Duncan Macmillan's smash hit play PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS returns to the West End
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It has been announced that the original, smash hit production of People, Places and Things will make a triumphant return to London’s West End from 3 May-10 August at the Trafalgar Theatre.
Duncan Macmillan’s intoxicating play, directed by the acclaimed, award-winning Jeremy Herrin and originally co-produced by the National Theatre and Headlong, will star Denise Gough who reprises her Olivier Award-winning role as Emma, a struggling actress whose life is spinning recklessly out of control. Further casting is to be announced.
Tony Award®-winner Bunny Christie will recreate her 'cabinet-of-curiosities’ (New York Times) innovative set design with special on-stage seating bringing an element of intimacy to this vivid and transfixing portrayal of addiction.
Emma was having the time of her life. Now she’s in rehab. Her first step is to admit that she has a problem. But the problem isn’t with Emma, it’s with everything else. She needs to tell the truth. But she’s smart enough to know that there’s no such thing. When intoxication feels like the only way to survive the modern world, how can she ever sober up?
Actress Denise Gough said: “I am beyond excited and so grateful to be returning to the role of Emma in People, Places and Things. Duncan Macmillan’s incredible play was a life changing experience for me and many others. It brought me pure joy, night after night, to take to the stage to share Emma’s story and I can’t wait to bring her back to new audiences and to give voice, and space, to people that live with or have experienced any form of addiction”
The creative team also includes costume designer Christina Cunningham, lighting designer James Farncombe, composer Matthew Herbert, sound designer Tom Gibbons, video designer Andrzej Goulding, movement director Polly Bennett, casting director Jessica Ronane CDG CSA, and original casting director Wendy Spon.
Tickets go on sale to the public on 15 March at 10am here.