The Kiln Theatre have announced the full cast for the return of Zadie Smith’s The Wife of Willesden, which runs at the venue from 14 December 2022-28 January 2023 ahead of its US transfer.

Directed by Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham, Clare Perkins reprises her role as Alvita, The Wife of Willesden, alongside Marcus Adolphy (War Horse, National Theatre) as Winston/Mandela/Black Jesus, George Eggay (Archbishop, The Last King of Scotland, Sheffield Crucible) as Pastor/Eldridge, Andrew Frame (Small Island, National Theatre) as Ian/Socrates/Bartosz, Troy Glasgow (DNA, National Theatre) as Darren/Young Maroon, Claudia Grant (Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, West End) as Polly/Sophie, Nikita Johal (The World Goes ‘Round, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre) as Asma/Kelly, Scott Miller (War Horse, National Theatre) as Ryan/Colin, Jessica Murrain (Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Globe) as Author/Zaire/Queen Nanny, and Ellen Thomas (Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, Almeida Theatre) as Aunty P/Old Wife.

A proper local legend. Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend. Alvita will tell her life story to anyone in the pub – there’s no shame in her game. The question is: are you ready to hear it?

Because this woman’s got the gift of the gab: she can rewrite mistakes into triumphs, turn pain into parables, and her love life’s an epic poem. They call her The Wife of Willesden…

A play that celebrates the human knack for telling elaborate tales, especially about our own lives.

The production is designed by Robert Jones, with lighting by Guy Hoare, composition and sound by Ben and Max Ringham, casting by Julia Horan CDG, and movement direction by Imogen Knight.

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