Bill, Bitmaté & Lynch star in Vercors’ Silence at Donmar Trafalgar
Running from 14 January to 2 February 2013 (previews from 10 January), the cast will feature Leo Bill, Simona Bitmaté and Finbar Lynch.
Secretly published as a novella in 1942, the story examines an excruciating dilemma faced by both the occupier and the occupied.
In a time of conflict, a soldier (Bill) is billeted to the home of
an old man (Lynch) and his niece (Bitmaté). Powerless to
turn him away, they resist him with silence – a silence that becomes
their most potent weapon.
Leo Bill‘s theatre credits include Posh at the Royal Court and Duke of
York’s, The Way of the World at Sheffield Crucible Theatre, School for
Scandal at the Barbican and Pains of Youth, The Observer, The Hothouse
and The Reporter all at the National Theatre.
Simona Bitmate graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in
2010. She played Chacha in You Always Forget Something at the Arcola and has appeared in Under a Foreign Sky at the Unicorn and on tour.
Finbar Lynch‘s previous work for the Donmar includes Hecuba, The Green
Fields Beyond, Fool for Love and Translations. His other theatre work
includes Desire Under the Elms at the Lyric Hammersmith, The Duchess of
Malfi at the Old Vic as well as numerous appearances at the RSC,
National Theatre and the West End.
Simon Evans was resident assistant director at the Donmar Warehouse from
2010 to 2011. His other credits include Thom Pain (The Print Room), Madness in
Valencia (Trafalgar Studios), Apple Pie, Hours Till Autumn (Riverside
Studios) and Skyscraper (Public, New York).
