Killer Joe at Trafalgar Studios

Reviews are in for Killer Joe at Trafalgar Studios in London Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom returns to the stage playing against type in Tracy Letts’s black comic thriller Killer Joe. A tense, gut-twisting thriller from multi-award-winning Letts, best known for August: Osage County, Killer Joe is about a dysfunctional family who hire a hitman to kill their estranged matriarch for an insurance payout. The revival of Letts' play, directed by Simon Evans, has opened to mixed reviews ranging from 4 stars to 1 star. Bloom is joined by Sophie Cookson (Netflix series Gypsy, Kingsman: The Secret Service), Adam Gillen (Amadeus, Benidorm), Neve McIntosh (The Replacement, Doctor Who) and Steffan Rhodri (This House, Gavin & Stacey, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I). Read a round-up of reviews below. Buy tickets to Killer Joe Killer Joe is booking until 18 August 2018 at the Trafalgar Studios, London

Production images have been released of Orlando Bloom and cast of Tracy Letts’ black comedy thriller, Killer Joe which opens this week at Trafalgar Studios. The Lord of The Rings star leads the cast in the title role of Killer Joe, alongside Kingsman: The Secret Service Sophie Cookson who make her West End debut as  Dottie, Benidorm's Adam Gillen as Chris, Neve McIntosh as Sharla and Gavin & Stacey's Steffan Rhodri as Ansel.  Letts' award winning play is about a family who hire a police detective and part-time contract killer to murder their estranged matriarch for her insurance money. But the plan spirals out of control when he comes face to face with their innocent daughter Dottie. A tense, gut twisting thriller, it asks where the moral line is drawn in the fight for survival.   [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="547" display_type="photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser" ajax_pagination="1" template="default" order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"]   Killer Joe is directed by Simon Evans with set and costume design by Grace Smart, lighting design by Richard Howell, and compositions and sound design by Edward Lewi. Buy tickets to Killer Joe Killer Joe is booking until 18 August at Trafalgar Studios 1, London.

Images have been released offering a first glimpse of Orlando Bloom and cast in rehearsal for Tracy Letts’ black comedy thriller, Killer Joe. Orlando Bloom leads the cast in the title role of Killer Joe, alongside Sophie Cookson as Dottie, Adam Gillen as Chris, Neve McIntosh as Sharla and Steffan Rhodri as Ansel.  Letts' award winning play is about a family who hire a contract killer to take out one of their own for the insurance money; a tense, gut twisting thriller, it asks where the moral line is drawn in the fight for survival.   [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="541" display_type="photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser" ajax_pagination="1" template="default" order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"]   The production will see The Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lord of The Rings star return to the West End stage following his debut in 2007 in a revival of David Storey's 1969 drama In Celebration. Film and television actress Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Netflix series Gypsy) will make her West End debut in Killer Joe. Whilst he is best known for his recurring role in ITV series Benidorm, Adam Gillen's stage credits include the title role of Amadeus and The Five Wives of Maurice Pinder both at the National Theatre, Wendy and Peter for the RSC and A Taste of Honey at the Royal Exchange. Neve McIntosh has recently appeared on television in BBC’s Shetland; her theatre credits include Meet Me at Dawn in the 2017 Edinburgh International Festival, King Lear at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, and Proof at Perth Theatre. Steffan Rhodri's extensive theatre credits include Woyzeck and The Hairy Ape at The Old Vic, This House at the Garrick Theatre, Posh at the Duke of York Theatre and Absent Friends at The Harold Pinter Theatre; though he is probably best know for tv series Gavin & Stacey, Buy tickets to Killer Joe Killer Joe is booking from 18 May 2018 until 18 August at Trafalgar Studios 1, London.

Hollywood film actor Orlando Bloom is to star in dark comic thriller, Killer Joe, in London's West End. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor will play a cop who moonlights as a contract killer in Tracy Letts' multi-award winning, gut twisting thriller. Killer Joe will play a limited season at Trafalgar Studios, and is directed by Simon Evans whose recent West End productions include The Dazzle and Bug at Found111 and the current production of The Best Man at the Payhouse Theatre starring Martin Shaw & Maureen Lipman. Bloom is best known for film roles including "Legolas' in Peter Jackson's trilogy The Lord of the Rings and The Hobitt, as well as Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down and Kingdom of Heaven, Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown and Wolfgang Peterson’s Troy. A graduate of London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, The Lord of the Rings actor made his Broadway debut as ‘Romeo’ in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, directed by David Leveaux and his West End debut in 2007 in a revival of David Storey's 1969 drama In Celebration. Orlando Bloom said: "I'm always looking for an opportunity to get back on stage, especially in London, the heart of my home. Tracy Lett's Killer Joe is an incredible, adrenaline-fueled piece of writing, with a dark and gritty character to play." Bloom's will soon star in Amazon’s newest original series Carnival Row, an eight-episode fantasy noir set in a neo-Victorian city that will premiere in 2019. Full casting for Killer Joe is to be announced. Buy tickets to Killer Joe Killer Joe is booking from 18 May 2018 until 18 August at Trafalgar Studios 1, London.