Stephen Campbell Moore and Adrian Scarborough to star in WHEN WINSTON WENT TO WAR WITH THE WIRELESS at Donmar Warehouse

Initial casting has been announced for the world première of Jack Thorne’s play When Winston went to War with the Wireless, which plays at Donmar Warehouse from 2 June-29 July.

The production will star Stephen Campbell Moore as John Reith and Adrian Scarborough as Winston Churchill, with further casting to be announced.

In May 1926 Britain grinds to a halt, as workers down tools for The General Strike.

With the printing presses shut down, the only sources of news are the government’s The British Gazette, edited by Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill, and the independent, fledgling British Broadcasting Company, led by John Reith. What follows is a fierce battle for control of the news and who gets to define the truth. 

At a time when the BBC is faced once again with the challenges of impartiality, When Winston went to War with the Wireless is a gripping new play about the birth of a great British institution by multi award-winning stage and screen writer Jack Thorne, directed by Katy Rudd.

Writer Jack Thorne said: “So delighted to announce this wonderful cast. Adrian is going to dazzle as the younger Churchill we’ve barely seen before, and Stephen will delight in bringing all the Gary Lineker shades in Reith. The BBC has constantly found itself pinched by Government crows, this was the first pinching and it feels an ever more apposite time to bring it to the stage.”

The production is designed by Laura Hopkins, with sound by Ben and Max Ringham, lighting by Howard Hudson, movement direction by Scott Graham, music by Gary Yershon and casting by Anna Cooper CDG.

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