The Royal Court Theatre has revealed further star casting for its production of Nassim Soleimanpour’s ECHO (Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen) this July 2024.
Sheila Atim (Girl From the North Country), Monica Dolan (Mr Bates Vs The Post Office), Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer), Jeremy O. Harris (Slave Play), Adrian Lester (The Lehman Trilogy), Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso), Mawaan Rizwan (Juice), Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who) and Benedict Wong (Marvel Cinematic Universe) will perform in Nassim Soleimanpour’s ECHO (Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen) at the Royal Court.
They join the previously announced Kathryn Hunter (Megalopolis, Poor Things), Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs. The Post Office), Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve), Meera Syal (Roar) and Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem (Cabaret).
Omar Elerian directs this groundbreaking show, where a different artist takes to the stage each night to perform a script they’ve never seen before.
The performance schedule has now been released, with a final special guest artist to be revealed. See below for further details.
Actor Monica Dolan said in a statement: “I performed in Nassim Saleimanpour’s play Nassim at the Edinburgh Festival in 2017 when I was up there performing my solo show. Nassim was definitely one of the highlights of the festival for me. The accuracy with which I needed to listen, the communion with the audience, the discovery of the play at that same instant as everyone else in the room. At one point an audience member even helped me out and spoke my next line for me as I was unable to speak and couldn’t get it out! I hope this will be another adventure in listening and awareness and discovery, bumping into thoughts and learning in public, buoyed up by the support of all of us in the space. Hearing the story for the first time at the same time as telling it is something rarely experienced by an actor, and takes us all the way back to how Shakespeare’s actors must have experienced his plays the first time they played and heard them.”
Actor Jessica Gunning said: “I am terrifyingly excited (if that’s even possible), to be taking part in the Royal Court’s ECHO and look forward to working with Nassim and Omar on this unique theatrical experience. I’ve always thought that theatre has the potential to be a little bit magic and can only imagine projects like this make it feel even more so – stepping into the unknown each night with a completely different person. And what a group of actors to be part of – I feel very honoured and can’t wait.”
Mawaan Rizwan said: “I love the work Omar & Nassim are doing. As an actor it’s a perfect mixture of exciting, innovative and terrifying!”
ECHO (Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen) is playing at the Royal Court Theatre in London from 13 to 27 July 2024.
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ECHO Performance schedule
13 July, 6.30pm: Fiona Shaw
15 July, 7.30pm: Benedict Wong
16 July, 7.30pm: Sheila Atim
17 July, 7.00pm: Adrian Lester (press night)
18 July, 7.30pm: Jeremy O. Harris
19 July, 7.30pm: Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem
20 July, 1.30pm: Monica Dolan (matinee)
20 July, 6.30pm: TBA
22 July, 7.30pm: Meera Syal
23 July, 7.30pm: Jodie Whittaker
24 July, 7.30pm: Mawaan Rizwan
25 July, 7.30pm: Jessica Gunning
26 July, 7.30pm: Nick Mohammed
27 July, 1.30pm: Toby Jones (matinee)
27 July, 6.30pm: Kathryn Hunter (evening)
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