Full Casting Announced for Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play at the Almeida Theatre

Casting has been announced for Mr Burns at the Almeida Theatre which plays from 5 June to 26 July 2014.

The company includes Jenna Russell (currently performing in Urinetown at St James Theatre). She won has also won an Olivier Award for her performance in Sunday in the Park with George at the Menier Chocolate Factory which subsequently transferred to the Roundabout Theater Company, New York where she was nominated for a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award and a Drama League Award.

Also in the cast are:  

Adrian der Gregorian. Previous West End credits include La Cage Aux Folles at the Playhouse Theatre and The Woman in White at the Palace Theatre. TV credits include the recent BBC comedy W1A.

Demetri Goritsas whose National Theatre credits include His Girl Friday, A Prayer for Owen Meany and Finding the Sun.

Adey Grummet’s opera and musical theatre credits include Dr Dee and The Big Barber Bash with the ENO, and also with The Cradle Will Rock at the Arcola.

The company also includes: Justine Mitchell, whose theatre credits include Gastronauts and The Stone at Sloane Square's Royal Court, as well as Shakespeare's Twelfth Night with the RSC and King Lear at the Donmar; Wunmi Mosaku who has appeared in Truth and Reconciliation and The Vertical Hour at the Royal Court; Annabel Scholey who was last seen in the West End production of Passion Play at the Duke of York's Theatre; Michael Shaeffer was last on stage in Godchild at the Hampstead Theatre. Mr Burns also stars Fiona Digney and Michael Henry.

Mr Burns is written by Anne Washburn and is directed by Almeida Theatre Associate Director Robert Icke. It features designs by Tom Scutt, lighting by Philip Gladwel, sound design by Tom Gibbons, and joint composition and musical direction by Orlando Gough and Michael Henry.