Full cast and creative team announced for Florian Zeller's THE TRUTH
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The full cast and creative team has been announced for the razor-sharp new production of Academy Award-winning Florian Zeller’s Olivier Award-nominated comedy, The Truth, which plays in the West End at the Apollo Theatre from 9 June - 12 September.
Adam Morris and Roisin Rae will complete the company alongside four of the UK and Ireland’s most beloved stage and screen performers who bring their formidable comic talents to this sophisticated and fast-paced comedy; Stephen Mangan, Ardal O’Hanlon, Sarah Hadland, and double Olivier Award-winner Janie Dee.
Translated by Christopher Hampton and directed by Lindsay Posner, the production will feature set and costume design by Lizzie Clachan, lighting by Richard Howell, and sound by Adam Cork.
The Truth is a wickedly entertaining comedy where trust is fragile, loyalty is negotiable, and everyone has something to hide. This star-driven revival of the Olivier-nominated play peels back the lies we tell the people we love, and the ones we tell ourselves... Gripping, surprising and laugh-out-loud funny, The Truth is a night at the theatre you won't want to miss.
Producer Simon Friend said: “The Truth is an ingenious puzzle of a play. What initially appears as a playful comedy about adultery effortlessly evolves into something much deeper, while remaining endlessly entertaining. When Florian's meticulously structured house of cards collapses, you realise that you’ve been in the hands of a writer in complete control of his craft. Florian knows exactly how to pull the rug from under you, as he did repeatedly in The Father film, which was the last project we collaborated on. He does so again here, but there are considerably more laughs this time! Christopher Hampton’s lean and witty translation has enabled us to compile a cast to die for in this exciting return to the West End.”
At the centre of The Truth is Michel, a man who embarks on an affair with his best friend’s wife while attempting to convince himself - and everyone around him - that honesty is overrated. As the web of deception grows increasingly tangled, the audience is left delightfully off-balance and questioning who is deceiving whom.
