Full casting has been announced for Jamie Lloyd’s production of The Seagull starring Emilia Clarke.
Joining the cast alongside the previously announced Game Of Thrones’ actress Emilia Clarke (Nina), Tom Rhys Harries (Trigorin), Daniel Monks (Konstantin), Indira Varma (Arkadina) and Sophie Wu(Masha) are Jason Barnett (Shamrayev), Robert Glenister (Sorin), Mika Onyx Johnson (Medvedenko),Gerald Kyd (Dorn) and Sara Powell (Polina), with understudies Katie Buchholz, Tina Harris, Joseph Langdon and David Lee-Jones. The much delayed show will be Clarke’s West End debut.
Anton Chekhov’s classic tale of ambition, love, loneliness and fame is propelled into the 21st century in a new adaptation by Anya Reiss. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, the production features design by Olivier Award winner Soutra Gilmour.
Lloyd’s acclaimed production of Cyrano de Bergerac starring James McAvoy opens tonight at Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. Lloyd’s season of plays include Cyrano, The Seagull and A Doll’s House starring Academy Award winner Jessica Chasten, the latter is still to announce reschedule dates.
The Seagull opens at the Harold Pinter Theatre on 7 July, with previews from 29 June, and runs until 10 September 2022.
Tickets for The Seagull are on sale.