TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD UK tour to star Richard Coyle as Atticus Finch
Full casting has been announced for the first ever UK & Ireland tour of Aaron Sorkin’s riveting stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, which kicks off at Leeds Playhouse on 8 September.
The seminal American novel about racial injustice and childhood innocence will star acclaimed stage and screen actor Richard Coyle (The Player Kings, Macbeth, Fantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore), who returns to this iconic production as Atticus Finch, reprising the role he played to great critical acclaim in the 2022 West End production.
Coyle will be joined by Anna Munden (To Kill a Mockingbird, West End) as Scout Finch, Gabriel Scott (Lockerbie: A Search for the Truth) as Jem Finch, Dylan Malyn (professional stage debut) as Dill Harris, Andrea Davy (The Little Foxes, Young Vic) as Calpurnia, Stephen Boxer (Suite in Three Keys, Orange Tree Theatre) as Judge Taylor, Aaron Shosanya (Top Boy, Netflix) as Tom Robinson, Oscar Pearce (The Government Inspector, Chichester Festival Theatre) as Bob Ewell, Evie Hargreaves (Too Much World at Once, HOME Manchester/UK tour) as Mayella Ewell, Richard Dempsey (Tammy Faye, Almeida Theatre) as Horace Gilmer, Sarah Finigan (Richard III, Shakespeare’s Globe) as Mrs. Dubose, Phillipa Flynn (To Kill a Mockingbird, West End) as Miss Stephanie/Dill’s Mother, Harry Attwell (The Great Murder Mystery, The Lost Estate) as Mr. Cunningham/Boo (Arthur) Radley, Colin R Campbell (Calendar Girls, UK tour) as Sheriff Heck Tate, and Simon Hepworth (To Kill a Mockingbird, West End) as Link Deas, with Paul Albertson (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Park Theatre) James Mitchell (Journeys End, MESH Theatre), Jonathan Rubin (Long Distance, Edinburgh Fringe), Cheryl Burniston (To Kill a Mockingbird, West End), Charlotte Luxford (The Hay Wain, Castle Park Theatre), Oyin Orija (The Real Thing, Old Vic), Tiwai Muza (Cluedo 2, UK tour), Tom Brace-Jenkins (professional stage debut), and John J. O’Hagan (Tell in Santa Fe: Tales from the Modern American West, Happen/Chance Productions).
Following its run in Leeds, this riveting courtroom drama will tour to Nottingham, Edinburgh, Leicester, Glasgow, Bath, Cardiff, Eastbourne, Salford, Sheffield, Dublin, Belfast, Plymouth, Canterbury, Southampton, Birmingham, Newcastle, Norwich, Liverpool, and Milton Keynes.
Set in 1934 Alabama, To Kill a Mockingbird was inspired by novelist Harper Lee’s own childhood and has sold more than 45 million copies worldwide. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature and was long at the top of the banned book lists.
Oscar winning writer Aaron Sorkin's stage adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird is paired with Bartlett Sher’s visionary direction.
The creative team for To Kill a Mockingbird is completed by set designer Miriam Buether, costume designer Ann Roth, lighting designer Jennifer Tipton, sound designer Scott Lehrer, composer Adam Guettel, musical supervisor Kimberley Grigsby, casting director Serena Hill CDG, hair and wigs designer Campbell Young Associates, and cultural coordinator Tavia Jefferson.
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