Cast announced for London tour of GRENFELL: SYSTEM FAILURE
Casting has been announced for Grenfell: System Failure, which asks further vital questions raised at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry , opening at the Playground Theatre from 18 February before visiting The Tabernacle and Marylebone Theatre.
Leading the company and reprising his role as Lead Counsel to the Inquiry, Richard Millett QC is Olivier-nominee Ron Cook (Andor, Inside Number. 9, Mr Selfridge, The Witcher, Faith Healer and Girl from the North Country). Also returning are Derek Elroy (The Playboy of the West Indies, Birmingham Rep) as Leslie Thomas QC, Sally Giles (The Colour of Justice; Tricycle, Tour and National) as Kate Grange QC, David Michaels (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, National Theatre UK and International Tour) as Andy Roe/Nick Hurd, and Thomas Wheatley (Chilcot, The Lowry) as Sir Martin Moore-Bick.
Joining them are Nicholas Chambers (The Department of Distractions and Life and Loves of a Nobody, Third Angel) as Adrian Pargeter, Sophie Duval (The Watsons, Chichester Festival/Menier Chocolate Factory) as Sarah Colwell, Tanveer Ghani (Drawing the Line and Loose Ends, Hampstead Theatre) as Imran Khan QC, Shahzad Ali as Hisam Chouciar, Madeleine Bowyer (Pygmalion, Japan and International tour) as Deborah French and Howard Crossley (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, RSC on Broadway) as Eric Pickles. Further casting will be announced in due course.
A piece of documentary theatre, based entirely on the words of those involved in the final phase of the Inquiry (which ended in November 2022), Grenfell: System Failure interrogates why the testing regime failed to warn of the danger of installing inflammable materials, why manufacturers promoted such products with no regard to safety, why government regulations ignored the dangers and were not updated, and why politicians failed to ensure proper oversight. Through the testimonies of bereaved residents, it explores how they were failed by the London Fire Brigade on the night and abandoned by the local authority in the chaos of the fire’s aftermath.
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