The cast for Naomi Wallace’s play The Breach, coming to Hampstead Theatre, has been set.
Charlie Beck (Masters Of The Air), Jasmine Blackborow (Shadow and Bone), Alfie Jones (Teenage Dick, Richard III), Tom Lewis (Gentleman Jack), Douggie McMeekin (Bach & Sons, Chernobyl), Stanley Morgan (The Sandman) and Shannon Tarbet (Yous Two, Killing Eve) will lead the show, which is directed by Sarah Frankcom (West Side Story, Light Falls).
The creative team also includes designer Naomi Dawson, lighting director Rick Fisher, sound designer Tingying Dong, voice director Michaela Kennen, movement director Jennifer Jackson, casting director Nadine Rennie and assistant director Tramaine Reindorf.
The story introduces the Diggs siblings, for whom love knows no limits. There’s nothing that 17-year-old Jude won’t do to keep her younger brother Acton safe. Growing up in the turbulence of 1970s America, Jude works nights and weekends to pay the bills, just so that they can stay together and with their mother. But when Acton’s troublesome pals form a club in their basement, a foolish game threatens to upend Jude’s plans, and derail their lives forever. How far will Jude go to protect her brother? And who will pay the eventual price of her doing so?
Wallace (One Flea Spare, Slaughter City) said: “The Breach is my first in a trilogy of plays focused on different communities in my home state of Kentucky. It tells a story of love and survival amongst a specific set of youths in 1970s America, shining light on the political landscape designed to fail them and the American Dream intended to fool them. I am thrilled that the play is receiving its UK premiere at Hampstead Theatre, and I am excited to see what director Sarah Frankcom and the fantastic ensemble of young actors bring to The Breach.”
The Breach will run at Hampstead from May 6 until June 4, 2022.