Stephen Mangan to join Kristin Scott Thomas in THE CHERRY ORCHARD
It has been announced that Stephen Mangan (The Split, Episodes, The Birthday Party) will join the previously announced BAFTA and Olivier Award-winning Kristin Scott Thomas in The Cherry Orchard at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre as Lopakhin, opposite Scott Thomas’ Lyubov Ranevskaya, from 3 October - 9 January.
They will both be joined by further cast members; Ruby Bentall (Industry) as Sharlotta, Megan Cusack (Playboy of the Western World) as Dunyasha, Karl Johnson (King Lear) as Firs, Noof Ousellam (Macbeth )as Yasha, Nadia Parkes (Kidnapped) as Anya, Jack Riddiford (Stereophonic) as Trofimov, Vinette Robinson (Emilia) as Varya, Shubham Saraf (An Enemy of the People) as Yepikhodov, and Peter Wight (Three Sisters) as Gaev. Complete casting will be announced in due course.
The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov’s final masterpiece, captures a world in delicate and inevitable transition, and remains as timeless and resonant as ever.
“Without the cherry orchard, life has no meaning to me”
When Lyubov Ranevskaya returns to her childhood estate after years abroad, she finds her family home and beloved cherry orchard under threat.
As old loyalties falter and new ambitions rise, a world of privilege begins to crumble. Can Lyubov embrace the future, or will the pull of memory prove impossible to escape?
The creative team for The Cherry Orchard includes: director Ian Rickson, set designer Chloe Lamford, costume designer Sussie Juhlin-Wallén, lighting designer Bruno Poet, sound designer Tom Gibbons, composer Stephen Warbeck, movement director Shelley Maxwell, and casting director Amy Ball CDG.
