Full Cast Announced For The Lyric's THREE SISTERS, Kicks Off January 15

Paul Brennen, Jonathan Broadbent, Jim Bywater, Nigel Cooke, Clare Dunne, Romola Garai, David Judge, John Lightbody, Poppy Miller, Ferdy Roberts, Gemma Saunders, Mark Theodore, Sandra Voe, Paul Woodson join the cast!

15 January - 20 February 2010, 7.30pm
Press night Monday 25 January 7pm

Exhilarating theatre company Filter, together with the Lyric Hammersmith's Artistic Director Sean Holmes, take on Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters in a fresh production for 2010, opening for previews from 15 January.

Frustrated by their small-town existence, the Prozorov family long to return to Moscow. But as relationships, duty and misguided optimism take hold, the family find their dreams drifting further away. Fusing imaginative staging, evocative physicality and Filter's trademark use of sound, this brand new production distils Chekov's classic, stripping the text bare and delving beneath the surface to explore one family's search for elusive happiness.

Starring Paul Brennen as Kulygin (BBC's The Tudors and Filter's Twelfth Night); Jonathan Broadbent as Tuzenbach (Grand Guignol, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Filter's Twelfth Night); Jim Bywater as Ferapont (Uncle Vanya, Young Vic); Nigel Cooke as Chebutykin (Out of Joint's Dreams of Violence); Clare Dunne as Irina (nabokov's Crunch); Romola Garai as Masha (Glorious 39; Emma in BBC's Emma; King Lear/The Seagull, RSC and Briony Tallis in Atonement); David Judge as Rodé (Irish Pele, Manchester Contact Theatre); John Lightbody as Vershinin (Headlong's The English Game); Poppy Miller as Olga (Filter's Twelfth Night); Ferdy Roberts as Andrei (Filter's Twelfth Night and Caucasian Chalk Circle, National Theatre); Gemma Saunders as Natasha (Filter's Twelfth Night and ITV's Law and Order); Mark Theodore as Solyony (Days Of Significance, RSC); Sandra Voe as Anfisa (The Man Who Had All The Luck, Donmar Warehosue) and Paul Woodson as Fedotik (BBC's The Day of the Triffids).

The combination of Filter's exuberance and Holmes' precision have proved a winning formula in the past with both Twelfth Night (RSC/UK Tour/Tricycle) and their ground-breaking version of Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle (National Theatre) receiving great critical acclaim.

Sean Holmes says:
"This is my third collaboration with Filter and I am really excited about the prospect of tackling another classic text with them."

Sean Holmes became Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith in January 2009 and this production is an integral part of Sean's first season which has also seen him reviving Trevor Griffiths' Comedians. Other recent work as a director includes: Loot (Tricycle); Treasure Island (West End); Pornography (Traverse/Birmingham Repertory): The English Game (Headlong); The Man Who Had All The Luck (Donmar Warehouse) and The Entertainer (Old Vic).

Filter were formed in 2001 by actors Ferdy Roberts, Oliver Dimsdale, and musician Tim Phillips. Filter's shows create an on-stage fusion of live and recorded music - their trademark of live integrated sound. In addition to their collaborations with Sean Holmes credits include: Water (Lyric Hammersmith); The Birthday Party and Dumb Waiter (Bristol Old Vic); Girl In The Goldfish Bowl (Crucible Studio) and Playing The Victim (Royal Court).

Following the run at the Lyric Hammersmith, Three Sisters will embark on a UK tour to Warwick, Manchester, Oxford, Northampton and Edinburgh.

Directed by Sean Holmes & Filter
Design by Jon Bausor
Lighting by Paule Constable
Music by Chris Branch
Sound by Nick Manning

Listings Information

Dates 15 January - 20 February
Evenings Mon - Sat 7.30pm
Matinees Wed 27 Jan & 03, 10, 17 Feb 1.30pm
Sat 30 Jan & 06, 13, 20 Feb 2.30pm

Tickets £10 - £25
Bookings 0871 22 117 22 / www.lyric.co.uk

Ages 14 +

Tour Information

Warwick Arts Centre

The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL

Dates Tue 23 - Sat 27 February

Evenings Tue - Sat 7.30pm
Bookings 024 7652 4524 / www.warwickartscentre.co.uk

The Lowry

Pier 8, Salford Quays, M50 3AZ

Dates Tue 2 - Sat 6 March

Evenings Tue - Sat 8pm
Matinees Wed & Sat 2.30pm
Bookings 0843 208 6010 / www.thelowry.com

Oxford Playhouse

Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2LW

Dates Tue 9 - Sat 13 March

Evenings Tue - Thu & Sat 7.30pm, Fri 8pm
Matinees Thu & Sat 2.30pm
Bookings 01865 305305 / www.oxfordplayhouse.com

Royal & Derngate
Guildhall Road, Northampton, NN1 1DP

Dates Tue 16 - Sat 20 March

Evenings Tue - Sat 7.45pm
Matinees Wed 2.30pm
Bookings 01604 624811 / www.royalandderngate.co.uk

Traverse Theatre
Cambridge Street, Edinburgh, EH1 2ED

Dates Wed 24 - Sat 27 March

Evenings Wed - Sat 7.30pm
Matinees Thu & Sat 2.30pm
Bookings 0131 228 1404 / www.traverse.co.uk