The new images come as new cast members joined the production.
New production images have been released of the new cast who have joined Bartlett Sher’s production of To Kill a Mockingbird which was transformed for the stage by Aaron Sorkin. Taking the central role of Atticus Finch is Richard Coyle, who was last on the West End stage in the Olivier Award nominated hit play, Ink. Also joining the cast is Niall Buggy (Olivier and Drama Desk Award-winner) will also join the production as Judge Taylor.
They join Harry Attwell (Mr Cunningham/Boo Radley), Amanda Boxer (Mrs Henry Dubose), Poppy Lee Friar (Mayella Ewell), John Hastings (Bailiff), Simon Hepworth (Mr Roscoe/Dr Reynolds), Laura Howard (Miss Stephanie/Dill’s Mother), Lloyd Hutchinson (Link Deas), Gwyneth Keyworth (Scout Finch), Tom Mannion (Sheriff Heck Tate), David Moorst (Dill Harris), Pamela Nomvete (Calpurnia), Jim Norton (Judge Taylor), Patrick O’Kane (Bob Ewell), Jude Owusu (Tom Robinson), Harry Redding (Jem Finch), David Sturzaker (Horace Gilmer) and Natasha Williams (Mrs Dubose’s Maid), with Helen Belbin, Laurence Belcher, Paul Birchard, Ryan Ellsworth, Rebecca Hayes, Danny Hetherington, Matthew Jure, Anna Munden, Tiwai Muza, Oyin Orija and Itoya Osagiede making up the ensemble and understudies, with Candida Caldicot on organ and Ciyo Brown and Jack Benjamin on guitar.
Set in Maycomb, Alabama in 1934, To Kill a Mockingbird has provided American literature with some of its most indelible characters: lawyer Atticus Finch, the tragically wronged Tom Robinson, Atticus’ daughter Scout, her brother Jem, their housekeeper and caretaker Calpurnia and the reclusive Arthur “Boo” Radley. For the past six decades and for every generation, this story, its characters and portrait of small-town America have helped to, and continue to, inspire conversation and change.
The creative team behind the production includes: Miriam Buether set design, Ann Roth costume design, Jennifer Tipton lighting design, Scott Lehrer sound design, Adam Guettel original score, Kimberly Grigsby music supervision Campbell Young Associates hair & wigs design, Serena Hill as Casting Director, Hazel Holder as voice & dialect coach, Titas Halder as associate director, Candida Caldicot as musical director, Tavia Rivée Jefferson as cultural coordinator and Rasheka Christie-Carter as assistant director.
To Kill a Mockingbird continues to play at the Gielgud Theatre until the 19th November. You can book your tickets here.