Ruth Wilson to star in Jean Cocteau’s THE HUMAN VOICE in the West End

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Sonia Friedman Productions have announced that Ruth Wilson will star in Ivo van Hove’s adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s The Human Voice, at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 17 March-9 April 2022.

Ivo van Hove also directs, with design by Jan Versweyveld.

Ruth Wilson said: “I am absolutely thrilled to be collaborating again with Ivo and Jan on this wonderful, heartbreaking and deeply human monologue from Jean Cocteau. A woman alone with only her phone as companion, Cocteau explores the nature of intimate relations through inanimate objects. In a world in which are all addicted to and dependent on our phones, this play from the 1930s couldn’t feel more prescient. Ivo is the perfect director to bring Cocteau’s play to life as both share a love of the absurd as a mirror to truth.”

“We’ve never been more connected. We’ve never been more alone.

Two-time Olivier Award-winner Ruth Wilson stars in The Human Voice - the searing story of a woman's heartbreak over the course of a final phone call with her former lover.

Reunited with groundbreaking director Ivo van Hove for the first time since their acclaimed Hedda Gabler, Ruth Wilson returns to the West End for 31 performances in this explosive reimagining of one of theatre’s greatest roles.

Jean Cocteau’s stunning monologue is more illuminating about love and loneliness than ever.”

Priority tickets are now on sale. Tickets will go on general sale on 1 December at midday here.