Exciting cast announced for smash-hit Broadway and West End adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird in our Quarry Theatre from 8 September to 4 October.
Star of stage and screen Richard Coyle (Heads of State, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Fantastic Beasts and Player Kings) will star in Aaron Sorkin’s riveting stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. The seminal American novel about racial injustice and childhood innocence became a Broadway and West End sensation with sell-out seasons on both sides of the Atlantic. The production opens in our Quarry Theatre from 8 September – 4 October ahead its first ever UK & Ireland tour.
Coyle returns to this iconic production as Atticus Finch, reprising the role he played to great critical acclaim in the 2022 West End production.
Richard Coyle said: “Playing Atticus Finch in the West End was a profound privilege and I’m honoured to be returning to this rich and deeply resonant role as we share this powerful and important story with audiences across the country. And I’m really excited to premiere the tour in my native county – Yorkshire – a very special homecoming.
“Harper Lee’s story and Aaron Sorkin’s words provide an extraordinary foundation for us to create a truly remarkable theatrical experience, providing a timely reminder of the importance of empathy, justice and moral courage.”
Leeds Playhouse Chief Executive Shawab Iqbal and Artistic Director Tom Wright said: “At Leeds Playhouse, we are passionate about bringing bold, meaningful, and epic storytelling to our stages. Aaron Sorkin’s masterful adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic, directed by Bartlett Sher, brings fresh urgency and has earned widespread acclaim for its powerful narrative and remarkable performances. We are thrilled to welcome esteemed actor Richard Coyle to Leeds as he reprises his much-celebrated role as Atticus Finch, bringing this iconic portrayal from the West End to Richard’s Yorkshire roots.”
Set in 1934 Alabama, To Kill a Mockingbird was inspired by novelist Harper Lee’s own childhood and has sold more than 45 million copies worldwide. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature and was long at the top of the banned book lists.
Coyle will be joined by Anna Munden as Scout Finch, Gabriel Scott as Jem Finch, Dylan Malyn as Dill Harris, Andrea Davy as Calpurnia, Stephen Boxer as Judge Taylor, Aaron Shosanya as Tom Robinson, Oscar Pearce as Bob Ewell, Evie Hargreaves as Mayella Ewell, Richard Dempsey as Horace Gilmer, Sarah Finigan as Mrs. Dubose, Phillipa Flynn as Miss Stephanie / Dill’s Mother, Harry Attwell as Mr. Cunningham / Boo (Arthur) Radley, Colin R Cambell as Sheriff Heck Tate and Simon Hepworth as Link Deas, with Paul Albertson, James Mitchell, Jonathan Rubin, Cheryl Burniston, Charlotte Luxford, Oyin Orija, Tiwai Muza, Tom Brace-Jenkins, and John J. O’Hagan.
Oscar winning writer Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird is paired with Bartlett Sher’s visionary direction.
Aaron Sorkin has had many years of great success on stage and screen. He is perhaps best known as the creator and screenwriter of hit TV series The West Wing, and as the screenwriter for The Social Network, for which he received an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Writer’s Guild Award. He is also the writer-creator of The Newsroom and Academy Award-winning film A Few Good Men.
Bartlett Sher spent over ten years as Director of New York’s Lincoln Centre Theater and has also headed acclaimed productions such as My Fair Lady, The King and I and South Pacific.
The creative team for To Kill a Mockingbird is completed by Louisa Muller (Associate Director), Miriam Buether (Set Designer), Ed Pierce (Design Supervisor), Ann Roth (Costume Designer), Jennifer Tipton (Lighting Designer), Scott Lehrer (Sound Designer), Adam Guettel (Original Score), Kimberley Grigsby (Musical Supervisor), Serena Hill CDG (Casting Director), Campbell Young Associates (Hair and Wigs Designer), Laurence Belcher (Resident Director), and Tavia Jefferson (Cultural Coordinator).
The UK & Ireland tour of To Kill a Mockingbird is presented by Jonathan Church Theatre Productions in Association with Karl Sydow and Tulchin Bartner. Originally Produced on Broadway.
