Daniel Mays and George MacKay join Timothy Spall in The Caretaker
Casting news
DANIEL Mays (as Aston) and George MacKay (Mick) will join previously announced Timothy Spall (Davies) in Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker. Directed by Matthew Warchus, it runs at the Old Vic from April 6 (previews from March 26) to May 14, 2016.
Disturbed handyman Aston has invited an irascible tramp to stay with him at his brother’s jumbled London flat. At first it seems that the manipulative guest will take advantage of his vulnerable host. But when Aston’s brother Mick arrives, an enigmatic power struggle emerges between the three men that is in equal parts menacing, touching and darkly comic.
Timothy Spall is one of Britain’s best-loved and most talented character actors. Most recently, he has received wide acclaim for his role as J.M.W Turner in Mike Leigh’s Mr Turner (2014), for which he won seven international awards, including the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award.
Although Spall is probably best known for his role as Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter film series, his film work is diverse and includes The King’s Speech, The Damned United, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Pierrepoint, All Or Nothing, Lucky Break, Topsy Turvy and his own documentary Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea.
On television, he has appeared in The Enfield Haunting, Blandings, The Syndicate, The Fattest Man In Britain, Oliver Twist, The Street, Bodily Harm, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Perfect Strangers, Shooting the Past and Our Mutual Friend.
Daniel Mays’ theatre credits include The Red Lion (National Theatre), Mojo (West End), The Same Deep Water as Me, Trelawny of the Wells and Moonlight (Donmar Warehouse), M.A.D. (Bush Theatre) and Hero, Scarborough, Motortown, The Winterling and Ladybird (Royal Court Theatre).
His screen credits include Sgt Danny Waldron in the upcoming third series of the award-winning Line of Duty, Mrs Biggs (National Television Award Nominee 2013), The Great Fire, Public Enemies and Ashes to Ashes (TV); All or Nothing, Vera Drake, Atonement, Red Riding, Made in Dagenham and Byzantium (film). He also plays Private Walker in the forthcoming British comedy film Dad’s Army which has its UK cinema release on February 5.
George MacKay’s theatre credits include Ah Wilderness (Young Vic) and The Cement Garden (The Vaults). However, he is best known for his film work which includes Pride (directed by Matthew Warchus), How I Live Now, Sunshine on Leith, Bypass and For Those in Peril, for which he won Best Actor at The Scottish BAFTAs.
Read more about Matthew Warchus’ inaugural season as Artistic Director of the Old Vic, which also includes The Master Builder, starring Ralph Fiennes (January 25 to March 19, 2016).
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