As rehearsals began this week for the first ever adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove, starring seven-time BAFTA award winner Steve Coogan as Dr Strangelove, President Merkin Muffley, Group Captain Lionel Mandrake and Major TJ Kong.
Joining Steve is Giles Terera as General Buck Turgisdon and the company is completed by: John Hopkins (General Jack D. Ripper), Oliver Alvin-Wilson (Jefferson), Penny Ashmore (Vera Lynn), Ben Deery (General Staines), Richard Dempsey (Frank), Mabli Gwynne (Swing), Mark Hadfield (Faceman), Tony Jayawardena (Russian Ambassador Bakov), Tom Kelsey (Ensemble), Daniel Norford (Ensemble), Dharmesh Patel (Lincoln), Adam Sina (Ensemble), Alex Stoll (Ensemble) and Ben Turner (Colonel Bat Guano).
With a world-renowned creative team led by BAFTA and Emmy Award winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award winner Sean Foley, this explosively funny satire of mutually assured destruction will leave a whole new generation of audiences laughing and afraid.
Sean Foley said: ‘I couldn’t be more thrilled than to be working with such a talented and exciting cast on our version of Stanley Kubrick’s extraordinary ’nightmare comedy’. I know from their amazing collective experience that every character and every situation will not only be seriously dark and terrifying, but also seriously funny.’
Noël Coward Theatre, 85-88 St Martin’s Lane, London, WC2N 4AU from 8th October – 25th January. Times: Monday – Saturday at 7:30pm; Thursday and Saturday matinees at 2:30pm. Admission: £20 – £205.
Booking: www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk/whats-on/dr-strangelove
