Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, Ellie Bamber, Doreene Blackstock, Charles Edwards and Arty Froushan head the cast of The Line of Beauty, an adaptation of Alan Hollinghurst’s novel coming to the Almeida Theatre this autumn.
Claudia Harrison, Matt Mella, Hannah Morrish, Alistair Nwachukwu, Robert Portal, Leo Suter and Jasper Talbot complete the cast of the world premiere, which is written by Jack Holden and directed by Michael Grandage.
London. Summer, 1983. Nick Guest moves into the grand Notting Hill home of his university friend Toby — and into the dazzling world of Toby’s father Gerald, a newly elected Tory MP, his elegant wife Rachel, and their troubled daughter Cat. From private gardens to country estates, glittering parties to political dinners, Nick is swept up in a world of money, power and privilege. A world that promises everything — and exacts a cost.
As he pursues beauty in all its forms — aesthetic, erotic, aspirational — Nick finds himself caught between the freedoms of desire and the rigid boundaries of class, sexuality and public image in a rapidly changing Britain.
A captivating portrait of Thatcher’s Britain at its most decadent and divisive, the production opens on Wednesday, October 29, with previews from Tuesday, October 21, and runs until Saturday, November 29.
Tickets here.
Top image: The Line of Beauty cast announcement (image supplied)