Luce - full casting announced
Casting news
FULL casting has been announced for the UK première of JC Lee’s play Luce, which runs at Southwark Playhouse from March 9 to April 2, 2016.
Joining Mel Giedroyc (as Amy) to complete the cast are Natasha Gordon (Harriet), Martins Imhangbe (Luce), Elizabeth Tan (Stephanie) and Nigel Whitmey (Peter). Natasha Gordon replaces Josette Simon who has had to withdraw from the production for personal reasons.
Amy’s son is perfect: star athlete, academic highflyer and high school hero. So why are there lethal explosives in his locker?
Luce is about the fear of homegrown terrorism. Set in an ordinary American town, but addressing anxieties that are growing throughout the Western world, it raises troubling questions about parenting, education and racism. Do we ever really know our children? Why must they be perfect? And where do the springs of violence lie?
Natasha Gordon’s theatre credits include Red Velvet (Tricycle/New York), The Low Road and Clubland (Royal Court), Speechless (Shared Experience), The Exception and the Rule (Young Vic), As You Like It, The Tamer Tamed and Cymbeline (RSC), Skin Deep (Warehouse, Croydon), Aladdin (Lyric Hammersmith), Top Girls (BAC), and Arabian Nights (Young Vic/West End).
Her television credits include Line of Duty 3, Danny and the Human Zoo, EastEnders, Doctors, Holby City, Secrets and Words, Little Miss Jocelyn, 10 Days to War, Law & Order UK and The Bill. She has also appeared in the film Dough.
Martins Imhangbe’s recent theatre credits include Complicite’s Lionboy (Tricycle Theatre and World Tour), The Skriker (Manchester Royal Exchange), Octagon (Arcola Theatre), Das Ding (New Diorama Theatre), Romeo & Juliet (Orange Tree Theatre) and A Human Being Died That Night (Hampstead Theatre). His film work includes The Last British Execution.
Elizabeth Tan’s theatre credits include Harajuku Girls (Finborough Theatre), A Dream of Red Pavilions (Bush Theatre), This Isn’t Romance (Soho Theatre and Winner of the Verity Bargate Award), and Road to Kowloon Park (The Warehouse Theatre, Croydon).
Her screen credits include regular roles in Coronation Street and Waterloo Road, plus Doctor Who, Casualty, The Syndicate, Spooks, Hustle, New Tricks, Spirit Warriors, Hallo Panda, Way to Go and Hotel Babylon (TV); Blink, Luck, Swinging with the Finkels, Masterwork, Love Aaj Kal, Dirty Sanchez: The Movie and Witch House (film).
Nigel Whitmey’s theatre credits include Disgraced (Bush Theatre), The Lakeboat/Prairie du Chien (Arcola Theatre), All Mouth (Menier Chocolate Factory), Other People and Disneyland It Ain’t (Royal Court), The Cherry Orchard and Black Dahlia (Young Vic), Far Above Rubies (Tricycle Theatre) and Salvation (Gate Theatre).
His screen credits include Occupied, 24: Live Another Day, Strike Back, Death of a Pilgrim, Le Grand, Midsomer Murders, The Wild West, The Deep, Spooks, The Philanthropist, Waking the Dead, Doctor Who, Casualty and Carrie’s War (TV); Never Let Go, The Fifth Estate, Knife Edge, Shackleton, 51st Estate, Hotel, Shining Through, Jefferson in Paris, Surviving Picasso and Saving Private Ryan (film).
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