Full Cast Announced For World Premiere Of Ella Hickson's THE WRITER

A young writer challenges the status quo but discovers that creative gain comes at a personal cost. She wants to change the shape of the world. But a new way of thinking needs a new story.

Joining the previously announced Romola Garai are Michael Gould, Lara Rossi and Samuel West.

Ella Hickson returns to the Almeida following the success of Oil in 2016 with this exploration of power and patriarchy, directed by Blanche McIntyre.

Ella Hickson's Oil was produced by the Almeida Theatre in 2016 (it won the Catherine Johnson Award for Best Play in 2013). Her other plays include Merlin, Wendy and Peter Pan, Boys, The Authorised Kate Bane, Gift (part of Headlong's Decade), Precious Little Talent and Hot Mess.

Blanche McIntyre directs. Her theatre credits include The Norman Conquests at Chichester Festival Theatre; Titus Andronicus and The Two Noble Kinsmen for the RSC; Noises Off at the Nottingham Playhouse; Welcome Home, Captain Fox! at The Donmar Warehouse; The Oresteia at HOME, Manchester; As You Like It and The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare's Globe; Arcadia for English Touring Theatre and Ambassador Theatre Group; Accolade at St James' Theatre and also at the Finborough Theatre; Tonight at 8:30 and The Nutcracker at Nuffield Southampton Theatres; Ciphers for Out of Joint, Bush Theatre and Exeter Northcott; The Birthday Party at the Manchester Royal Exchange and The Seagull for Headlong Theatre, Nuffield Southampton Theatres and Derby Theatre (winner of Best Director at 2013 UK Theatre Awards) and Foxfinder at the Finborough Theatre. McIntyre was the winner of the 2011 Critics' Circle Most Promising Newcomer Award. She will direct The Winter's Tale at Shakespeare's Globe later this year.