First look: Andrew Garfield and cast in Angels in America

Images have been released of Andrew Garfield and the rest of the cast in character for the upcoming production of Angels in America at the National Theatre.

Garfield plays Prior Walter in the piece alongside Denise Gough as Harper Pitt, Nathan Lane as Roy Cohn, James McArdle as Louis Ironson and Russell Tovey as Joe Pitt.

Tony Kushner's play will be directed by Marianne Elliott and is set in the '80s in the middle of the AIDs crisis where New Yorkers deal with life, death, love and sex. The production is made up of two parts, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, which will play in rep at the Lyttelton. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Angels in America.

Public booking for the show opens at 8.30am on Friday 20 January.

Angels in America opens 4 May and is currently booking until 9 August, with previews from 11 April.