Lead casting announced for THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA in the West End

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Lead casting has been announced for Jez Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California, which will play at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 27 January-15 June 2024.

Directed by Sam Mendes, Laura Donnelly (The Ferryman), Leanne Best (Sweat), Ophelia Lovibond (Minx) and Helena Wilson (Vogue World) will play the Webb family, alongside Bryan Dick, Shaun Dooley, Corey Johnson, Richard Lumsden, Natasha Magigi, Nancy Allsop, Sophia Ally, Alfie Jackson, Lara McDonnell, Lucy Moran and Nicola Turner.

“This house. It’s called ‘Sea View’. It’s just I’ve looked out of every window, and you can’t. You can’t see the sea.”

Blackpool, 1976. The driest summer in 200 years. The beaches are packed. The hotels are heaving. In the sweltering backstreets, far from the choc ices and donkey rides, the Webb Sisters are returning to their mother’s run-down guest house, as she lies dying upstairs.

The creative team also includes designer Rob Howell, lighting designer Natasha Chivers, composer, sound designer and arranger Nick Powell, choreographer Ellen Kane, musical supervisor and arranger Candida Caldicot, casting director Amy Ball, and young person’s casting director Verity Naughton.

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