Stoppard Play Extends in London; Will It Rock Broadway?

Due to public demand Tom Stoppard's critically acclaimed new play, Rock 'n' Roll, has confirmed a six week extension of the previously announced run.  It is now booking until November 5th. 

 
Rock 'n' Roll received its world premiere at the Royal Court in June where it was a sell out success and subsequently transferred to the Duke of York's Theatre where it has broken the theatre's box office records – it is expected that after playing for 6 weeks in the West End Trevor Nunn's production of Rock 'n' Roll will financially recoup.  Discussions are currently underway for a possible Broadway production.

Joining leading cast members Sinead Cusack, Alice Eve and Rufus Sewell is David Calder, who joins the cast on September 26th to play Max, replacing Brian Cox.

The full cast (in alphabetical order) from September 26th is:  Nicole Ansari (Lenka), Louise Bangay (Candida), Anthony Calf (Nigel), Martin Chamberlain (Milan),  Miranda Colchester (Gillian), David Calder (Max), Sinead Cusack (Eleanor/older Esme), Alice Eve (younger Esme/Alice), Edward Hogg (Stephen), Rufus Sewell (Jan) and Peter Sullivan(Ferdinand).

As well as extensive work for the Royal Shakespeare Company and The National Theatre, award-winning actor David Calder's more recent theatre work includes Five Gold Rings and Conversations After a Burial for The Almeida Theatre, The Little Foxes for the Donmar Warehouse and Home for the Oxford Stage Company.  His extensive television work includes "Tumbledown," "A Question of Attribution" and "Wallis and Edward."  Film his work includes Defence of the Realm, American Friends, The King is Alive and the soon-to-be-released Goya's Ghosts and Perfume.

Directed by Trevor Nunn, Rock 'n' Roll marked both Stoppard and Nunn's Royal Court debuts and was presented as part of the Court's year-long 50th anniversary celebrations.  Set design is by Robert Jones, costume design is by Emma Ryott, lighting is by Howard Harrison and sound by Ian Dickinson.  The Royal Court Theatre production of Rock 'n' Roll is produced at the Duke of York's Theatre by Sonia Friedman Productions.

"Rock 'n' Roll spans the years from 1968 to 1990 from the double perspective of Prague, where a rock'n'roll band comes to symbolise resistance to the Communist regime, and of Cambridge where the verities of love and death are shaping the lives of three generations in the family of a Marxist philosopher," state press notes.

Visit www.rocknroll.uk.com for more information.