![Photos: The Human Body at the Donmar Warehouse starring Keeley Hawes and Jack Davenport [Updated]](https://www.westendtheatre.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Human-Body-at-the-Donmar-Warehouse.-Photo-by-Marc-Brenner.jpg "Photos: The Human Body at the Donmar Warehouse starring Keeley Hawes and Jack Davenport [Updated]")
Production images and behind-the-scenes rehearsal photos are in for Lucy Kirkwood’s new playThe Human Body starring Keeley Hawes, Jack Davenport and Pearl Mackie.
The Human Body is directed by Michael Longhurst and Ann Yee, and forms part of Longhurst’s final season at the iconic London venue.
The play is set in 1948 and centres on GP and Labour party councillor Iris Elcock (Keeley Hawes), working to implement Nye Bevan’s new National Health Service Act. At home she is a mother, and wife to a fellow GP, an ex-Navy man scarred by the war. But a chance meeting with George Blythe (Jack Davenport), a local boy who has made it to Hollywood, turns her quiet, certain world upside down.
The cast also features Siobhán Redmond, Tom Goodman-Hill, Flora Jacoby Richardson, and Audrey Kattan.
The Human Body – Production Photos
Joining Longhurst in the creative team are: Design by Fly Davis, Lighting design by Joshua Pharo, Sound design by Ben and Max Ringham, the Fight director is Kate Waters, Casting is by Anna Cooper CDG, Rimu Kwok is the Assistant Set & Costume Designer, Cheng Keng is the Assistant Lighting Designer, José Guillermo Puello is the Assistant Sound Designer.
The Human Body runs at the Donmar Warehouse from 16 February to 13 April 2024.
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The Human Body – Rehearsal Photos
UPDATES: First published 1 February 2024 with rehearsal photos for The Human Body; Updated 27 February 2024 with production photos.
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