Curious Incident: Meet the new West End cast

Casting has been announced for the West End return of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. 

The play resumes its West End run at the Gielgud Theatre on Tuesday 8th July 2014 (previews from 24th June) where it is currently booking until 14th February 2015.

The Gielgud cast includes: Graham Butler as Christopher. He is joined by Vivienne Acheampong (No. 40/Punk Girl), Daniel Casey (Roger Shears), Emily Joyce (Judy), Gay Soper (Mrs Alexander), Paul Stocker (Mr Thompson),Nicolas Tennant (Ed), Tony Turner (Reverend Peters), Victoria Willing (Mrs Shears), Sarah Woodward (Siobhan) and Sam Bond, Roxanne Palmer and Mark Rawlings. Final casting will be announced shortly.

Meet the cast below:

Graham Butler (Christopher) was last on stage in Shakespeare’s Henry VI trilogy, directed by Nick Bagnall, at Shakespeare’s Globe and on the UK tour. His other theatre credits include Henry V at Shakespeare’s Globe, The White Guard for the National Theatre and Journey’s End at the Duke of York’s Theatre and on the UK tour. Butler’s television credits include ITV’s Law and Order UK, Channel 5’s Suspects and the upcoming series Penny Dreadful.

Emily Joyce’s (Judy) stage credits include Donny’s Brain for Hampstead Theatre, A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Headlong, Yes Prime Minister for Chichester Festival Theatre and Gielgud Theatre, Happy Now? for the National Theatre,The Eleventh Capital and Stoning Mary for the Royal Court and Twelfth Night, Love’s Labour Lost and A Christmas Carolfor the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her many television credits include The Assets, Midsomer Murders, New Tricks, Lewis, Waterloo Road, Holby City, Silent Witness, The Bill, Hotel Babylon, Little Devil, My Hero, Dalziel & Pascoe, Ultimate Force and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. Joyce’s film credits include Universal Soldier: Regeneration, National Treasure 2and The Woodlanders.

Nicolas Tennant’s (Ed) previous stage credits include Hamlet, As You Like It and All’s Well That Ends Well for the RSC,Dr. Faustus and The Alchemist for Liverpool Playhouse, Three Kingdoms for the Lyric Hammersmith, Tiger Country for Hampstead Theatre, The Power of Yes, The UN Inspector and The Caucasian Chalk Circle for the National Theatre,People at Sea for Salisbury Playhouse, Under the Black Flag for Shakespeare’s Globe, and Action for the Young Vic. His television credits include Terry Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic, Hogfather, Residents, The Bill, Eastenders, Back-Up, Between the Lines, Friday on My Mind, Trainer and Nice Town. His film credits include Breaking the Bank, Sex Lives of the Potato Men, Tube Tales, Oscar and Lucinda, Back Beat, The Gift, The Fool and A Dangerous Man.

Sarah Woodward’s (Siobhan) theatre credits include In The Next Room for St James Theatre, Love & Information and Jumpy for the Royal Court, The Cherry Orchard, The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other and Present Laughter for the National Theatre, Judgement Day for the Almeida Theatre, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Comedy of Errors andMuch Ado About Nothing for Shakespeare’s Globe, The Real Thing for the Donmar Warehouse and on the West End and on Broadway, Tom & Clem at the Aldwych Theatre and The Tempest, Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Venetian Twins for the RSC. Woodward won the 1998 Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for Tom & Clem. On television her credits include DCI Banks, Law & Order, Doctors, New Tricks, The Bill and Casualty. Amongst her film credits areBright Young Things, I Capture the Castle and The House of Angelo.

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