Cast revealed for UK premiere of Jordan Harrison’s Marjorie Prime at Menier Chocolate Factory
Casting has been announced for the UK premiere of Jordan Harrison’s Marjorie Prime at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Dominic Dromgoole directs the production which opens on 15 March, with previews from 3 March and runs until 6 May.
Making up the cast are Nancy Carroll (Olivier Award and Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for After the Dance – National Theatre) as Tess, Richard Fleeshman (Company – Olivier Award nomination) as Walter, Tony Jayawardena (The Father and The Assassin, England People Very Nice, East is East – National Theatre) as Jon and Anne Reid (Last Tango in Halifax and The Mother – BAFTA nomination and winner of the Critics’ Circle Film Award) and Marjorie.
The creative team also features set & costume designer Jonathan Fensom and lighting designer Emma Chapman.
In this richly spare, wondrous play, Jordan Harrison explores the mysteries of human identity and the limits — if any — of what technology can replace.
It’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-year-old Marjorie — a jumble of disparate, fading memories — has a handsome new companion who’s programmed to feed the story of her life back to her. What would we remember, and what would we forget, if given the chance?
For more information and tickets, visit menierchocolatefactory.com
The show is part of the new season at the London venue along with Alex Edelman – Just For Us, currently playing to 26 February.
