UK's JEKYLL AND HYDE Announces Full Cast; Production Opens, Feb. 11

Casting is announced today for a new adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde, which will open at Greenwich Theatre on Wednesday 11 February 2015 (press night Thursday 12 February, 7.30pm) prior to a 33 date UK Tour. On sale now; full tour schedule attached.

The title roles of Jekyll and Hyde will be played by Nathan Ives-Moiba, with Lyle Barke as Utterson and Rowena Lennon as Dr. Lanyon.

Nathan Ives-Moiba's stage credits include the World Tour of Our Country's Good and Mixed Up North, both directed by Max Stafford Clarke for Out of Joint. Television includes Coronation Street. Lyle Barke's recent credits include playing George McFly in Secret Cinema's Back To The Future. Rowena Lennon's theatre credits include The Elves and the Shoemaker at New Wolsey Studio and We're Going on a Bear Hunt at the Lyric Theatre.

I welcome you, Edward Hyde. Welcome you with all my heart.
For you are myself. And we can take our place in this evil world.

Set in an alternative London of the future that is consumed by the quest for immortality, Dr. Henry Jekyll is a high-profile cancer specialist, determined to find a cure for mankind's greatest medical challenge. In his obsession to be the doctor that makes this historic breakthrough, Jekyll's radical research results in the creation of an unintentional strain of drug which entirely alters the patient's personality.

Making himself the subject of his own experiments, Jekyll steps into the unknown and unleashes his inner demons. Trapped in a corporate world, Dr. Jekyll must choose to keep hold of his own identity as he revels in the freedom and chaos of his hideous alter ego: Mr Hyde. But is the choice still in his hands?

Robert Louis Stevenson's cult classic is reinterpreted in this modern adaptation, set in a steampunk dystopian world where the questionable actions of leaders are no longer held to account, whilst the personal freedoms of the common citizen are disregarded. A vivid depiction of a regressive future, this bold new adaptation is written by Jo Clifford and presented by multi award-winning touring company Sell a Door.

Jo Clifford has close to 80 dramatic works to her name, and is perhaps best known for her adaptation of Great Expectations, which was first presented in 1988 featuring Alan Cumming as Pip, and was recently revived in a new production at the West End's Vaudeville Theatre. Jo is currently under commission to the National Theatre of Scotland.

The production marks Sell A Door's first Grants for the Arts funding from Arts Council England, and strengthens the company's reputation for producing contemporary new writing designed to engage new audiences. Jekyll and Hyde joins Sell A Door's previously announced 2015 productions of The History Boys and Avenue Q, both on UK Tour.

Jekyll and Hyde will be directed by David Hutchinson with design by Richard Evans, lighting design by Charlie Morgan Jones and movement by Racky Plews. The assistant director is Lucy Atkinson.

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