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Further casting confirmed for Pinter at the Pinter
Michael Gambon joins the season of Harold Pinter's one-act plays.
London’s Harold Pinter Theatre will host a season of the legendary playwright’s one-act plays, performed by some of the world’s most celebrated actors and creatives, many of whom were Pinter’s friends and collaborators.
The seven shows will capture a total of 16 plays, and will showcase performances by the newly announced Michael Gambon, as well as the previously announced Ron Cook, Danny Dyer, Martin Freeman, Tamsin Greig, Jane Horrocks, Celia Imrie, John Macmillan, Emma Naomi, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Abraham Popoola, David Suchet and Nicholas Woodeson.
Keith Allen, Phil Davis, Paapa Essiedu, Rupert Graves, Gary Kemp, John Simm and Maggie Steed were also recently announced as joining the celebratory season.
The current list is completed by Jessica Barden, Kate O’Flynn, Sir Anthony Sher, Hayley Squires, Luke Thallon, Russell Tovey and Penelope Wilton, who will all also take to the stage across the season.
Gambon will be joining the season as the voice of The Guard in Mountain Language.
Directors Jamie Lloyd, Patrick Marber, Ed Stambollouian, Lyndsey Turner and Lia Williams will lead the various productions.
Watch some of the cast speak of Pinter’s importance and legacy below:
The unique experience will take place from 6 September 2018 to 23 February 2019 at the theatre that bears Pinter’s name, and will celebrate the “most influential, provocative and poetic dramatists of his generation” (the Guardian).
Here’s the schedule in full:
One For The Road | The New World Order | Mountain Language | Ashes To Ashes
Thursday 6 September 2018 – Saturday 20 October 2018
Directed by Jamie Lloyd (One For The Road, The New World Order, and Mountain Language) and Lia Williams (Ashes To Ashes)
Cast includes Michael Gambon (voice), Paapa Essiedu, Kate O’Flynn, Sir Anthony Sher, and Maggie Steed
The Lover | The Collection
Thursday 13 September – Saturday 20 October 2018
Directed by Jamie Lloyd
Cast includes David Suchet, John Macmillian, Hayley Squares and Russell Tovey
Landscape | A Kind Of Alaska
Thursday 1 November 2018 – Saturday 8 December 2018
Directed by Jamie Lloyd
Cast includes Keith Allen, Tamsin Greig and Penelope Wilton (at select performances)
Moonlight | Night School
Thursday 25 October 2018 – Saturday 8 December 2018
Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Moonlight) and Ed Stambollouian (Night School)
Cast includes Jessica Barden
The Room | Victoria Station | Family Voices
Thursday 13 December 2018 – Saturday 26 January 2019
Directed by Patrick Marber
Cast includes Rupert Graves, Jane Horrocks, Emma Naomi and Nicholas Woodesen
Party Time | Celebration
Thursday 20 December 2018 – Saturday 26 January 2019
Directed by Jamie Lloyd
Cast includes Ron Cook, Phil Davis, Celia Imrie, Gary Kemp, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Abraham Popoola and John Simm
The Dumb Waiter | A Slight Ache
Thursday 31 January 2019 – Saturday 23 February 2019
Directed by Jamie Lloyd
Cast includes Danny Dyer and Martin Freeman
Tickets for all Pinter At The Pinter shows are available now through Ticketmaster.co.uk.
