Chimerica casting update for West End transfer

London Box Office 25 June, 2013, 18:11

The Headlong and Almeida Theatre’s five star sold-out co-production of Lucy Kirkwood’s new play Chimerica transfers to the Harold Pinter Theatre on 6 August for a strictly limited 11 week run. With booking in the West End to 19 October 2013, Lyndsey Turner’s production of Chimerica received its world premiere last month at the Almeida Theatre where it has subsequently been acclaimed by critics and audiences alike.

The cast comprises Stephen Campbell Moore, Benedict Wong, Claudie Blakley, Elizabeth Chan, Vera Chok, Karl Collins, Trevor Cooper, Nancy Crane, Sean Gilder, Sarah Lam, Andrew Leung and David K. S. Tse, all of whom will reprise their roles in the West End.

Set designs are by Es Devlin with costumes by Christina Cunningham, lighting by Tim Lutkin, sound by Carolyn Downing and video design by Finn Ross.

Tiananmen Square, 1989. As tanks roll through Beijing and soldiers hammer on his hotel door, Joe – a young American photojournalist – captures a piece of history. When a cryptic message is left in a Beijing newspaper more than 20 years later, Joe is driven to discover the truth behind the unknown hero he captured on film. Who was he? What happened to him? And could he still be alive?

Chimerica is a Headlong and Almeida Theatre co-production produced in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions, Bob Bartner & Norman Tulchin, Jean Doumanian and the Almeida Theatre.