Rory Kinnear heads the cast of The Threepenny Opera at the National Theatre. Picture: Pamela Raith
Screen and stage star Rory Kinnear will head the cast of the National Theatre’s major new production of The Threepenny Opera.
Kinnear, whose previous appearances at the National include his Olivier award-winning performance as Iago in Othello, will take on the central role of Macheath in Simon Stephens’ new adaptation of the Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill classic.
With NT director Rufus Norris at the helm, the cast also includes Haydn Gwynne as Mrs Peachum and Rosalie Craig as Polly Peachum. They will be joined on stage by Hammed Animashaun, Sarah Amankwah, Toyin Ayeden-Alase, Jamie Beddard, Rebecca Brewer, Andrew Buckley, Ricky Butt, Mark Carroll, Matt Cross, Peter de Jersey, Nick Holder, George Ikediashi. Debbie Kurup, Conor Neaves, Sharon Small, Dominic Tighe and Wendy Somerville.
The production, which previews from 18 May with the press night on 26 May, is currently booking until 31 August. Vicki Mortimer is the show’s production designer, musical direction is by David Shrubsole, with choreography by Imogen Knight, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Paul Arditti and fight direction by Rachel Brown Williams and Ruth Cooper of RC-ANNIE Ltd.
Angela Thomas
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