The play will be transferred to the West End, at the Wyndham’s Theatre, for a limited season of 8 weeks commencing from 11 February 2015. Get your tickets NOW from this website.
There’s also a new trailer which you can watch below :
Update : 4 January 2015
The Telegraph has compiled a list of “96 things you shouldn’t miss in 2015” and for its entry on 11 February 2015, it has selected this play as something you should see.
Filming for NT Live
We also got our wish fulfilled, kind of. The West End run will be filmed for NT Live. That means fans who cannot get to watch the play in London will have a chance to watch it in their local cinema, if their local cinema is part of the NT Live theatre group.
15 January 2015 : Its been confirmed that the NT Live broadcast of this play will take place on 26 March 2015.
Reviews
Guardian | Telegraph | London Theatre Guide | Evening Standard | Timeout London
Financial Times | Variety | Official London Theatre | So So Gay | Broadway World
16 February 2015 Press Night
The Young Vic has put up pictures taken at the after-party on press night on its Facebook page.
The press night after party was held at the National Gallery Cafe. From photos available from various sources, it would appear that the following actors/actresses were at the party (in no particular order) :
Bertie Carvel (Nicola’s co-star from Babylon; he played Finn)
Kritin Scott-Thomas (Nicola’s co-star from Four Weddings and a Funeral; she played Fiona)
Russel Tovey (Nicola’s co-star from her guest episode on Being Human)
Stanley Tucci
Fiona Shaw
Olivia Colman
Sheila Hancock
Stephen Poliakoff
You can see some of the pics of these guests on the Broadway world website.
Awards and Nominations
This play has garnered a number of nominations for the 2015 Olivier Awards, which were announced in London on 9 March 2015 :
Best Director – Ivo Van Hove
Best Actor – Mark Strong
Best Set Design – Jan Versweyveld
Best Sound Design – Tom Gibbons
Best Lighting Design – Jan Versweyveld
Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Phoebe Fox
Best Revival
The winners will be announced in a ceremony to be held in London on 12 April 2015 at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
Update : 12 April 2015
Of the show’s 7 nominations, it won for
Best Director – Ivo Van Hove
Best Actor – Mark Strong
Best Revival
Congratulations to cast and crew on a most remarkable production! With all this success in Britain, it is now highly likely that the show will transfer to Broadway at a later date. At this stage, it is unclear whether Nicola will get to transfer with the show.
Trivia
During the play’s West End run, Nicola had a simultaneous connection to two other West End shows :
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time – Nicola originated the role of Judy, Christopher’s mother when the play was first staged at the Cottesloe Theatre of the National Theatre in 2012 but she did not join the show in its subsequent West End transfer. As of 2015, this show is still playing in the West End.
Di and Viv and Rose – Nicola originated the role of Viv when the play was first staged at the Hampstead Downstairs theatre in 2011 but she did not join the show in any of its subsequent stagings.
Original production at the Young Vic
For our coverage of the play’s initial run at the Young Vic, please visit this page.
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