The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced casting for the European première of Paul Grellong’s Power of Sail, which plays at the venue from 20 March-12 May.

Directed by Dominic Dromgoole, the cast includes Julian Ovenden (South Pacific, Chichester Festival Theatre/Sadler’s Wells) as Charles Nichols, Tanya Franks (Eastenders, BBC) as Amy, Katie Bernstein (The Play That Goes Wrong, West End/UK tour) as Maggie, Georgia Landers (Rock n Roll, Hampstead Theatre) as Quinn, and Paul Rider (Don’t Destroy Me, Arcola Theatre) as Frank. Full casting will be announced shortly.

All hell breaks loose when Harvard professor Charles Nichols invites a contentious white nationalist to his yearly symposium. His colleagues are very concerned about how this will affect both his and the University’s reputation; his students are vociferously protesting. However, Charles refuses to budge. Is there another agenda?

This moral thriller investigates the thin line between hate and freedom of speech - who bears the ultimate cost?

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