Multi-BAFTA Award winner Steve Coogan is set to star in Dr. Strangelove at the Noel Coward Theatre in London this Autumn 2024.
The first ever stage adaption of Stanley Kubrick’s iconic work will get its world premiere at the Noel Coward Theatre in Autumn 2024, playing from 8 October to 21 December 2024..
Steve Coogan is one of the UK’s most acclaimed actors whose remarkable career includes seven BAFTA Awards. He will play multiple roles in the production, in the role that was played by Peter Sellers in Kubrick’s acclaimed movie.
Dr. Strangelove is a jet-black comedy is about a rogue U.S. General who triggers a nuclear crisis, and is brought to the stage by acclaimed, BAFTA and Emmy Award winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award winner Sean Foley, with Foley directing.
The project was first announced in July, and is billed as an explosively funny satire of mutually assured destruction. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, 27 September.
Actor Steve Coogan said in a statement: “The idea of putting Dr Strangelove on stage is daunting. A huge responsibility. It’s also an exciting challenge, an opportunity to bring this timeless classic to a new audience. Knowing that I will be part of a creative team led by Sean Foley and Armando Iannucci means I will be working with the best people. Sean is a master of stage comedy and Armando and I started working with each other over 30 years ago. We made some memorable comedy together so it’s great to be collaborating with him once again.”
Director Sean Foley said: “I’m thrilled and excited to finally be able to say that one of our very finest actor-comedians, the amazingly talented Steve Coogan, is to play the lead in our world premiere stage version of Dr Strangelove. Across stand up, sitcom, tv, and film, and in both comic and dramatic roles, Steve has excelled being able to make people belly laugh even while they wince – sensing the maladroit, the madness, and the menace in his extraordinary characters… I can think of no better actor to convey the ’nightmare comedy’ of Strangelove.”
Writer Armando Iannucci said: “It’s a tale of our time and it needs one of the most amazing talents of our time to tell it: I’ve seen Steve Coogan close-up for many years now, and can tell you that no-one gets right under the skin of a character the way he does. There’s a total focus on how each character would speak and move and even think, added to which is an instinctive comic timing and dramatic charisma that’s second to none. He’s able to get huge audiences to connect with the vulnerabilities and fine details of each character he brings to life. We’re all so delighted he’ll be bringing these amazing gifts to the stage for the hugely contrasting roles in Dr Strangelove and I for one can’t wait to see Steve make them his own. It’s going to be a thrill for all of us.”
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