Headlong Announce Lisa Dwyer Hogg As Emma In PEOPLE PLACES AND THINGS UK Tour

Jeremy Herrin will direct Lisa Dwyer Hogg as Emma in the much anticipated UK revival of Duncan Macmillan's highly acclaimed People Places & Things.

Following a critically-acclaimed, sold-out season at the National Theatre and in London's West End, People, Places & Things will embark on a major UK tour this autumn for Headlong in a co-production with the National Theatre, HOME and Exeter Northcott Theatre.

Irish born Lisa Dwyer Hogg will play Emma, an actress whose life has spun recklessly out of control because of her addictions to drink and drugs. Full casting to be announced shortly.

Duncan Macmillan's intoxicating play People, Places & Things became the must-see show in London's West End last year for its vivid portrayal of one woman's entanglement in addiction, treatment and self-awareness.

It will open at Home, Manchester, (22 Sept - 7 Oct) before travelling to Oxford Playhouse (11 - 14 October), Bath Theatre Royal (17 - 21 October), Bristol Old Vic (24 - 28 October), Exeter, Northcott Theatre (31 October - 4 November), Nuffield Theatre, Southampton (7 - 11 November), Liverpool Playhouse (14 - 18 November) and Cambridge (21 - 25 November).

Emma was having the time of her life. Now she's in rehab. Her first step is to admit that she has a problem. But the problem isn't with Emma, it's with everything else. She needs to tell the truth. But she's smart enough to know that there's no such thing.

When intoxication feels like the only way to survive the modern world, how can she ever sober up?

Lisa Dwyer Hogg's stage credits include St Joan (Lyric Belfast), Signatories (Verdant Theatre, Kilmainham Gaol & Irish Tour), After Miss Julie, Blackbird, Scarborough (Prime Cut Theatre Company); Liola (National Theatre); Heartbreak House, Tales of Ballycumber (Abbey Theatre, Dublin); The Importance of Being Earnest, The Mariner (Gate Theatre, Dublin); Dunsinane (RSC / Hampstead) Dallas Sweetman (Paines Plough); Begin Again (Old Vic / 24 Hour Plays); Much Ado About Nothing (Stafford); Loyal Women(Royal Court); Pete and Me (New End, Hampstead); Many Loves (Sandis / Lilian Bayliss).

Her screen credits include The Fall in which she played Marion Kay, the sister of serial killer Paul Spector's first victim. Other credits include BBC's Waking the Dead, The Royal, Acceptable Risk (RTE), Across the Universe (Revolution), Almost Adult (Parallax Films), A Year of Greater Love, Best: His Mother's Son, Casualty (BBC); The Royal (Yorkshire TV); Trial and Retribution, Commander (La Plante Productions); The Bill, Fallen (Thames TV); and Wire in the Blood III(Coastal Productions).

As previously announced, Denise Gough will reprise her award-winning role as Emma in a production running simultaneously in New York. People, Places & Things will play at St Ann's Warehouse in a National Theatre / Headlong co-production in association with Bryan Singer Productions from 19 October to 19 November 2017.

Duncan Macmillan is an award-winning playwright whose work includes People, Places & Things (2015-17 - National Theatre/Wyndham's Theatre, West End); 1984, adapt. George Orwell (2013-17 - Headlong/Nottingham Playhouse/West End/Broadway/international tours, co-adapted/co-directed with Rob Icke); Every Brilliant Thing (2013-17 - Paines Plough/Pentabus Theatre/Edinburgh Festival/UK and international tours/HBO); City Of Glass, adapt. Paul Auster (2017 - 59 Productions, HOME and Lyric Hammersmith), 2071, co-written with Chris Rapley (2014-15 - Royal Court Theatre/Hamburg Schauspielhaus); The Forbidden Zone (2014-16 - Salzburg Festival and Schaubühne, Berlin); Wunschloses Unglück, adapt. Peter Handke (2014 - Burgtheater Vienna); Reise Durch die Nacht, adapt. Friederike Mayröcker (2012-14 - Schauspielhaus Köln, Festival d'Avignon, Teatertreffen); Lungs (2011-16 Paines Plough and Sheffield Theatres/Studio Theatre, Washington DC) and Monster (2006 - Royal Exchange).

Jeremy Herrin directs and is the Artistic Director of Headlong. His most recent credits for Headlong include Common (co-production with the NT), Junkyard(Tour), This House, People Places & Things (NT / West End), The Nether (Royal Court / West End) and The Absence of War (Sheffield / Tour). His work includes, for the RSC, the hugely successfully and award-winning world premiere of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall/Bring Up the Bodies (West End/Broadway), for which he won the Evening Standard Award for Best Director and was nominated for Best Director at the 2015 Tony Awards. For his production of This House(National Theatre) he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Director. Jeremy was Deputy Artistic Director of the Royal Court from 2009 until 2012 where his work included No Quarter, Hero, Haunted Child, The Heretic, Kin, Spur of the Moment, Off the Endz, The Priory, Tusk Tusk, and That Face which transferred to the West End. Jeremy will direct James Graham's new play Labour of Love, a Headlong and Michael Grandage Company co-production opening in the West End in September.

