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Michael Grandage returns to the West End in 2018

Published on

November 27, 2017

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Michael Grandage Company returns to the West End with Red and The Lieutenant of Inishmoore

The Michael Grandage Company is to return to the West End in 2018 with two new productions – Red by John Logan and The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh. Both productions will be directed by Michael Grandage. Red by John Logan is the first UK revival wince Michael Grandage originated the piece at the Donmar Warehouse in 2009. The production went on to win six prestigious Tony Awards including Best Play. Red will play at Wyndham’s Theatre from 4 May to 28 July 2018. Based on the original Donmar production this new production of Red will see Award-winning actor Alfred Molina reprise his acclaimed performance as the American abstract painter Mark Rothko. He will be joined by Rising star Alfred Enoch of US television series How To Get Away With Murder.

Alfred Molina, Alfred Enoch and Aidan Turner

Alfred Molina, Alfred Enoch and Aidan Turner Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore will receive a rare revival in the West End running at the Noel Coward Theatre from 23 June to 8 September 2018. It follows the 2013 award-winning production of McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan.

The play which premiered at the RSC in 2001 stars Aidan Turner as Mad Padraic, a terrorist deemed too violent to be part of the IRA. The play is a brilliant satire on terrorism, an acute observation of violence in contemporary culture and a hilarious farce.

Tickets are on sale at 10am on Tuesday 28 November 2018. Links below will go live on Tuesday morning.

BOOK TICKETS TO RED AT WYNDHAMS THEATRE

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