Director Richard Eyre's adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts, running at The Almeida Theatre now through 23 November, will transfer to Trafalgar Studios beginning 9 December 2013, according to the Daily Mail.
Designs are by
Tim Hatley with lighting by
Peter Mumford and sound by
John Leonard. The full cast is
Lesley Manville (Helene Alving),
Brian McCardie (Jacob Engstrand),
Charlene McKenna (Regina Engstrand),
Jack Lowden (Oswald Alving) and
Will Keen (Pastor Manders).
Helene Alving has spent her life suspended in an emotional void after the death of her cruel but outwardly charming husband. She is determined to escape the
Ghosts of her past by telling her son, Oswald, the truth about his father. But on his return from his life as a painter in France, Oswald reveals how he has already inherited the legacy of his father's dissolute life.
Multi award-winning theatre, film and television actor
Lesley Manville was last on stage in Grief at The National Theatre, where she has previously been seenin Her Naked Skin, Pillars of the Community, The Alchemist and His Dark Materials. Other theatre credits include Six Degrees of Separation and All About My Mother at the Old Vic,Top Girls, Serious Money, The Pope's Wedding and Three Sisters at the Royal Court and for the
Royal Shakespeare Company she has been seen in The Wives' Excuse, Les Liaisons Dangereuses and As You Like It. On screen, Lesley has regularly collaborated with
Mike Leigh on films including Another Year, All or Nothing, Topsy-Turvy, Secrets and Lies and High Hopes. Her other film credits include The Christmas Candle, Molly Moon, Maleficent, Romeo and Juliet, Spike Island and A Christmas Carol. On television her credits include An Adventure in Space and Time, The Man Who Would Be Bond, Mayday, Cranford, North & South, Bodily Harm, Other Peoples' Children, Promoted To Glory, The Cazalets,
David Copperfield, Painted Lady, The Bite, Holding On, Tears Before Bedtime, A Statement of Affairs, Top Girls, Grown-Ups and The Firm.
Brian McCardie's theatre credits include A Doll's House for The National Theatre of Scotland and A Number, The Mercy Seat and Gagarin Way all for Prime Cut Theatre. His television credits include The Crash, The Accused, Shameless and Whistleblowers. On film his credits include Filth, The Damned United and 200 Cigarettes.
Charlene McKenna's previous theatre credits include The Eleventh Capital at the Royal Court, Lonesome West at The Lyric in Belfast and Romeo and Juliet at The Garage in Monaghan. Her television credits include Ripper Street, Misfits, Merlin, Raw, Sirens, Law and Order UK, Being Human, The Fixer, Whistleblower andThe Old Curiosity Shop. Charlene's film work includes A Boy Called Dad, Dorothy Mills, Porcelain, Middletown, Tiger's Tale and Breakfast on Pluto.
Jack Lowden was most recently on stage in Chariots of Fire at Hampstead Theatre/Gielgud Theatre. His previous roles include Cammy in the
Laurence Olivier award-winning Black Watch for The National Theatre of Scotland/Barbican and on tour worldwide. On television his credits include Mrs Biggs, Blue Haven andBeing Victor and the forthcoming The Tunnel. His film credit is uwantme2killhim?
Will Keen was previously at
The Almeida Theatre in Waste, Tom and Viv and Five Gold Rings. His other theatre credits include Quartermaine's Terms at Wyndhams Theatre, Hysteria for Theatre Royal Bath, Huis Clos at the Trafalgar Studios, the title role in Macbeth for
Cheek by Jowl at the Barbican, Kiss of the Spiderwoman for the
Donmar Warehouse, The Rubenstein Kiss for Hampstead Theatre, The Coast of Utopia for The National Theatre and Pericles for the Lyric Hammersmith. On television his credits include Silk, Garrow's Law, Titanic, Foyle's War, Elizabeth I, The Impressionists, Into the Void, Murphy's Law, Monsignor Renard and Martin Chuzzlewit. His film credits are Love and Other Disasters and The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz.
Richard Eyre last directed at the Almeida The Dark Earth and the Light Sky. Previously for the Almeida he has directed
David Hare's The Judas Kiss - his first production after leaving The National Theatre where he was Director from 1988 - 1997 - The Novice and Hedda Gabler. His more recent work as a director for the stage includes the award-winning production of
Arthur Miller's The Crucible on Broadway, the world premieres of
Nicholas Wright's Vincent in Brixton and The Reporter both for The National Theatre, Noel Coward's Private Lives on Broadway and the musical Mary Poppins. Most recently he directed Quartermaine's Terms at the Wyndham's Theatre and The Pajama Game for
Chichester Festival Theatre. Richard will next direct Stephen Ward The Musical, running at the
Aldwych Theatre from 3 December 2013. For television his credits include Changing Stages - a BBC Series on the history of theatre in the 20th century, which he co-wrote with
Nicholas Wright and presented, and the BAFTA award-winning Tumbledown. Eyre recently directed the critically-acclaimed Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 for the BBC's 2012 Shakespeare Season. His film credits include Iris, Stage Beauty, Notes on a Scandal and The Other Man.
Pictured:
Will Keen (Pastor Manders) and
Lesley Manville (Helene Alving). Photo Credit:
Hugo Glendinning.
