Due to phenomenal demand a further three weeks of the international hit White Rabbit Red Rabbit @sohoplace have been announced with new performers. White Rabbit Red Rabbit challenges a fearless performer to take centre stage with no preparation, no director and no idea what will greet them as they open a sealed envelope and take out the script. The show makes its West End debut in a limited season from 1 October and must end on 9 November. Nassim Soleimanpour’s unique, provocative theatrical experience is presented by Lambert Jackson and Nassim Soleimanpour Productions in association with Nica Burns.
Performers announced today include Harriet Walter, Elizabeth McGovern, Toby Jones, Stephen Merchant, Naoko Mori, Tanya Reynolds, Adjoa Andoh, Ralf Little, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Matt Lucas, Kate Phillips, Miriam Margolyes, Paloma Faith, Stockard Channing, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Sheila Atim, Rory Kinnear, Lenny Henry, Minnie Driver, Ambika Mod, Ryan Calais Cameron, Douglas Henshall, Katherine Parkinson and Denise Gough.
They join the previously announced Freema Agyeman, Olly Alexander, Keith Allen, Mathew Baynton, John Bishop, Alan Davies, Daisy Edgar Jones, Joe Dempsie, Omari Douglas, Alfred Enoch, Kate Fleetwood, Richard Gadd, Jill Halfpenny, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Jason Isaacs, Pearl Mackie, Nick Mohammed, Sally Phillips, Jonathan Pryce, Michael Sheen, Callum Scott Howells, Ben Bailey Smith, Tonia Sotiropoulou and Catherine Tate.
Each night a completely new adventure awaits – depending on how the author’s words compel each actor to perform. White Rabbit Red Rabbit is a theatrical adventure embracing comedy and tragedy. An edge of your seat experience with some of the UK’s most extraordinary talents.
“I was born on Azar 19th, 1360 in Tehran. That’s Tehran, December 10th, 1981 in Christian years…”
Forbidden to leave his country, playwright Nassim Soleimanpour distilled the experience of an entire generation in a wild, utterly original play. White Rabbit Red Rabbit is as much about contemporary Iran as it is about power dynamics in the rest of the world.
Since its joint premiere in 2011 at the Edinburgh and SummerWorks festival, White Rabbit Red Rabbit has been translated into more than 30 different languages and been performed over 3,000 times by some of the biggest names in theatre and film includingWhoopi Goldberg, Nathan Lane, Stephen Rea, Sinead Cusack, Cynthia Nixon, John Hurt, F. Murray Abraham, Dominic West and film director Ken Loach.
Performance Schedule
Tuesday 1 October (8.00pm) – NICK MOHAMMED
Wednesday 2 October (8.00pm) – MATHEW BAYNTON
Thursday 3 October (8.00pm) – JILL HALFPENNY
Friday 4 October (8.00pm) – MICHAEL SHEEN
Saturday 5 October (3.00pm) – DAISY EDGAR JONES
Saturday 5 October (2.00pm) – PEARL MACKIE
Sunday 6 October (2.00pm)– BEN BAILEY SMITH
Sunday 6 October (8.00pm) – JASON ISAACS
Tuesday 8 October (8.00pm) – OLLY ALEXANDER
Wednesday 9 October (8.00pm) – KATE FLEETWOOD
Thursday 10 October (8.00pm) – ALFRED ENOCH
Friday 11 October (8.00pm) – JOHN BISHOP
Saturday 12 October (3.00pm) – TONIA SOTIROPOULOU
Saturday 12 October (8.00pm) – JONATHAN PRYCE
Sunday 13 October (2.00pm) – KEITH ALLEN
Sunday 13 October (6.00pm) – RICHARD GADD
Monday 14 October (8.00pm) – OMARI DOUGLAS
Tuesday 15 October (8.00pm) – ALAN DAVIES
Wednesday 16 October (8.00pm) – SALLY PHILLIPS
Thursday 17 October (8.00pm) – CATHERINE TATE
Friday 18 October (8.00pm) – FREEMA AGYEMAN
Saturday 19 October (2.00pm) – JULIE HESMONDHALGH
Saturday 19 October (5.00pm) – JOE DEMPSIE
Saturday 19 October (8.00pm) – CALLUM SCOTT HOWELLS
Monday 21 October (7.30pm) – HARRIET WALTER
Tuesday 22 October (7.30pm) – ELIZABETH MCGOVERN
Wednesday 23 October (7.30pm) – TOBY JONES
Thursday 24 October (7.30pm) – STEPHEN MERCHANT
Friday 25 October (7.30pm) – NAOKO MORI
Saturday 26 October (2.00pm) – TANYA REYNOLDS
Saturday 26 October (5.00pm) – ADJOA ANDOH
Saturday 26 October (8.00pm) – RALF LITTLE
Monday 28 October (7.30pm) – TRACY-ANN OBERMAN
Tuesday 29 October (7.30pm) – MATT LUCAS
Wednesday 30 October (7.30pm) – KATE PHILLIPS
Thursday 31 October (7:30pm) – MIRIAM MARGOLYES
Friday 1 November (7.30pm) – PALOMA FAITH
Saturday 2 November (2pm) – STOCKARD CHANNING
Saturday 2 November (5.00pm) – SANJEEV BHASKAR
Saturday 2 November (8.00pm) – SHEILA ATIM
Monday 4 November (7.30pm) – RORY KINNEAR
Tuesday 5 November (7.30pm) – LENNY HENRY
Wednesday 6 November (7.30pm) – MINNIE DRIVER
Thursday 7 November (7.30pm) – AMBIKA MOD
Friday 8 November (7.30pm) – RYAN CALAIS CAMERON
Saturday 9 November (2.00pm) – DOUGLAS HENSHALL
Saturday 9 November (5.00pm) – KATHERINE PARKINSON
Saturday 9 November (8.00pm) – DENISE GOUGH