It has been announced that Hadley Fraser will star as Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in the world premiere of Matt Charman's new play The Machine. The Machine opens at the Campfield Market Hall in Manchester on 12th July (previews from 10th July) and runs until 21st July 2013.
Hadley was recently seen on stage starring in The Pajama Game at the Chichester Festival Theatre. He is well known for playing both Marius and Javert in the West End production of Les Miserables.
Francesca Annis will play Garry's mother, Clara. Recently seen on television in Cranford, Annis' film credits include Revolver, The Libertine and Milk. Doctor Hsu, the "wunderkind engineer" behind chess machine Deep Blue, will be played by Kenneth Lee, who starred in US comedy drama Delocated.
The cast also includes: Lorenzo Allchurch, Antonia Bernath, Cornelius Booth, Nicholas Croucher, Daniel Harries, Rob Lines, David Mumeni, Phil Nichol, John Ramm, Lucille Sharp, Brian Sills and Trevor White.
Donmar Warehouse artistic director Josie Rourke directs the play, which is based on Kasparov's headline-grabbing 1997 New York chess tournament against Deep Blue, a super-computer developed by technology giant IBM.
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