1st Night Photos: Pryce’s Donmar Debut in Dimetos
Jonathan Pryce made his Donmar Warehouse debut last night (25 March 2009, previews from 19 March) starring in the title role of Athol Fugard’s rarely seen play Dimetos, directed by Donmar associate director and recent Olivier award winner Douglas Hodge.
Written in 1975, Dimetos is a moving story about love, guilt, retribution and faith in a modern world of moral decay. Exhausted with life in the city as a highly skilled engineer, Dimetos (Pryce) escapes to a remote coastal village with his niece and housekeeper in search of a simpler existence. Five years on, a stranger from the metropolis arrives to tempt him back with devastating consequences.
Starring alongside Pryce are Anne Reid, Alex Lanipekun and Holliday Grainger, making her professional stage debut. Dimetos continues until 9 May 2009.
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PHOTOS BY DAN WOOLLER FOR WHATSONSTAGE.COM.
For 1st Night Photos,
our Whatsonstage.com photographer Dan Wooller was at the Donmar for the after party, where the company were joined by guests including Annabel Scholey, Katherine Kingsley, Shane Attwooll, Leon Lopez, Eddie Redmayne, Jamie Dornan, Andrew Garfield, Jamie Lloyd, Owen Teale, Luke Evans and Samantha Spiro.
Actor/director Douglas Hodge picked up an Olivier award recently for his portrayal of Albin in the Menier Chocolate Factory revival of La Cage Aux Folles (See News, 8 Mar 2009). His previous directorial credits include Absurdia and Murder in the Cathedral for the Donmar and See How They Run at the Duchess.
Pryce’s previous theatre credits include Glengarry Glen Ross, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (New York), The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? My Fair Lady, Miss Saigon and Oliver!. His film and TV credits include Baker Street, Victoria and Albert, Leatherheads, The Pirates of the Caribbean, Ronin, Tomorrow Never Dies and Carrington (for which he won best actor at the Cannes Film Festival).
– by Theo Bosanquet
