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James Norton in Belleville

Mark Ludmon gets ready to go talent spotting in search of future stars Tickets for Belleville at the Donmar Warehouse have been like gold dust but, a few years ago, you could have managed to see TV and film star James Norton along with a host of other familiar names with a lot more ease. You might have caught him alongside Daisy May Cooper, the star of hit BBC comedy This Country, in Marius von Mayenburg’s The Stone, or appearing with James McArdle – soon to be in Angels in America on Broadway – in Shaw’s Man and Superman. As part of the same season, you could have enjoyed performances by Joshua McGuire, Alexandra Roach, Susan Wokoma, Phoebe Fox, Nick Hendrix, Seline Hizli, Ivanno Jeremiah, Tom Kay, Jenna Augen, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Cynthia Erivo and several other well-known faces from TV, film and stage, all performing together in final-year student productions … Read more

BUG releases 1000 more seats

James Norton in Bug at Found111 Theatre

BUG starring James Norton and Kate Fleetwood has proved to be a very popular play indeed, with the entire season  Sold Out prior to the show’s press night. Producers have announced today that an additional 1000 seats are now on sale extending the show’s London season to 14 May 2016. A seedy motel room. Oklahoma City. Summer. Agnes, a lonely cocktail waitress, is holed-up from her violent ex-con ex-husband, seeking solace in drink and drugs. Until a stranger arrives. Tense and blackly comic, Bug is a taut exploration of two people on the edge; where the lines between reality and delusions become blurred. Found111 is a pop-up venue, provided by Soho Estates, at 111 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H ODT. Read our review of BUG BOOK NOW FOR BUG

REVIEW: Bug, Found 111 Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

James Norton in Bug at Found111 Theatre

Simon Evans’ production of Bug is a visceral and immersive piece, which lives up to Tracey Letts’ excellent script. Kate Fleetwood and James Norton deliver deeply moving performances, complimented by a strong supporting cast and sublime set, lighting and sound design. It is a brilliantly judged production, which will set your pulse racing, and linger long in the memory.

FIRST LOOK: Rehearsals Images from Bug starring James Norton

Tracy Lett's new play Bug at Found 111

BritishTheatre.com are pleased to bring you these rehearsal images for Tracy Lett’s (August Osage County, Killer Joe) 20th anniversary production of Bug. Tense and blackly comic, Bug is a taut exploration of two people on the edge; where the lines between reality and delusions become blurred. The cast of Bug includes James Norton (War and Peace, Grantchester, Happy Valley) and Kate Fleetwood (London Road, Medea); Alec Newman (The Motherf**ker With the Hat & Danton’s Death, NT; King Lear, Donmar), Daisy Lewis (teacher Sarah Buntin in Downton Abbey) and Robert Goodale (Perfect Nonsense, Duke of York’s, Dr Faustus, Shakespeare’s Globe). Director Simon Evans returns to Found111, the thrilling new pop-up theatre space at the site of the original Central Saint Martins School of Art on Charing Cross Road, following the critically acclaimed The Dazzle. Bug will play a six week season from Thursday March 24 – Saturday May 7, 2016. Book … Read more