Jez Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California is coming to the West End in 2024.
The writer of Jerusalem is reuniting with director Sam Mendes (The Motive and the Cue, The Lehman Trilogy) for the project, following their multi-award-winning success with The Ferryman.
The Hills of California will run at Harold Pinter Theatre, for a limited season from 27 January to 15 June 2024.
The play is set in Blackpool, during the long hot summer of 1976. The hotels are heaving. In the sweltering backstreets, far from the choc ices and donkey rides, the Webb Sisters are returning to their mother’s run-down guest house, as she lies dying upstairs.
The creative team for The Hills of California also includes Designer: Rob Howell, Lighting Designer: Natasha Chivers, Sound Designer, Composer and Arranger: Nick Powell, Choreographer: Ellen Kane, Musical Supervisor and Arranger: Candida Caldicot, Casting Director: Amy Ball, Young Person’s Casting Director: Verity Naughton and Associate Director: Zoé Ford Burnett.
The play is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, and Sam Mendes’ Neal Street Productions.
Casting for the production is to be announced. Tickets go on sale on Friday 20 October at 12pm.
NOW ON SALE: Book tickets to The Hills of California at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London
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