Chichester Festival Theatre has announced casting for its world premiere production of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, a new stage adaptation of John le Carré’s classic spy novel.
This production is the first ever to adapt a John le Carré novel, and plays at Chichester Festival Theatre’s Minerva Theatre from 23 August to 21 September 2024.
Adapted by David Eldridge and directed by Jeremy Herrin, the cast of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold includes Philip Arditti (Breathtaking, No Return) as Fiedler; Norma Atallah (Follies, In The Heights) as Miss Crail/President of the Tribunal; Mat Betteridge (Ulster American, Slow Horses) as Riemeck/Kiever; Gunnar Cauthery (Dear England, Mack & Mabel) as Mundt; Ian Drysdale (Firebrand, Ross) as Control; Tom Kanji (Richard My Richard, The Box of Delights) as Ashe; Rory Keenan (Somewhere Boy, Plenty) as Leamas; Agnes O’Casey (Lies We Tell, The Miracle Club) as Liz; John Ramm (King Lear, Wolf Hall/Bring Up The Bodies) as Smiley; and David Rubin (Grantchester, Finding My Voice) as Pitt/Ford.
The creative team for the show also includes designer Max Jones, lighting designer Azusa Ono, composer Paul Englishby, sound designer Elizabeth Purnell, movement director Lucy Cullingford, fight director Bret Yount, and casting director Jessica Ronane CDG.
The play is set at the height of the cold war with disillusioned British spy Alec Leamas persuaded by head of ‘The Circus’ George Smiley to undertake one last mission against the leader of the East German Secret Service.
Also announced today is casting for Chichester’s forthcoming production of The Cat and the Canary.
Currently playing at Chichester Festival Theatre is a new production of Lionel Bart’s Oliver!, directed by Matthew Bourne, and heading to the West End later this year.
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