The complete solid has been introduced for the first-ever UK and Eire tour of “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The manufacturing, directed by Bartlett Sher, will arrive on the King’s Theatre, Glasgow, from 4 to eight November 2025, as a part of a significant nationwide tour launching this autumn.
Richard Coyle will reprise his function as Atticus Finch, following his efficiency within the West Finish run of the manufacturing in 2022. Coyle joins a principal solid that features Anna Munden as Scout Finch, Gabriel Scott as Jem Finch, and Dylan Malyn as Dill Harris.
Additionally introduced are Andrea Davy as Calpurnia, Stephen Boxer as Decide Taylor, Aaron Shosanya as Tom Robinson, Oscar Pearce as Bob Ewell, Evie Hargreaves as Mayella Ewell, and Richard Dempsey as Horace Gilmer. Sarah Finigan will seem as Mrs. Dubose, with Phillipa Flynn taking part in Miss Stephanie and Dill’s Mom. Harry Attwell takes on the roles of Mr. Cunningham and Arthur “Boo” Radley, Colin R Campbell performs Sheriff Heck Tate, and Simon Hepworth seems as Hyperlink Deas.
The corporate is accomplished by Paul Albertson, James Mitchell, Jonathan Rubin, Cheryl Burniston, Charlotte Luxford, Oyin Orija, Tiwai Muza, Tom Brace-Jenkins, and John J. O’Hagan.
The manufacturing opens at Leeds Playhouse on 8 September 2025 and can go to a complete of 19 venues throughout the UK and Eire via Could 2026. As of now, the confirmed stops embody Nottingham Playhouse, Edinburgh Pageant Theatre, Theatre Royal Tub, Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, The Lowry in Salford, Sheffield Lyceum, Bord Gáis Vitality Theatre in Dublin, Grand Opera Home Belfast, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Mayflower Theatre Southampton, Birmingham Hippodrome, Theatre Royal Newcastle, Theatre Royal Norwich, Liverpool Empire Theatre, and Milton Keynes Theatre.
Sorkin’s adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird”, initially produced on Broadway, premiered in 2018 on the Shubert Theatre in New York. It went on to obtain 9 Tony Award nominations, profitable Greatest Efficiency by an Actor in a Featured Function. The manufacturing opened in London’s West Finish in 2022 on the Gielgud Theatre, the place it accomplished a profitable run via 2023.
The play is predicated on Harper Lee’s 1960 novel, set in Nineteen Thirties Despair-era Alabama, and follows lawyer Atticus Finch as he defends Tom Robinson, a Black man falsely accused of assaulting a white lady. Finch, who encourages kindness and empathy in his youngsters Scout and Jem, is pushed to the bounds of those qualities himself throughout his protection, and units out to uncover the reality in a city that appears decided to cover it. The story explores themes of racial injustice, childhood innocence, and ethical integrity. The novel has bought greater than 45 million copies worldwide, and was tailored for a 1962 Academy Award-winning Hollywood movie.
The artistic crew behind the manufacturing brings collectively quite a lot of established theatre figures. Bartlett Sher, who beforehand directed “The King and I”, “South Pacific”, and “My Honest Woman”, returns to helm the tour. Set design is by Miriam Buether, with costumes by Academy Award-winner Ann Roth, lighting by Jennifer Tipton, and sound design by Tony Award-winner Scott Lehrer.
The manufacturing additionally options an unique rating composed by Adam Guettel and musical supervision by Kimberley Grigsby. Louisa Muller joins as affiliate director, alongside Ed Pierce as design supervisor. Casting is by Serena Hill CDG, with Campbell Younger Associates chargeable for hair and wigs. Laurence Belcher serves as resident director, and Tavia Jefferson is the tour’s cultural coordinator.
The tour is produced by Jonathan Church Theatre Productions, in affiliation with Karl Sydow and Tulchin Bartner, and is predicated on the unique Broadway manufacturing.
Tickets for the Glasgow run and different venues are anticipated to go on sale by way of every theatre’s field workplace.
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