Laura Whitmore and Sophie Melville to star in world premiere of APEX PREDATOR
Hampstead Theatre has announced full casting for the world premiere of Apex Predator by John Donnelly, which plays on the venue’s Main Stage from 22 March-26 April.
Having made her West End stage debut in the critically acclaimed 2.22: A Ghost Story in 2022, actor and hugely successful broadcaster Laura Whitmore will play Ana, alongside Sophie Melville (Iphigenia in Splott, National Theatre/Shaubuhne/Broadway) as Mia, Bryan Dick (The Hills of California, West End) as Joe, and Leander Deeny (Abigail’s Party, Northern Stage) as Victor, with Callum Knowelden and Lorcan Reilly sharing the role of Alfie.
They’re obsessed with climate change. See, we’re their food source and we’re heading towards extinction. It’s causing them a lot of anxiety…
Mia is going out of her mind in a flat with a baby that won’t feed. Her son Alfie’s getting bullied at school; her husband Joe is working all hours for the police on a job he can’t talk about; the neighbour keeps blasting music at 2am; and another body has been found in the Thames.
As Mia desperately looks for something in her life she can control, Alfie’s teacher Ana proposes an unconventional route to empowerment – and suddenly the hunted becomes the hunter…
John Donnelly’s genre-busting new play is at once a sophisticated critique of the way we live now and a supernatural thriller.
The creative team includes director Blanche McIntyre, designer Tom Piper, lighting designer Jack Knowles, sound designer Christopher Shutt, movement and intimacy director Ingrid Mackinnon, and casting director Annelie Powell CDG.
