Full casting announced for UK & Ireland tour of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
Indigo Productions and Crossroads Live, in association with Curve, have announced full casting for the upcoming UK and Ireland tour of The Silence of the Lambs, as the global cultural phenomenon prepares to make its world stage play premiere.
Joining the previously announced John Partridge as Dr Hannibal Lecter will be Mollie Gallagher (Coronation Street) who makes her professional theatre debut as Clarice Starling, alongside Oliver Farnworth (Emmerdale) as Jack Crawford, and Sam Jackson (Skins) as Buffalo Bill, when the electrifying new production opens at Leicester’s Curve Theatre on 1 August, ahead of a major UK and Ireland tour.
Also joining the ensemble are Minal Patel as Frederick Chilton, Jo Mousley as Senator Ruth Martin, Lottie Amor as Catherine Martin, Mark Peachey as Pilcher, Andrew Joshi as Peterson, and Jonny Magnanti as Wertimer, with Mary Timbrell Hill completing the company, all taking on a variety of roles.
When FBI trainee Clarice Starling is sent to interview the psychiatrist and infamous murderer Hannibal Lecter, it’s hoped his brilliant mind will help catch sadistic new serial killer, Buffalo Bill. Another girl is missing, and time is running out. But Dr Lecter has questions of his own, and now Clarice must decide: keep a safe distance, or let Hannibal ‘The Cannibal’ into her head?
Two-time Pulitzer finalist Gina Gionfriddo brings Thomas Harris’ gripping literary masterpiece to the stage in a bold adaptation directed by the Curve’s Artistic Director, Nikolai Foster. Gionfriddo’s theatrical adaptation delves into the psychological tension of Thomas Harris’s landmark novel, drawing the audience deep into Clarice and Lecter’s intelligent, intricate, and bone-chilling game of cat-and-mouse, as the FBI scramble to catch Buffalo Bill, a serial killer still at large.
The tour’s award-winning creative team is completed by acclaimed theatre designer Michael Taylor, sound designer Carolyn Downing, projection designer George Reeve, Tony nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning composer Grant Olding, Tony and Olivier-nominated lighting designer Howard Hudson, and casting by Harry Blumenau CDG CSA.
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