A Very Expensive Poison
20 Aug–05 Oct 2019
What you need to know
Dates
20 Aug–05 Oct 2019About the show
Based on the Guardian/Faber book by Luke Harding
WORLD PREMIERE
A shocking assassination in the heart of London. In a bizarre mix of high-stakes global politics and radioactive villainy, a man pays with his life.
At this time of global crises and a looming new Cold War, A Very Expensive Poison sends us careering through the shadowy world of international espionage from Moscow to Mayfair.
John Crowley (Brooklyn, The Goldfinch) directs Lucy Prebble’s (The Effect, ENRON) reimagining of Luke Harding’s jaw-dropping exposé of the events behind the notorious death of ex-FSB Officer Alexander Litvinenko.
Recipient of 2019 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.
The Cast
Thomas Arnold
Carl Ekdahl/Mr. Landhal
Tom Brooke
Alexander Litvinenko
Myanna Buring
Marina Litvinenko
Callum Coates
Martin/Dr Virchis/FSB Officer 2/Onstage Swing
Marc Graham
DS Hoar/Nurse David/Youth 1/FSB Officer 1/Ruslan/Onstage Swing
Amanda Hadingue
Professor Dombey/Lluba/Dr Bhatt/Photographer
Yasmine Holness-Dove
Natalia/FSB Officer 3/Youth 2/Waitress 2/Dr Dudhniwala/Onstage Swing
Lloyd Hutchinson
Dimitri Kovtun/Kamishnikov/Radiologist/Yaltsin
Robyn Moore
Galina/Receptionist/Technician/Marie Curie/Onstage Swing
Peter Polycarpou
Boris Bereszovsky/Walter/Dr Gunner
Sarah Seggari
Cabin Crew/Australian Cleaner/Nurse Rezan/Youth 3/Nurse
Michael Shaeffer
Andrei Lugovoi/Dr Gent/Gorbachev
Reece Shearsmith
The President/Jon
Gavin Spokes
DI Hyatt/Man with Stick
Bea Svistunenko
Anatoly/Nurse Michena/Waitress/Lludmilla
Creative Team
Lucy Prebble
Adaptation
Luke Harding
Based on the book by
John Crowley
Director
Tom Scutt
Set & Costume
Mimi Jordan Sherin
Lighting
Paul Arditti
Sound
Aletta Collins
Choreographer
Paddy Cunneen
Composer
Ewan Jones Morris
Video
Jessica Ronane CDG
Casting
Charlie Hughes-D’Aeth
Voice
Penny Dyer
Dialect
Bret Yount
Fights
Ebenezer Bamgboye
Baylis Assistant Director