He was last seen on stage at the Ambassadors Theatre in 2012 in Cock, a play about a gay man who develops feelings for a woman. Next year, he will return in Richard II at the Bridge Theatre, Shakespeare's play about a charismatic king who makes poor political decisions. Oh, and he can next be seen on the big screen in Wicked, alongside Cynthia Eviro and Ariana Grande.
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Blanchett will star opposite Tom Burke in Duncan Macmillan and Thomas Ostermeier’s new version of Chekhov’s The Seagull next year — a play that explores the romantic and artistic complications between four characters. She was last seen on stage in the controversial When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, which received mixed reviews at the National Theatre in 2019. On screen, she won Oscars for The Aviator (2004) and Blue Jasmine (2013), and has been nominated for six others, including Elizabeth (1998), Notes on a Scandal (2006), I'm Not There (2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Carol (2015), and Tár (2022).
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