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The Almeida has announced casting for its forthcoming production of Women, Beware The Devil. Directed by Almeida artistic director Rupert Goold (Tammy Faye, Patriots), this deadly new play of treachery and trickery is by The Sunday Times Playwriting Award-winner Lulu Raczka (Antigone, Nothing). The full cast of the play includes Leo Bill (The Duchess of Malfi; Posh), Carly-Sophia Davies (Spring Awakening; The Eternal Daughter), Aurora Dawson-Hunte (Queens; Cherry Orchard) Ioanna Kimbook (The Duchess of Malfi; Bitter Wheat), Nathan Laryea (Spring Awakening; Tartuffe), Lydia Leonard (Little Eyolf; Wolf Hall), Alison Oliver (Best Interest; Conversations with Friends) and Lola Shalam. Set design is by Miriam Buether and costume design by Evie Gurney, with lighting design by Tim Lutkin. Adam Cork is both sound designer and composer, and casting director is Amy Ball. Women, Beware the Devil runs at the Almeida Theatre from 11 February to 25 March 2023. Rupert Goold's recent Almeida smash-hit Patriots starring Tom Hollander is transferring to the West End this Spring, playing the Noel Coward Theatre from 26 May 2023. Currently playing at the Almeida is Rebecca Frecknall's new production of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, starring BAFTA-winner Paul Mescal (Normal People), Patsy Ferran (Summer and Smoke) and Anjana Vasan (We Are Lady Parts).

Patriots starring Tom Hollander will transfer to the West End next year, it has been announced. Written by The Crown's Peter Morgan, the show opened to critical acclaim at the Almeida Theatre this Summer where Hollander's performance was described as a 'performance of the year' (Independent). Read a round-up of reviews for Patriots Based on real events, Patriots follows the rise of Vladimir Putin and the Russian oligarchs in 90s Russia. Directed by Rupert Goold, it is an unflinching story of ambition and the dangers of loyalty and love. Reprising their roles for the West End transfer will be Hollander playing Boris Berezovsky, a one-time ally of Vladimir Putin, alongside Will Keen as Vladimir Putin and Luke Thallon as former Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich. Further casting will be announced. The creative team includes Miriam Buether (set & costume), Deborah Andrews (costume), Jack Knowles (lighting), Adam Cork (sound & music), Polly Bennett (movement), Robert Sterne CDG (casting), Joel Trill (voice coach), Sophie Drake (assistant director) and Yuri Goligorsky (Russia Consultant). Patriots will play a 12-week season at the Noel Coward Theatre on St Martin's Lance, running from 26 May 2023 until 19 August 2023. Tickets will go on sale from 14 September 2022.

Reviews are coming in for Patriots at The Almeida Theatre in London. Peter Morgan's new play about Russian oligarchs and the rise of Vladimir Putin stars Tom Hollander in what is described as a 'performance of the year' (Independent). Directed by Rupert Goold, Patriots is an unflinching story of ambition and the dangers of loyalty and love. Based on real events, Tom Hollander plays Boris Berezovsky, a one-time ally of Vladimir Putin, alongside Will Keen as Putin, Luke Thallon as Roman Abramovich, Yolanda Kettle as Marina Litvinenko, the widow of Berezovsky’s comrade and victim of Russian state poisoning, Alexander Litvinenko played by Jamael Westman. Completing the cast are: Matt Concannon, Stephen Fewell, Ronald Guttman, Aoife Hinds, Sean Kingsley, Paul Kynman, Jessica Temple The creative team includes Miriam Buether (set & costume), Deborah Andrews (costume), Jack Knowles (lighting), Adam Cork (sound & music), Polly Bennett (movement), Robert Sterne CDG (casting), Joel Trill (voice coach), Sophie Drake (assistant director) and Yuri Goligorsky (Russia Consultant). Patriots runs until 20 August 2022 at the Almeida Theatre, London. Book tickets to the West End premiere of Patriots at the Noel Coward Theatre. Read a round-up of reviews from UK theatre critics below.

The Almeida Theatre has announced a new play from The Crown writer Peter Morgan, based on real life events. Titled Patriots, the play is about Russian oligarchs, and is directed by Rupert Goold. Starring Tom Hollander and set in Russia and the UK, Patriots starts at the Almeida Theatre on 2 July. Based on real events, Tom Hollander plays Boris Berezovsky, a one-time ally of Vladimir Putin, alongside Will Keen as Vladimir Putin, Luke Thallon as Roman Abramovich, and Yolanda Kettle as Marina Litvinenko, the widow of Berezovsky’s comrade and victim of Russian state poisoning, Alexander Litvinenko. Berezovsky and Abramovich went to the High Court in London in 2012, having fallen out in 2001 when Berezovsky alleges that he was forced to sell his stake in Russian oil company Sibneft when Vladimir Putin’s government came into power, because of threats made by Abramovich. Abramovich denied this was true, and Berezovsky lost the case, leaving him with court costs estimated to be £100 million. In 2013 Berezovsky was mysteriously found dead in a locked bathroom at his ex wife’s home in Berkshire. Tom Hollander's recent credits include TV's The Ipcress File, American Dad and forthcoming season two of The White Lotus; and 2021 movie The King's Man. Rupert Goold also has another politically charged play running in London at the moment, with Mike Bartlett's drama The 47th playing at the Old Vic starring Bertie Carvel as Donald Trump. Other new writing coming to the Almeida in 2022 includes a new play by Dipo Baruwa Etti (The Last Days) called The Clinic. Directed by Monique Touko (Fair Play), the play will have its world premiere at the Almeida from 3 September. Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold said, “We announce two world premieres today – the first from one of the UK’s most successful writers across stage and screen, and the other by one of the country’s most exciting emerging talents. Patriots is Peter Morgan’s first stage play since The Audience nine years ago and we’re delighted to welcome him to the Almeida for the first time. Dipo Baruwa-Etti also makes his Almeida debut with The Clinic – he has been involved with the theatre since 2018 when he joined the Almeida’s Youth Advisory Board, and this play was written during a year-long residency at the Almeida as part of Channel 4’s Playwright’s bursary.” Book tickets to Patriots at the Noel Coward Theatre in 2023