The images have been released as the production begins previews in the West End.
Rehearsal images have been released for Jez Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California, which is running at the Harold Pinter Theatre until the 15th June 2024. This new play reunites writer Jez Butterworth with director Sam Mendes having previously collaborated on the critically acclaimed The Ferryman.
The cast for the production is led by Laura Donnelly (The Ferryman, The Nevers, Outlander), Leanne Best (Sweat, Ripper Street, Line of Duty), Ophelia Lovibond (Minx, W1A, The Effect) and Helena Wilson (Vogue World, Jack Absolute Flies Again, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern) as the Webb family. They are joined by: Bryan Dick, Shaun Dooley, Corey Johnson, Richard Lumsden, Natasha Magigi, Nancy Allsop, Sophia Ally, Lara McDonnell, Nicola Turner, Will Barratt, Georgina Hellier, Alfie Jackson, Lucy Moran, Stevie Raine, Jasmyn Banks, Jessica Elisa Boyd, Monica Faldes, William Lawlor and Angela Phinnimore.
“This house. It’s called ‘Sea View’. It’s just I’ve looked out of every window, and you can’t. You can’t see the sea.”
Blackpool, 1976. The driest summer in 200 years. The beaches are packed. The hotels are heaving. In the sweltering backstreets, far from the choc ices and donkey rides, the Webb Sisters are returning to their mother’s run-down guest house, as she lies dying upstairs.
Meanwhile, the creative team behind the production includes: Designer: Rob Howell,Lighting Designer: Natasha Chivers,Composer, Sound Designer and Arranger: Nick Powell,Choreographer: Ellen Kane,Musical Supervisor and Arranger: Candida Caldicot, Casting Director: Amy Ball, Young Person’s Casting Director: Verity Naughton and Associate Director: Zoé Ford Burnett.
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