Full cast announced for REDLANDS at Chichester Festival Theatre
Casting has been announced for the world premiere of Charlotte Jones’s new play Redlands about the famous 1960s drugs trial of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, directed by Chichester Festival Theatre’s Artistic Director Justin Audibert, running from 20 September – 18 October.
The cast includes: Anthony Calf (One Day) as Michael Havers QC, Ben Caplan (Sunny Afternoon, West End) as Allen Klein/George Harrison, Clive Francis (ENRON) as Cecil Havers, Louis Landau (Butterfly) as Nigel Havers, Emer McDaid (Witness for the Prosecution) as Marianne Faithfull, Brenock O’Connor (Alex Rider) as Keith Richards, Olivia Poulet (The Thick of It) as Carol Havers, and Jasper Talbot (Broadchurch) as Mick Jagger; alongside Melody Chikakane Brown as Constable Slade/Daphne, Lara Rose McCabe (Ensemble), Sam Pay as Inspector Dineley/Judge Block, Akshay Sharan as PC Willis/Vivek Chakrabarti, Ella Tekere (Ensemble), Riley Woodford (Ensemble) and Adam Young as Sniderman/Derek Carter.
In the quiet market town of Chichester, the most famous members of the most infamous rock group in the world are on trial.
1967. At Keith Richards’s country house Redlands in deepest West Sussex, the Rolling Stones are enjoying a bohemian night in with the likes of Marianne Faithfull and George Harrison, until the constabulary swoop down and charge Keith and Mick Jagger with drug offences.
Only one man can defend the two icons of the 60s revolution: Michael Havers, leading QC and future attorney general. But the furore also brings into the spotlight his own relationship with his son, aspiring teenage actor Nigel Havers, who’s been drawn into Marianne’s orbit...
This riotous, psychedelic and hugely entertaining account of possibly the most bizarre English court case ever held evokes a turning point in cultural history and the clash between the generations.
The production features set design by Joanna Scotcher, costumes by Ryan Dawson Laight, lighting by Matt Daw, composition and orchestrations by Benjamin Kwasi Burrell, sound by Claire Windsor, musical direction by Alan Berry, movement direction by Shanelle ‘Tali’ Fergus, and casting by Ginny Schiller CDG.
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