The National Theatre and Neal Street Productions announce today full casting for its critically acclaimed, five-time Tony Award® winning production of The Lehman Trilogy which returns to London’s West End following highly acclaimed international performances. This ‘genuinely epic production‘ (New York Times), which has now been seen by over half a million people worldwide, will play at the Gillian Lynne Theatre from 24 September 2024 until 5 January 2025 for a strictly limited run.
Written by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power and directed by multi-award-winning director, Sam Mendes with set design by Es Devlin, The Lehman Trilogy is a sweeping story of a family spanning generations and a company that changed the world.
As previously announced, following a critically acclaimed run in San Francisco, John Heffernan, Aaron Krohn and Howard W. Overshown will reprise their ‘virtuosic performances’ (The Mercury News), playing the Lehman brothers, their sons and grandsons in this thrilling ‘tour de force of acting talent’ (KQED Radio). Cat Beveridge and Anyssa Neumann will reprise their respective performances as principal pianist and alternate pianist.
Joining them in this ‘mesmerising chronicle of an American dynasty’ (The Times), is Valentine Hanson as Understudy Emanuel Lehman, Leighton Pugh as Understudy Henry Lehman and Simon Victor will perform the role of Janitor and Understudy Mayer Lehman. Ali Berry completes the company as Understudy Pianist.
Mendes is joined by set designer, Es Devlin; costume designer, Katrina Lindsay; video designer, Luke Halls; lighting designer Jon Clark; composer and sound designer, Nick Powell; co-sound designer, Dominic Bilkey; music director, Candida Caldicot; movement director, Polly Bennett and West End Director, Rory McGregor. Company voice work is by Charmian Hoare with UK casting by Naomi Downham and USA casting by Jim Carnahan. They are joined by associate set designer, Olukoye Akinkugbe, associate video designer Zakk Hein and associate lighting designers, Charlotte Burton and Lucía Sánchez Roldán.
On a cold September morning in 1844, a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers, and an American epic begins. 163 years later, the firm they establish – Lehman Brothers – spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, triggering the largest financial crisis in history.
