Casting announced for The Tony®Award-winning The Lehman Trilogy
Posted 14th November 2022
Opening at the Gillian Lynne Theatre from 24 January 2023
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The National Theatre and Neal Street Productions announced today that Michael Balogun, Hadley Fraser and Nigel Lindsay will play the Lehman brothers, and a cast of characters including their sons and grandsons, when the critically acclaimed, five-time Tony Award® winning production of The Lehman Trilogy returns to London’s West End.
Written by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power and directed by multi-award-winning director, Sam Mendes with set design by Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy is an extraordinary feat of storytelling told in three parts on a single evening. Playing for a limited 17-week run at the Gillian Lynne Theatre from 24 January until 20 May 2023. Tickets are available from £20.
Michael Balogun (Death of England: Delroy, Macbeth, National Theatre) will play the role of Emanuel Lehman with Hadley Fraser (The Antipodes, National Theatre; Coriolanus, Donmar Warehouse) playing the role of Mayer Lehman and Nigel Lindsay (The Pillowman, A Small Family Business, National Theatre) playing the role of Henry Lehman. They will be joined by pianist, Yshani Perinpanayagam.
Performing the understudy roles will be Will Harrison-Wallace as Mayer Lehman, Leighton Pugh as Henry Lehman, and pianist, Erika Gundesen.
Pictured: Michael Balogun, Nigel Lindsay and Hadley Fraser. Image by Helen Murray.
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