Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall has been confirmed to be appearing in a Liverpool run of Antony and Cleopatra. She will play Cleopatra opposite Jeffery Kissoon in the Everyman Theater production, which will feature direction by Janet Suzman. Perormances will begin October 8 and run through November 13.
Cattrall reveals: "I am thrilled to be coming home to Liverpool and making my debut at The Playhouse. I went to see many shows there as a young girl with my aunt. This homecoming means a tremendous amount to me and my family."
Says Kissoon of his participation: "It will be such a great pleasure to return to Liverpool...I am especially looking forward to working with Janet Suzman again. She's an inspiring director and of course, she knows this play very well. The prospect of playing opposite the wonderful Kim Cattrall is immensely exciting."
This turn as Anthony will be Kissoon's second go at the role for Everyman. He portrayed the character in Anthony and Cleopatra for the theater company last in 1990. Jeffrey Kissoon has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Peter Brook, and at the Royal National Theatre with leading directors such as Peter Brook, Peter Hall, Robert Lapage, Janet Suzman, Calixto Bieito and Nicholas Hytner. His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theatre to television drama and science fiction playing a variety of lead and support roles, including Caliban and Prospero in The Tempest, Malcom X in The Meeting, and Mr Kennedy in the long running children's TV series, Grange Hill. Kissoon is a member of the board of directors of the Shared Experience theatre company as well as The Warehouse Theatre in Croydon. He is currently in production, playing the lead role in Mark Norfolk's new film, Ham and the Piper and preparing to direct Mark Norfolk's, Naked Soldiers which will be staged in May 2010 at The Warehouse Theatre, featuring EwArt James Walters, Adam Sopp and Elisabeth Dahl.
For tickets to the upcoming production of Anthony and Cleopatra, visit: www.everymanplayhouse.com
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