Photo Flash: Meet a Familiar Historical Face in the New Comedy YOUNG MARX

The cast for the world premiere of Young Marx, a new comedy by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman, directed byNicholas Hytner, comprises Rory Kinnear (Karl Marx), Oliver Chris (Friedrich Engels), Nancy Carroll (Jenny von Westphalen), Laura Elphinstone (Helene 'Nym' Demuth), Eben Figueiredo (Konrad Schramm), Nicholas Burns(August von Willich), Tony Jayawardena (Gert "Doc" Schmidt), Miltos Yerolemou (Emmanuel Barthélemy), Duncan Wisbey (Fleece/Darwin), Scott Karim (Grabiner/Singe), Alana Ramsey (Mrs Mullett), Sophie Russell (Mrs Whitehead), Fode Simbo (Pastor Flint), William Troughton (Constable Crimp) and Joseph Wilkins (Sergeant Savage).

Reuniting the creative team behind the smash hit One Man, Two Guvnors, Young Marx, the opening production at The Bridge, runs from 18 October (opening night Thursday 26 October) until 31 December 2017. Designs are by Mark Thompson with music by Grant Olding, lighting by Mark Henderson and sound by Paul Arditti.

1850, and Europe's most feared terrorist is hiding in Dean Street, Soho. Broke, restless and horny, the thirty-two-year-old revolutionary is a frothing combination of intellectual brilliance, invective, satiric wit, and child-like emotional illiteracy. Creditors, spies, rival revolutionary factions and prospective seducers of his beautiful wife all circle like vultures. His writing blocked, his marriage dying, his friend Engels in despair at his wasted genius, his only hope is a job on the railway. But there's still no one in the capital who can show you a better night on the piss than Karl Heinrich Marx.

Young Marx will be broadcast on National Theatre Live on 7 December 2017.

London Theatre Company's new Bridge Theatre is situated on the river by Tower Bridge and City Hall. Tickets are priced from £15 to £65 with a limited number of premium seats available. A special allocation of £15 seats will be held for Young Bridge, a free scheme for those under 26. The Bridge auditorium is a collaboration between Haworth Tompkins, LTC and Tait Stage Technologies - winner of two Queen's Awards for Export. It is made of precision-engineered steel with oak finishes in a modular construction - a first of its kind - which also incorporates the air conditioning, house lights, power and data.

Photo Credit: Manuel Harlan

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