Heida Reed will star with Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones’ Ramsay Bolton, Misfits) in Foxfinder’s West End premiere. Dawn King’s unsettling and darkly comic drama will play a strictly limited season at the Ambassadors Theatre from 6 September 2018 until 5 January 2019.
Millions of Poldark fans were left heartbroken on Sunday evening when Heida Reed’s character Elizabeth Warleggan met her untimely and tragic end in the season finale. After four series as a lead in the much-loved BBC drama, Heida Reed bowed out in a dramatic episode which saw her character Elizabeth die from a concoction taken to induce early labour. As the nation tuned in for the season four finale this week, the emotional scenes saw Poldark fans take to social media in their droves to express their dismay at the shock departure of this popular character.
Icelandic actress Heida joined the award-winning BBC drama in 2015 and has since had roles in Silent Witness, also for the BBC, and as Ingrid in the romantic comedy One Day, opposite Anne Hathaway. She has also been nominated for an Icelandic Academy Award for the titular lead role in television series Stella Blómkvist. Having trained at London’s Drama Centre, Heida’s previous stage work includes Scarlet at the Southwark Playhouse and the 2011 revival of Top Girls at Trafalgar Studios.
Foxfinder will be directed by Rachel O’Riordan whose production of Killology at the Royal Court won the 2018 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre. Further casting will be announced at a later date.
