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Jack Whitehall and Zawe Ashton join Lily Cole and cast to celebrate The Philanthropist

The show opened in London last night

Celebrities including Jack Whitehall and Zawe Ashtron joined the cast of the new production of Christopher Hampton's The Philanthropist to celebrate opening night at Trafalgar Studios.

The show's cast includes Lily Cole, Simon Bird, Matt Berry, Tom Rosenthal and Charlotte Ritchie who play people invited to a dinner party at an Oxford college.

Hampton originally wrote the play when he was 23 in the '70s. It is revived and directed here by Simon Callow.

The Philanthropist runs at Trafalgar Studios until 22 July.

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