Hampstead Theatre has announced the full cast for House of Games, with Lisa Dillon and Richard Harrington starring in this adaptation of David Mamet’s noir thriller.
Celebrated psychoanalyst and author Dr Margaret Ford has a new client. Billy needs help: he’s addicted to sex, drugs and, most dangerously, gambling big money at an illicit poker lounge, the House of Games. Dr Ford also happens to be in search of subject matter for her next best-seller – a search which takes her deep into Chicago’s underworld and into the path of Mike, a charismatic gambler. A complex game commences, in which even the players themselves don’t know the rules, their roles, or who will be left holding the trump card…
Dillon will play Dr Margaret Ford and Harrington is Mike, with Oscar Lloyd as Billy, Joanna Brookes as Kathleen, Robin Soans as Joey, Siôn Tudor Owen as George, Kelly Price as Trudi, Laurence Ubong Williams as PJ and Andrew Whipp as Bobby.
Directed by Jonathan Kent, the adaptation comes from playwright Richard Bean. The designer is Ashley Martin-Davis with costume design by Deborah Andrews. Lighting design is by Peter Mumford and sound design by Paul Groothuis. The casting director is Juliet Horsley.
House of Games plays Hampstead’s Main Stage from May 2 to June 7. Tickets: hampsteadtheatre.com
Top image: Lisa Dillon, Richard Harrington, Oscar Lloyd, Joanna Brookes and Robin Soans (images supplied)