Nassim Soleimanpour’s theatrical experience will now run through to November.
It has been announced that White Rabbit Red Rabbit will be extending its run in the West End until the 9th November, as further performances and star performers are announced.
Having been performed over 3,000 times around the world in more than 30 languages by some of the biggest stars of stage and screen, the theatrical experience sees a performer taking to the stage without preparation or direction, only opening a sealed envelope to reveal the script for the first time while on stage.
“I was born on Azar 19th, 1360 in Tehran. That’s Tehran, December 10th, 1981 in Christian years…”
Forbidden to leave his country, playwright Nassim Soleimanpour distilled the experience of an entire generation in a wild, utterly original play. White Rabbit Red Rabbit is as much about contemporary Iran as it is about power dynamics in the rest of the world.
During its West End run, the production will feature a rotating cast of of performers, with new names unveiled today including Harriet Walter, Elizabeth McGovern, Toby Jones, Stephen Merchant, Naoko Mori, Tanya Reynolds, Adjoa Andoh, Ralf Little, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Matt Lucas, Kate Phillips, Miriam Margolyes, Paloma Faith, Stockard Channing, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Sheila Atim, Rory Kinnear, Lenny Henry, Minnie Driver, Ambika Mod, Ryan Calais Cameron, Douglas Henshall, Katherine Parkinson and Denise Gough.
They will join they previously announced: Freema Agyeman, Olly Alexander, Keith Allen, Mathew Baynton, John Bishop, Alan Davies, Daisy Edgar Jones, Joe Dempsie, Omari Douglas, Alfred Enoch, Kate Fleetwood, Richard Gadd, Jill Halfpenny, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Jason Isaacs, Pearl Mackie, Nick Mohammed, Sally Phillips, Jonathan Pryce, Michael Sheen, Callum Scott Howells, Ben Bailey Smith, Tonia Sotiropoulou, and Catherine Tate.
White Rabbit Red Rabbit first had its joint premiere at the Edinburgh and SummerWorks festival in 2011 and has since been translated into more than 30 different languages and been performed by the likes of Whoopi Goldberg, Nathan Lane, Stephen Rea, Sinead Cusack, Cynthia Nixon, John Hurt, F. Murray Abraham, Dominic West and film director Ken Loach.
Talking about the show, Nassim Soleimanpour said: “It is personal but universal. Funny yet very political. And so timely for the world we live in. We are so excited to present it at this time and in such great company.”
This production is being presented by Lambert Jackson and Nassim Soleimanpour Productions in association with Nica Burns.
To book tickets visit:https://sohoplace.org/shows/white-rabbit-red-rabbit