The Last Days of Judas Iscariot - casting complete
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
GAWN Grainger, Douglas Henshall, Susan Lynch and Joseph Mawle will be joined by LAByrinth Theatre Company member Ron Cephas Jones in the European premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, which opens at the Almeida Theatre on April 3, 2008 (previews from March 28).
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is described as a time-bending, serio-comic drama in an imagined world between Heaven and Hell that re-examines the plight and fate of The New Testament’s most infamous sinner. In a trial of “God and the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth versus Judas Iscariot”, figures ranging from Pontius Pilate to Sigmund Freud are called to testify.
Guirgis’ distinct and utterly contemporary voice uses the violent, chaotic energy of modern America, and particularly of New York, to explore timeless questions of free will and responsibility, of faith and fate.
Rupert Goold will direct a cast that also includes Shane Attwooll (Butch Honeywell), Amanda Boxer (Henrietta Iscariot), Josh Cohen (Sigmund Freud/Saint Thomas), Dona Croll (Gloria/Mother Theresa), Edward Hogg (Jesus of Nazareth), Corey Johnson (Judge/Soldier), Mark Lockyer (Yusef El-Fayoumy), John MacMillan (Bailiff/Simon the Zealot), Poppy Miller (Loretta/Mary Magdalene/Sister Glenna) and Jessika Williams (Saint Monica).
Writer and actor Gawn Grainger’s (Caiaphas The Elder/Saint Matthew) acting credits include You Can’t Take It With You (Southwark Playhouse), Amy’s View (Theatre Royal Bath), The Seagull (National Theatre) and Party Time, Mountain Language and No Man’s Land (Almeida Theatre). His screen credits include A Christmas Carol, Little Drummer Girl and Blood Royal (film); Midsomer Murders, Foyle’s War and Dalziel and Pascoe (TV).
Henshall’s (Satan) theatre credits include The Cryptogram (Donmar Warehouse), Death of a Salesman (Lyric Theatre), Darwin in Malibu (Hampstead Theatre), The Crucible (Sheffield Theatres), The Coast of Utopia (National Theatre), American Buffalo (Young Vic) and The Relapse (Royal Shakespeare Company).
His screen credits include Flying Lessons, It’s All About Love, Ripley Underground and the forthcoming French Film (film); The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle, Dalziel and Pascoe, Frances Tuesday and the current sci-fi series Primeval in which he plays Professor Nick Cutter (TV).
Lynch’s (Fabiana Aziza Cunningham) London theatre credits include The Night Season, Pericles, Le Cid, O Go My Man, Ashes and Sand, Mnemonic and The Clearing; and on Broadway, Brian Friel’s Translations. Her screen credits include Within, City Rats, The Golden Age, Enduring Love, Waking Ned and Beautiful Creatures (film); The Robber Bride, The Ten Commandments, Bodies, A Royal Scandal and Truth or Dare (TV).
Mawle’s (Judas Iscariot) theatre credits include Antony and Cleopatra, Love and Understanding, Troilus and Cressida and As You Like It. On television, he has appeared in The History of Mr Polly, Persusasion, Foyle’s War, Clapham Junction, Merlin and The Passion (as Jesus).
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is co-produced by the Almeida Theatre and Headlong Theatre.
Tickets: £29.50 – £6 (concessions available).
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