The Bristol Old Vic has announced casting for its forthcoming European premiere of Matthew López’s Reverberation this summer 2024.
The play will star Eleanor Tomlinson (One Day, The Couple Next Door) as Claire, Michael Ahomka-Lindsay (Cabaret, Choir Boy) as Jonathan, and Jack Gibson as Wes.
Matthew López, Tony and Olivier Award-winning writer of The Inheritance, has transposed the action of his 2015 drama about loneliness and longing from the US to London for this new production.
In the play, after a personal tragedy, Jonathan has withdrawn from the world, with little social life beyond the men he meets online. When the enigmatic free spirit Claire moves into the flat upstairs, she tries to coax him out of his shell. Drawn together by a mutual need for emotional attachment, they form a connection, but the past eventually reverberates into the present, threatening the happiness they’ve found…
Reverberation is directed by Jack Sain (Four Play), alongside a creative team that includes designer Ti Green (Touching the Void), alongside sound designer Nicola T Chang (For Black Boys…), lighting designer Robbie Butler (The Glass Menagerie), video designer Daniel Denton (Misty) and intimacy co-ordinator Robbie Taylor Hunt (Red, White & Royal Blue).
Matthew López said in a statement: “I am overjoyed to bring my play Reverberation to Bristol Old Vic under the direction of Jack Sain. In the years since the premiere of The Inheritance, the UK has become my creative and literal home. I am excited to be back in front of a British audience for my first UK-set play with this wonderful cast.”
Reverberation plays at the Bristol Old Vic from 2 October to 2 November 2024.
More about the cast of Reverberation
Eleanor Tomlinson was recently seen playing the role of ‘Sylvie’ in One Day for Netflix. Further recent credits include: ‘Evie’ in The Couple Next Door for Channel 4/Starz and ‘Lady Gabriella’ in The Outlaws (Series 1–3) for the BBC. Eleanor is well known for playing ‘Demelza’ in 5 seasons of Poldark. She made her feature film debut as a young ‘Sophie’ in The Illusionist alongside Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, and Paul Giamatti. Other notable credits include Love, Wedding, Repeat (Netflix), Intergalactic (Sky), The Nevers (HBO), and A Small Light (ABC).
Michael Ahomka-Lindsay returns to Bristol Old Vic after playing ‘David’ in the acclaimed production of Choir Boy in 2023. Michael is currently appearing as the leading role of ‘Clifford Bradshaw’ in the award-winning CABARET at The Playhouse Theatre (West End). Michael’s previous theatre credits include the lead role of ‘Jack Kelly’ in Disney’s Newsies (Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre) which led to him winning Best Actor in a Musical (Black British Theatre Awards); ‘Emmett Forrest’ in Legally Blonde (Regents Park Open Air Theatre) and the role of ‘Benjamin “Benny” Coffin III’ in Rent (Hope Mill Theatre). Short films include ‘Craig’ in Fart Car and ‘Jerome’ in Demons.
Jack Gibson is a recent Mountview Academy graduate. Recent workshops include The Devile Rides Out (The Empty Space), Dear Nobody (Sheffield Theatres) and Best of the West End (Alpha). This will be his professional debut.
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