Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Rebecca Stafford Productions have announced casting for Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution as they look forward to welcoming audiences back to the acclaimed play at London County Hall from 14 September.
Joe McNamara makes his professional stage debut as the accused, Leonard Vole. He will be joined by Emer McDaid as Romaine, Jonathan Firth as Sir Wilfrid Robarts, Teddy Kempner as Mr Mayhew, Miles Richardson as Mr Myers and Martin Turner as Mr Justice Wainwright.
The rest of the new cast includes Christopher Dickins, Nicholas Fretwell who makes his West End debut, Yvonne Gidden, Sam Graham, Eliot Giuralarocca, Ellie-Rose Mackinlay who also makes her West End stage debut and Elana Martin.
More casting is to be announced in due course.
When theatres were closed in March 2020 Witness for the Prosecution had just celebrated its 1000th performance having played to more than 325,000 people over two and a half years.
The production has captured the imagination of audiences gripped by the case of Leonard Vole, accused of murder in cold blood.
Director Lucy Bailey (Oleanna, Theatre Royal Bath/ West End; soon to direct Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, Royal and Derngate/ UK tour) thrillingly places the audience in the thick of the action as Christie’s enthralling tale of justice, passion and betrayal unfolds around them.
Leonard Vole is accused of murdering a widow to inherit her wealth. The stakes are high. Will he be able to convince the jury of his innocence and escape the hangman’s noose?
The twists and turns of the case are played out in a spectacular courtroom setting inside the atmospheric London County Hall as prosecution battles defence and witnesses take the stand to give their shocking testimonies. The production received Best Revival nominations at the 2018 Olivier and WhatsOnStage Awards.
Witness for the Prosecution opens its doors again to audiences on 14 September, just in time to celebrate Agatha Christie’s birthday on 15 September. In her autobiography, Christie wrote: “One night at the theatre stands out in my memory especially; the first night of ‘Witness for the Prosecution’. I can safely say that that was the only first night I have enjoyed…It was one of my plays that I like best myself.’”
The production is booking through to 20 March 2022.
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