All-Star Lineup Revealed for Rufus Norris’ Final Year With London's National Theatre | Playbill

London News All-Star Lineup Revealed for Rufus Norris’ Final Year With London's National Theatre

Four world premieres remain under Norris' tenure, including Inter Alia, the newest play from Prima Facie playwright Suzie Miller.

Rosamund Pike, Adeel Akhtar, Juliet Stevenson, Clive Owen, and Saskia Reeves

London's National Theatre has announced further casting for Rufus Norris’ final season with the company. Four world premieres remain under Norris' tenure, including Inter Alia in the Lyttelton Theatre and The Estate, The Land of the Living, and End in the Dorfman Theatre.

Prima Facie's creators, playwright Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin, will reunite with Inter Alia, an examination of modern masculinity and motherhood. Centering on a London Crown Court judge struggling to juggle life as a working mother, a loving wife, and a legal maverick, the piece is Miller's latest to deconstruct the female experience of the law profession. Running July 10–September 13, opening night is set for July 23.

Starring Rosamund Pike (Saltburn), the piece will also feature Jamie Glover (Waterloo Road) and Jasper Talbot (Redlands). Directed by Martin, Inter Alia's creative team will also feature set and costume designer Miriam Buether, lighting designer Natasha Chivers, sound designers Ben and Max Ringham, video designer Willie Williams for Treatment Studio, and casting directors Alastair Coomer and Naomi Downham.

The Estate, the debut play of playwright Shaan Sahota, will be directed by Daniel Raggett (Accidental Death of an Anarchist). An exploration of family, power, and the lies we tell about ourselves, the play wrestles with political purity, scandal, and the compromises one makes in pursuit of power. Running July 9–August 23, opening night is set for July 17.

The production will star BAFTA winner Adeel Akhtar (Fool Me Once), with further casting to be announced. The creative team will include set designer Chloe Lamford, costume designer Khadija Raza, lighting designer Jessica Hung Han Yun, sound designer Mike Winship, and casting director Bryony Jarvis-Taylor.

The Land of the Living is the newest play from David Lan, the former artistic director of the Young Vic. Directed by Stephen Daldry (The Jungle, The Inheritance), the play is set in both 1990 London and 1945 Germany, where an Eastern European child is caught in the crosshairs between the Nazi regime and a UN relief worker. Performances will run September 9-November 1 with an opening night set for September 18.

Starring Juliet Stevenson (The Doctor)The Land of the Living will co-star Atilla Akinci (Ghosts). They will be supported by Kate Duchêne (Hedda Gabler), Hubert Hanowicz (This is Going to Hurt), Caroline Loncq (The Protégé), Avital Lvova (Macbeth), Michael Marcus (The Inheritance), Anastasia Martin (Cold War), and Tom Wlaschiha (Game of Thrones), with further casting to be announced. Director Daldry will be joined by set designer Miriam Buether, lighting designer James Farncombe, sound designer Gareth Fry, composer Paul Englishby, and casting director Naomi Downham.

Lastly, completing David Eldridge's critically acclaimed trilogy will be End. As was done with Beginning and Middle, End will explore the nature of love and relationships, and how even happily ever after eventually comes to a close. Beginning performances November 13, the play will officially open its non-limited run November 20.

Directed by Lyric Hammersmith Theatre Artistic Director Rachel O’Riordan (Romeo and Juliet), the play will star Clive Owen (Closer) and Saskia Reeves (Slow Horses), with creative support by set and costume designer Gary McCann, lighting designer Sally Ferguson, sound designer Donato Wharton, intimacy director Bethan Clark, and casting director Alastair Coomer.

Said Norris in a statement, "I am delighted that the last four shows in my final season are all world premieres, including a debut play by extraordinary new writer Shaan Sahota. This cements a decade of work by National Theatre’s New Work Department to champion and support new stories told by world-class theatre-makers. Telling bold new stories on our stages has always been a hallmark of the National Theatre, and I am thrilled to end my tenure with a programme that reflects a rich and resonant range of perspectives."

For more information, visit NationalTheatre.org.uk.

 
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