Alex Ryder star Nathan Clarke will star alongside Ashley Margolis and Allison McKenzie in The Billionaire Inside Your Head, the debut play from Will Lord coming to Hampstead Theatre this September.
Directed by Anna Ledwich, the show is a biting satire questioning the value of motivation, and what it may end up costing you. A world premiere for Hampstead Theatre, Clarke plays Ritchie, with Margolis (The Shark is Broken) as Darwin and McKenzie (Wilderness) as The Voice/Nicole.
Lifelong best friends Richie and Darwin are on the lowest rung of the corporate ladder, stuck in the basement together with decades of old case files to work through. Darwin’s morning routine is an episode of Seinfeld and a spliff; Richie’s an ice bath, meditation, and Jack Dorsey’s 7-minute workout.
When an opening becomes available as a Junior Associate, it presents the opportunity to fly up the ranks faster than SpaceX’s latest rocket. The only things that might prevent that awesome LinkedIn update? The voice of Richie’s OCD whose demands are getting harder and harder to keep up with, and the fact that Darwin’s mum just happens to be the CEO calling the shots.
Ledwich is joined on the creative team by designer Janet Bird, lighting designer James Whiteside and sound designer Max Pappenheim, fight and intimacy director Bethan Clark and associate fight and intimacy director Robin Helier.
The Billionaire Inside Your Head runs from September 19 to October 25. Tickets here.
Top image: The Billionaire Inside Your Head: Nathan Clarke, Ashley Margolis and Allison McKenzie (image supplied)