19 February 2020
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The Old Vic today announces full casting for Amy Herzog’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama nominated play 4000 Miles, directed by Matthew Warchus with Eileen Atkins and Timothée Chalamet in the lead roles. Buy tickets below.
Philippine Velge and Siu-See Hung complete the cast of 4000 Miles which opens at The Old Vic on 16 April 2020 with previews from 06 April.
At the beginning of the summer 21-year-old Leo set out from the West Coast cycling across America with his best friend. After weeks of radio silence, no one is more surprised than his 91-year-old grandmother, Vera, when Leo turns up on her Manhattan doorstep in the middle of the night.
4000 Miles is part of Matthew Warchus’ Season 5 joining Endgame (in a double bill with Rough for Theatre II) and Local Hero.
Matthew Warchus
Theatre includes: Present Laughter, ‘Art’, The Caretaker, The Master Builder, Future Conditional, Speed-the-Plow (The Old Vic); Lungs (The Old Vic/BAM); A Christmas Carol, Groundhog Day, The Norman Conquests (The Old Vic/Broadway); Matilda the Musical (RSC/West End/Broadway/International tour); Ghost The Musical, La Bête, God of Carnage (West End/Broadway); Deathtrap, Endgame, Our House, Much Ado About Nothing (West End); Boeing- Boeing (West End/Broadway/UK tour); The Lord of the Rings (also co-writer, Toronto/West End); Buried Child, Volpone (National Theatre); Follies (Broadway); Life x 3 (National Theatre/The Old Vic/Broadway); True West (Donmar/Broadway); The Unexpected Man (RSC/West End/Broadway); ‘Art’ (Broadway/West End/Los Angeles); Hamlet, Henry V (RSC); Betrayal, Death of a Salesman, The Plough and the Stars, Fiddler on the Roof, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Leeds Playhouse). Opera includes: Falstaff, Così Fan Tutte (ENO); The Rake’s Progress (ROH/WNO). Film includes: Pride — BIFA Best British Independent Film and Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, Simpatico. Matthew was an Associate Director at the Leeds Playhouse and Artistic Associate at The Old Vic before being appointed Artistic Director of the theatre in 2015.
Eileen Atkins plays Vera Joseph
Theatre includes: Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance, The Lady’s Not For Burning, Saint Joan (The Old Vic); The Killing of Sister George – ES Award for Best Actress (The Old Vic/West End/Broadway); The Height of the Storm (West End/UK tour/Broadway); Female of the Species, The Birthday Party (West End); Honour – Olivier Award for Best Actress, The Winter’s Tale – Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress (National Theatre); A Delicate Balance – ES Award for Best Actress; Ellen Terry (Shakespeare’s Globe); Doubt, Retreat From Moscow (Broadway); The Unexpected Man – Olivier Award for Best Actress (RSC/Barbican/Broadway). Television includes: The Crown, Doc Martin, Upstairs Downstairs, Cranford – BAFTA Award for Best Actress, Emmy Award for Supporting Actress, Miss Marple. Film includes: Paddington, The Hours, Gosford Park, Cold Mountain.
Timothée Chalamet plays Leo Joseph-Connell
Theatre includes: Prodigal Son (Manhattan Theater Club). Film includes: Little Women, The King, Beautiful Boy, Lady Bird, Hostiles, Call Me By Your Name – Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, Miss Stevens, Interstellar. Upcoming films include: Dune, The French Dispatch.
Siu-See Hung plays Amanda
Theatre includes: Ghost Girl (Camden People’s Theatre); Mountains: The Dreams of Lily Kwok (Royal Exchange Manchester/UK tour); Sometimes Thinking (Frantic Assembly); Chinglish (Park Theatre). Television includes: Cursed.
Philippine Velge plays Bec
Theatre includes: Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe). Television includes: Doctors. Film includes: Été 85. Philippine recently graduated from RADA in 2018.
Maya Britto, understudy Amanda
Theatre includes: Tokyo Rose (Underbelly Edinburgh Fringe/New Diorama); Arabian Nights (Hoxton Hall). Television includes: Someone You Thought You Knew. Maya recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 2018.
Nesba Crenshaw, understudy Vera Joseph
Theatre includes: No Villain, Chapter Two (West End); The Werewolf of Washington Heights (The Cockpit); Glorious!, The Odd Couple, Strangers on a Train (Frinton Summer Theatre); Episode, 252AM (Vault Festival); Slowly (Crypt Gallery, St. Pancras); The Lost World of Malcom Ridge (Tabard Theatre); The House of Bernarda Alba (King's Head Theatre); Count Oederland (White Bear Theatre); Vinegar Tom, Serious Money, The Spoils (Atlantic Theatre Company Stage 2, New York). Television includes: The Nevers, The Crown, Coronation Street. Film includes: Tom & Jerry, The Honourable Rebel.
Dan Krikler, understudy Leo Joseph-Connell
Theatre includes: Present Laughter (The Old Vic); Loserville, Mamma Mia (West End); Macbeth (Guildford Shakespeare Company); Homos, Or Everyone in America (Finborough); Unicorns, Almost (Hay Festival); Pink Mist (Bristol Old Vic/UK tour); Bare: A Pop Opera (Union Theatre). Television includes: The Halcyon. Film includes: Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, Euphony, Blood Means Nothing. Dan trained at Central School of Speech and Drama.
Robyn Sinclair, understudy Bec
Theatre includes: Mood Music (The Old Vic); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth (The Watermill Theatre); Electrolyte (Wildcard Theatre); The Wind In The Willows (New Vic Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (Oxford Shakespeare Company); The Snow Queen (Theatr Clwyd/Paperfinch Theatre). Film includes: Fledgling.
Amy Herzog
Theatre includes: Belleville (Yale Repertory Theatre/New York Theatre Workshop/Donmar); 4000 Miles – Obie Award for Best New American Play (Lincoln Center, New York/South Coast Repertory/Theatre Royal, Bath); Mary Jane – Horton Foote Playwriting Award 2019, New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, Obie Award for Playwriting (Yale Repertory Theatre/New York Theatre Workshop); The Great God Pan (Playwrights Horizons, New York); After the Revolution – New York Times Award for Outstanding Playwright (Williamstown Theatre Festival/Playwrights Horizons, New York).
4000 MILES
By Amy Herzog
Directed by Matthew Warchus
Starring Eileen Atkins and Timothée Chalamet
Mon 06 Apr 2020–Sat 23 May 2020
Mon 06 Apr – Sat 18 Apr, Mon-Sat: 7.30pm; Sat 18 Apr 2.30pm
Tue 21 Apr – Sat 23 May, Tue-Sat: 7.30pm; Wed & Sat 2.30pm
Press night: 16 Apr 2020 7pm
Audio Described Performance: Thu 07 May, 7.30pm 2020 (touch tour at 6pm) Captioned Performance: Fri 15 May 2020
Suitable for ages 13+
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