Cast joining Mischa Barton in Double Indemnity tour revealed

The cast joining Mischa Barton in a new adaptation of Double Indemnity, touring the UK and Ireland, has been revealed.

Barton will make her UK stage debut in the show, which runs from February to May 2026.

Based on Cain’s 1943 novel, which inspired Billy Wilder’s celebrated film noir, Double Indemnity follows insurance salesman Walter Huff, whose encounter with the married Phyllis leads to a dangerous conspiracy involving lust, greed and murder. The new stage version is adapted by Tom Holloway and directed by Oscar Toeman.

Best known for The OC, Barton will play Phyllis Nirdlinger, the central role in James M Cain’s classic story of crime and deception. Joining her will be Ciarán Owens as Walter Huff, while the role of Keyes will be played by Martin Marquez and the role of Nettie, Waitress, and Usher will be played by Gillian Saker, who also understudies the role of Phyllis Nirdlinger.

The role of Mr Norton, Nino, and Joe Pete will be played by Joseph Langdon. Mr Nirdlinger, Jack Christholf, and Jackson will be played by Oliver Ryan, and Lola Nirdlinger will be played by Sophia Roberts.

Ensemble members include Simon Victor who also understudies Keyes, Mr Nirdlinger, Jack Christholf and Jackson, Estelle Cousins who also understudies Lola, Nettie, the Waitress and the Usher and Patrick Fleming who also understudies Walter Huff, Mr.Norton, Nino, and Joe Pete.

The production opens at Eastbourne’s Devonshire Park Theatre (5 to 7 February) before visiting the Theatre Royal in Nottingham (10 to 14 February), the Lyceum Theatre in Crewe (17 to 21 February), and Richmond Theatre (3 to 7 March).

It will then run at the Theatre Royal Brighton (10 to 14 March), the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin (24 to 28 March), the Palace Theatre in Southend (31 March to 4 April), and the Wycombe Swan Theatre (7 to 11 April). The tour continues to the Churchill Theatre in Bromley (21 to 25 April), the Opera House in Manchester (28 April to 2 May), and concludes at the New Theatre in Cardiff (5 to 9 May).

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