The world premiere stage production will run at the Riverside Studios from the 23rd August until the 27th September.
It has been announced that Tony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard (Dead Poets Society; House; London: Our Town, To Kill a Mocking Bird; Broadway: Sunday In The Park With George, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Invention of Love (Tony Award)) and Paten Hughes (A View From the Bridge; Stolen Girl; Heirloom) will star in the world premiere of ‘Interview’.
Katya (Paten Hughes,) a fiercely intelligent influencer turned movie star, is sick of being underestimated, objectified…and misrepresented by journalists…especially the male ones. When the fading political journalist Pierre Peters (Robert Sean Leonard) is assigned to interview her, he’s bitter and dismissive, but Katya has her own reasons for agreeing to the encounter. A tense evening in her New York apartment swiftly spirals into a volatile game of confession, confrontation, and manipulation.
Interview was first seen on film in Theo van Gogh’s provocative 2003 film with a screenplay by Theodor Holman, before an early European stage production outside the UK, and then and its 2007 U.S. film remake with Steve Buscemi. It heads to the London stage, adapted and directed by Teunkie Van Der Sluijs.
Meanwhile, the creative team includes: scenic design by Tony Award-winner and Olivier Award nominee Derek McLane, costume design by Bernat Buscato, lighting design by Jackie Shemesh, sound design by Ata Güner and projection design by idontloveyouanymore (Anna West and Davi Callanan).They are joined by associate designer Ben Davies, associate director Zoë Templeman-Young, movement and intimacy director Christina Fulcher. Casting is by Julia Crampsie CDG and Wayne Linge for Crampsie Linge Casting. Interview is general managed by Smart Entertainment and produced by Tony Award -winner Douglas Denoff, with co-producers Kevin Kinsella (Tony Award and Olivier winner) Alexander “Sandy” Marshall (Tony nominee) and Broadway Rainbows (Tony nominee).
To book tickets visit: https://riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/interview-180177/