The world premiere production will run from the 3rd February until the 8th March 2025.
The full cast has now been confirmed for the upcoming world premiere of Howard Brenton’s latest play, running at the Richmond based theatre next year.
Joining the previously announced Roger Allam as Winston Churchill are Alan Cox as Archie Clerk Kerr, Julius D’Silva as Vyacheslav Molotov, Peter Forbes as Joseph Stalin, Tamara Greatrex as Svetlana Stalin, Jo Herbert as Sally Powell and Elisabeth Snegir as Olga Dovzhenko.
Director Tom Littler said: “I’m delighted to be working with an inspiring company of actors to join Roger Allam in Howard Brenton’s new play – Churchill in Moscow. Tamara Greatrex is the latest actor to make her professional theatre debut at the Orange Tree. Many of this cast have appeared in Howard’s work before, and they share my excitement about this project: it is an exciting, thought-provoking and hugely entertaining insight into a resonant historical episode.”
The Kremlin, Moscow, 1942. A top-secret meeting between Winston Churchill (Allam) and Joseph Stalin (Forbes): one, a wealthy aristocrat from a blue-blooded line of English nobility, the other a Georgian peasant, hell-bent on destroying capitalism and the class system. Can they find common ground? As diplomats struggle to control the escalating chaos, two interpreters find themselves caught in the eye of the storm.
The play marks the sixth collaboration between the director and playwright, having previously worked together on Cancelling Socrates, The Blinding Light and Brenton’s adaptations of Strindberg’s Dances of Death, Miss Julie and Creditors.
Officially opening at the Orange Tree Theatre on the 11th February, the creative team behind the production also includes: Designer: Cat Fuller; Lighting Designer: Johanna Town; Sound Designer and Composer: Max Pappenheim and Assistant Director: Rosie Tricks.
Following its run at the Orange Tree, Churchill in Moscow will be available to stream through OT On Screen from Tuesday 11th – Friday 14th March.
To find out more and to book tickets visit: https://orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/churchill-in-moscow/