Almeida Theatre announces full casting for CLEANSED

Full casting has been announced for Olivier Award-winning director Rebecca Frecknall’s production of Sarah Kane’s contemporary classic, Cleansed, which plays at London’s Almeida Theatre from 22 July-29 August.

The cast includes Leo Bill (Mephisto [A Rhapsody], Gate Theatre), Pearl Chanda (Broken Glass, Young Vic), Luke Cinque-White (Ballet Shoes, National Theatre), Lizzy Connolly (Porn Play, Royal Court), Jack Riddiford (Stereophonic, West End), Parth Thakerar (The Importance of Being Earnest, Royal Exchange) and Stuart Thompson (Spring Awakening, Almeida Theatre).

I love you now.

I’m with you now.

I’ll do my best, moment to moment, not to betray you. Now.

That’s it. No more. Don’t make me lie to you.

Two lovers and two siblings. 

How far are they prepared to go to prove their devotion? And will their love survive when subjected to the most extreme violence? 

Sarah Kane was one of the most original and controversial voices in British playwriting history. Rebecca Frecknall (A Streetcar Named Desire; Cabaret) directs Kane’s masterpiece which explores the brutality of desire and asks what happens to love when there’s nothing else worth living for?

Cleansed goes on general public on 5 May, with further info here.