Cast announced for MORE LIFE at Royal Court Theatre

Emmie Newitt 9 January, 2025, 15:07

The new sci-fi gothic thriller, created in collaboration with the Royal Court Theatre and Kandinsky Theatre Company, is set to debut at the Royal Court Theatre next month for a limited run.

more life royal court theatre cast The cast of More Life. Headshots provided by production.

The cast for Lauren Mooney and James Yeatman’s More Life includes Marc Elliott (A Tupperware of Ashes, National Theatre), Alison Halstead (Princess Essex, Shakespeare's Globe), Lewis Mackinnon (Your Last Breath, Southwark Playhouse), Tim McMullan (Hapgood, Hampstead Theatre), Danusia Samal (Busking It, Shoreditch Town Hall) and Helen Schlesinger (Richard III, Shakespeare's Globe).

Directed by James Yeatman, the creative team features text and dramaturgy by Lauren Mooney, set design by Shankho Chaudhuri, and lighting design by Ryan Joseph Stafford. Zac Gvirtzman serves as the composer and sound designer, with Dan Balfour as co-sound designer and Isobel Pellow as costume supervisor.

Set in 2075, More Life begins with a woman waking up in a body that is not her own. After dying in a car accident fifty years ago, Bridget is alive thanks to a technological breakthrough. The play will take audiences through a thrilling exploration of what it means to be human.

More Life will play at the Royal Court Theatre from 6 February to 8 March 2025.