Succession star coming to London stage in revolutionary new present

Saran Snook has simply completed her run on the wildly profitable HBO hit Succession.

The Australian actress performed Shiv, certainly one of Brian Cox’s patriarch Logan Roy’s three warring kids within the darkly scrumptious present about energy and household.

It’s made her a worldwide sensation at 35, and now she is following the likes of Hollywood stars like Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal to a North London venue that’s quickly changing into one of many hottest spots in world theatre.

She final appeared on the London stage again in 2016 on the Old Vic in Ibsen’s The Master Builder.

But this time the highlight shall be on her alone as she transforms a well-known story right into a one-woman present.

Film and TV stars are out of the blue speeding to the stage, particularly to solo reveals.

Fleabag’s “sexy priest” Andrew Scott shall be showing in a one-man adaptation of Chekov’s Uncle Vanya this autumn, however the biggest success story is undoubtedly Jodie Comer.

The Calling Eve icon made the daring transfer to the theatre in final 12 months’s Prima Facie, which scooped a mountain of awards and result in a Broadway switch and Best Actress Tony Award. Suddenly she is sizzling property in Hollywood and being known as “the next Jennifer Lawrence.”

Snook shall be hoping for comparable popularity of her new mission on the Almeida theatre.

It has been introduced as we speak that Snook shall be starring in a one-woman adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Grey tailored by Kip Williams. She will play all of the roles within the iconic Oscar Wilde cautionary story of a younger man who trades his soul for everlasting youth and sweetness.

Snook stated as we speak: “I am elated to return to the London stage in such an astonishing piece of theatre… This story of morality, innocence, narcissism, and consequence is going to be thrilling to recreate for a new audience. I can’t wait.”

Saoirse Ronan beforehand performed Lady Macbeth within the Almeida’s sensational The Tragedy of Macbeth, whereas Paul Mescal tackled Stanley Kowalski on this 12 months’s critically acclaimed A Streetcar Named Desire.

The vogue for single-persona variations additionally consists of the present run of Eddie Izzard, who prefers to be often called Suzie off stage, in her one-woman adaptation of Great Expectations. She additionally has an analogous mission primarily based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet within the works.

SARAH SNOOK WILL STAR IN THE PICTURE OF DORIAn GREY AT THE ALMEIDA FROM JANUARY 23, 2024