Full cast announced for UK tour of John le Carré’s THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
Full casting has been announced for the extensive UK-wide tour of the Chichester Festival Theatre production of John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, which opens at Curve Leicester on 12 March.
As previously announced Ralf Little will star as disillusioned British intelligence officer Alec Leamas, with Gráinne Dromgoole (By Royal Appointment, The Merchant of Venice 1936) as the idealistic, left-wing librarian Liz Gold, Tony Turner (Dear England, The Archers) as George Smiley, Nicholas Murchie (Present Laughter, Say Nothing) as Control, and Peter Losasso (Emma, The Comedy of Errors) as Hans-Dieter Mundt.
Completing the cast are Eddie Toll (A Thousand Blows, We Were The Lucky Ones) as Fielder, Melody Chikakane Brown (Life of Pi, Redlands) as Miss Crail/President of the Tribunal, Jeff D’Sangalang (untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play, Shut Up, Im Dreaming) as Ashe, Jonny Burman (EastEnders, One Under Par) as Riemeck/Kiever, and Jo Servi (Barber Shop Chronicles, Witness for the Prosecution) as Pitt/Ford, with Clara Wessely (Pericles) and James Burman (Romeo & Juliet) as part of the ensemble.
Adapted for the stage by award-winning playwright and screenwriter David Eldridge, this is the first novel by le Carré - the undisputed master of the modern spy genre, whose works include Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Night Manager - to be brought to life on stage. Jeremy Herrin directs, alongside tour director Joe Lichtenstein.
British intelligence officer Alec Leamas is weary, hardened, and ready to come in from the cold. But when Control, the Chief of the Circus, presents one final mission — dangerous, deceptive, and deeply personal — Leamas agrees to stay in the game. Dispatched into enemy territory, he finds his convictions tested and his defences breached by Liz Gold, a quietly defiant librarian whose compassion threatens to thaw his frostbitten heart. And what of veteran spymaster George Smiley? What is his role in the operation?
A global bestseller for over six decades and named one of TIME Magazine’s All-Time 100 Novels, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is le Carré at his most incisive — a story of betrayal not only between nations, but within the human soul.
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold is designed by Max Jones, with lighting by Azusa Ono, sound by Elizabeth Purnell, composition by Paul Englishby, movement direction by Lucy Cullingford, and casting by Matilda James CDG.
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