Lindsay Duncan & Hilton McRae to star in tour of Strindberg’s THE DANCE OF DEATH

Photo credit: Michael Wharley

Casting has been announced for the tour of August Strindberg’s The Dance of Death, with performances starting on 19 May at the Ustinov Studio in Bath.

Olivier and Tony Award winner Lindsay Duncan (G.B.H, Shooting the Past) will star as Alice, alongside Olivier Award nominee Hilton McRae (Return of the Jedi, Mansfield Park) and Emily Bruni in this adaptation by Academy Award-winning playwright Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Arcola Theatre’s Artistic Director Mehmet Ergen.

Following its run in Bath, the production will visit Oxford Playhouse, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Royal & Derngate, Northampton, before completing its run at the Arcola Theatre from 28 June–30 July.

As their 30th wedding anniversary approaches, Alice and Edgar are locked in a bitter struggle. They’ve driven away their children and their friends. Their relationship is sustained by taunts and recriminations. When a newcomer breaks into the midst of the fray, their insular lives threaten to spin out of control. Laced with biting humour, The Dance of Death is August Strindberg’s landmark drama about a marriage pushed to its limits.

The production is designed by Grace Smart, with sound by Daniel Balfour, and lighting by David Howe.