LISTING AND TOUR INFORMATION

22 September to 7 October

HOME, Manchester

Tickets: 0161 200 1500

www.homemcr.org

11 - 14 October

Oxford Playhouse

Tickets: 01865 305305

www.oxfordplayhouse.com

17 - 21 October

Bath Theatre Royal

Tickets: 01225 448844

www.theatreroyal.org.uk

24 - 28 October

Bristol Old Vic

Tickets: 0117 987 7877

www.bristololdvic.org.uk

31 Oct - 4 Nov

Exeter, Northcott Theatre

Tickets: 01392 726363

www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

7 - 11 November

Nuffield Southampton Theatre

Tickets: 023 8067 1771

www.nstheatres.co.uk

14 - 18 November

Liverpool Playhouse

Tickets: 0151 709 4776

www.everymanplayhouse.com

21 - 25 November

Cambridge Arts Theatre

Tickets: 01223 503333

www.cambridgeartstheatre.com

ABOUT HEADLONG

Headlong creates exhilarating contemporary theatre: a provocative mix of innovative new writing, reimagined classics and influential twentieth century plays that illuminate our world.

Headlong is one of the most ambitious & exciting theatre companies in the world. We make bold, innovative productions with some of the UK's finest artists. We take these industry leading, award-winning shows around the country & beyond, in theatres & online, attracting new audiences of all ages & backgrounds. We engage as deeply as we can with these communities & this helps us become better at what we do.

Our productions have included Common (National Theatre), Junkyard (Bristol Old Vic, Theatr Clwyd and Rose Theatre Kingston) This House (Chichester Festival Theatre and West End), Pygmalion (UK tour), Boys Will Be Boys (Bush Theatre), People, Places & Things (National Theatre and West End), 1984 (UK and international tour and West End), The Nether (Royal Court Theatre and West End), American Psycho (Almeida and Broadway), Chimerica (Almeida and West End), and Enron (UK tour, West End and Broadway).

ABOUT NATIONAL THEATRE

The National Theatre is dedicated to making the very best theatre and sharing it with as many people as possible. We produce productions on the South Bank in London each year, ranging from reimagined classics to modern masterpieces and new work by contemporary writers and theatre-makers. The National's work is seen on tour throughout the UK, in London's West End, internationally (including on Broadway) and in collaborations and co-productions with regional theatres.

National Theatre Live, which broadcasts live performances to cinema screens internationally, is now celebrating its 7th year and has been experienced by over 6 million people worldwide in 200 countries. For more information, visit NTLive.com

The Clore Learning Centre at the NT is committed to providing programmes for schools, young people, families, community groups and adult learners. The nationwide youth theatre festival Connections and playwriting competition New Views engage thousands of young people around the country. Further, over 2,600 secondary schools have signed up to the free streaming service, On Demand in Schools since its launch in September 2015.

ABOUT HOME

HOME, Manchester's centre for international contemporary art, theatre, film and books, opened its doors in 2015. HOME is a place for curiosity seekers, for lovers of the dramatic, the digital and the deeply engaging; for radicals and reciprocators. HOME works with artists to produce new and extraordinary theatre experiences, programming an exciting, eclectic mix of drama and dance with a strong focus on international work, new commissions and talent development. Led by Artistic Director: Theatre, Walter Meierjohann, HOME has collaborated with many of the most celebrated artists on the UK and International scene, including Complicite, 1927, Simon Stephens, Hofesh Shechter, Peeping Tom, Philippe Quesne and 59productions and offers opportunities to theatre makers at all career stages to develop and extend their practice, presenting thought-provoking and experimental work. The patrons of HOME are Danny Boyle, former National Theatre Artistic Director Nicholas Hytner, actress SurAnne Jones, playwright and poet Jackie Kay MBE, artists Rosa Barba and Phil Collins, filmmaker Asif Kapadia, and actress and author Meera Syal CBE. homemcr.org | @HOME_mcr

ABOUT EXETER NORTHCOTT

Exeter Northcott Theatre is a new model regional theatre. It is a bold sustainable life-affirming hub of entertainment, enjoyment and learning for Exeter, the South West and beyond. From its home at the heart of the University of Exeter's Streatham Campus it creates, curates and collaborates on a vibrant programme of exceptional performance, championing inclusivity, education, talent and skill development.

Under the artistic direction of Paul Jepson the Northcott has been steadily increasing its producing arm. Recent productions include: The Railway Children (Exeter Northcott and Nick Brooke Ltd co-production (National Tour); Dracula: The Bloody Truth (Le Navet Bete in association with Exeter Northcott); J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan; French Without Tears (Exeter Northcott, English Touring Theatre and Orange Tree Theatre co-production); This Is My Body (Exeter Northcott and Ten Ten Productions - Anti Slavery Day Media Award Winner 2015); Harold Pinter's Betrayal; A Christmas Carol (Exeter Northcott and Creative Cow co-production).

This has allowed the theatre to develop a radical interdisciplinary commissioning programme - IMPACT. In March 2017, the Northcott successfully piloted, Beyond My Control, an interactive performance about epilepsy, presented as part of its IMPACT Programme in partnership with the University of Exeter, using the medium of performance to facilitate public engagement for the University's world class research.

Exeter Northcott also runs an Associates Programme, which supports the next generation of theatre companies to successfully transition to the midscale. Current members comprise PaddleBoat Theatre Company, Metta Theatre and Le Navet Bete.

Future plans include: The Comedy of Errors (outdoor Shakespeare South West Tour July 2017); Dick Whittington (Christmas 2017); Beyond My Control (National and International Tour); Hepburn & Tracy by Ryan Craig.