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Full casting has been announced for the world premiere of Reykjavik, opening at Hampstead Theatre next month.

From Richard Bean, the acclaimed writer of To Have and To Hold and One Man, Two Guvnors, comes a gripping new play that revisits Hull’s Distant Water trawling fleet, the setting of his 2005 hit Under the Whaleback. John Hollingworth (Poldark, Napoleon) stars as Donald Claxton, a notorious trawler owner. After a tragic fishing incident where a trawler unexpectedly sinks, Claxton travels to Reykjavik to meet the survivors. What ensues is an evening of drinking, horseplay, romance, and storytelling that will change their lives forever.

Joining John in the cast is Sophie Cox who is making her professional London stage debut, Matthew Durkan (Daddy Issues, BBC; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Old Vic); Laura Elsworthy (Corrina, Corrina, Headlong and Liverpool Everyman); Paul Hickey (Brokeback Mountain, Soho Place; House of the Dragon, HBO); Adam Hugill (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Sheffield Theatre; Sherwood, BBC) and Matt Sutton (Big Big Sky, Hampstead).

Directed by Emily Burns (Dear Octopus, Jack Absolute Flies Again), the creative team includes designer Anna Reid, lighting designer Oliver Fenwick, sound designer Christopher Shutt, composer Grant Olding, dialect Mary Howland and fight director MC Combat (Maisie Carter). The Casting Director is Bryony Jarvis-Taylor.

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Reykjavik is playing at Hampstead Theatre from 18 October to 23 November 2024.

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Main photo: Reykjavik - Casting. Hampstead Theatre

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