The improvised present follows a special performer as they take to the stage every evening and browse from a script they’ve by no means seen earlier than — with no rehearsal time and no director.
Nassim Solimanpour’s White Rabbit Red Rabbit will return to the West End for its fifteenth anniversary. Performances will run on the Duchess Theatre on Monday evenings from 8 June to 2 November.
The improvised present follows a special performer as they take to the stage every evening and browse from a script they’ve by no means seen earlier than — with no rehearsal time and no director.
Performers will embody David Harewood (Othello) acting on 8 June; David
Tennant (Rivals) acting on 15 June; Jo Joyner (Little Disasters) acting on 22
June; Asim Chaudhry (People Just Do Nothing) acting on 29 June; Luke Thompson
(Bridgerton) acting on 6 July; Jodie Whittaker (Toxic Town) acting on 13 July;
Kathryn Hunter (Poor Things) acting on 20 July; Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory)
acting on 27 July; Archie Madekwe (Steal) acting on 21 September; and Riz
Ahmed (Bait) acting on 28 September.
In a review of the show from its 2024 at @sohoplace, our critic mentioned: “Tomorrow night’s actor will respond differently, as will whoever who picks up the envelope after them, and the actors who bravely sign up to future revivals in years to come. It’s a cleverly timeless piece, echoing authoritarian oppression the world over.”
White Rabbit Red Rabbit has been carried out over 3,000 instances and translated into over 30 totally different languages. It was first carried out in 2011 and written by Soleimanpour whereas he was forbidden to depart Iran. He has since based producing firm Then & There with Omar Elerian, with White Rabbit Red Rabbit as their inaugural manufacturing. Their latest collaborations embody ECHO on the Royal Court Theatre and NASSIM on the Bush Theatre.
Writer Soleimanpour, and Founding Director of There & Then, mentioned: “We are all made of the stories we dare to tell, and the silences we finally give a voice. What began as a leap into the unknown with White Rabbit Red Rabbit has, through years of collaboration with Omar Elerian, become a shared theatrical language and the foundation of this new company, and we’re excited that our first production will be in association with Nica Burns and Nimax as we share this next chapter with audiences.”
Elerian, Founding Director of There & Then, mentioned: “I’m extraordinarily excited to
embark on this new artistic chapter in collaboration with my partner-in-crime, Nassim
Soleimanpour. Together, we sit up for introducing one thing recent and unconventional
to the West End, assured that London audiences will embrace the exhilarating high-wire
nature of our work—anchored in presence, immediacy, and a spirit of the unknown. In these
fragile and unsure instances, we hope to reaffirm that threat, creativeness, and the enduring
energy of storytelling stay among our most important and transformative forces.”
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Photo credit score: David Tennant, Luke Thompson, Jodie Whittaker. (Courtesy of manufacturing)
