William Gaminara Archives | British Theatre

Cast Announced For Gate’s The Christians

Douglas Mayo25th February 20164th June 2015 News, Off West End, Regional

The Christians by Lucas Hnath plays the Gate Theatre and the Traverse Theatre as part of the Edinburgh Festival

Casting has been announced for the UK Premiere of The Christians by Lucas Hnath which forms part of the Gate’s Icons and Idols Season. The company of The Christians includes William Gaminara (Pastor), Jaye Griffiths (Pastor’s Wife), Stefan Adegbola (Associate Pastor), Lucy Ellinson (Congregant) and David Calvitto (Elder). For the last twenty years, Pastor Paul has been building his church. Starting in a modest storefront, he now presides over a flock of thousands. Idolised by his followers, today should be a day for joy and celebration. But the sermon that Paul is about to preach will shake the very foundations of his followers’ beliefs. As fractures spread throughout his congregation, Paul must fight to prevent his church from tearing itself apart. This is the UK première of Lucas Hnath’s remarkable exploration of faith and community in the modern world. Featuring a full-scale community choir, it asks profound questions about what … Read more

REVIEW: The Three Lions, St James Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Editorial Staff1st September 20157th April 2015 Off West End, Reviews

“David Cameron, David Beckham, and Prince William walk into a hotel suite” could be the start of a truly cringe-worthy joke, but in The Three Lions, now playing at the St. James Theatre, it is a situation from which some staggeringly brilliant comedy is derived.

REVIEW: Oppenheimer, Swan Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

Stephen Collins2nd February 2015 Regional, Reviews

The RSC presents Oppenheimer at the Swan Theatre

Morton-Smith has written a masterpiece which Angus Jackson has cast and directed in a way which gives it full measure, lustre and power. No one here gives anything other than a first-class performance. John Heffernan, in the central role, with the bulk of the play squarely on his shoulders, is world class. He is magical, mercurial, magnificent.