Starring Jared Harris and Joe Cole
The Young Vic Theatre announces the full casting for Harold Pinter’s enigmatic masterpiece, The Homecoming, from 27 November 2023 to 27 January 2024, by renowned multi-Olivier-nominated director Matthew Dunster (2.22 A Ghost Story, Shirley Valentine, Hangmen).
BAFTA Leading Actor award winner Jared Harris (Valery Legasov in Chernobyl, Lane Pryce in Mad Men, King George VI in The Crown) and Joe Cole (Sean Wallace in Gangs of London, John Shelby in Peaky Blinders, Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File) will star as Max and Lenny respectively, returning to the stage following major TV roles. Lisa Diveney (Call the Midwife, The Seagull) will play Ruth, and the cast is completed by David Angland (The Pillowman, Doctor Faustus) as Joey, Robert Emms (Chernobyl, Star Wars: Andor) as Teddy, and Nicolas Tennant (The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Duchess of Malfi) as Sam.
Max. Sam. Lenny. Joey. Teddy.
And Ruth.
In a small house in East London lives a family of butchers and boxers. When academic son Teddy returns home from America, with a wife his family have never met, a strange power struggle between man, wife and in-laws ensues.
Pinter’s unnerving, award-winning modern classic will be thrillingly re-explored by Matthew Dunster. The Homecoming is designed by Moi Tran, with lighting design by Sally Ferguson, sound design by George Dennis, casting by Heather Basten CDG, Jerwood Assistant Director is Bellaray Bertrand-Webb.
THE HOMECOMING: 27 November 2023 to 27 January 2024, Young Vic, London SE1 8LZ
- Relaxed Performances: Fri 19 January, 7.30pm & Sat 20 January, 2.30pm
- BSL Performance: Fri 26 January, 7.30pm
- Audio Described Performances: Fri 12 January, 7.30pm & Thu 18 January, 7.30pm
- Captioned Performances: Tue 9 January, 7.30pm & Thu 25 January, 7.30pm
- Sensory Adapted Performance: Sat 6 January, 7.30pm
Further Information & Tickets: Homepage | Young Vic