Casting announced for Mike Bartlett's Cock at Chichester's Minerva Theatre

Casting has been announced for Chichester Festival Theatre's revival of Mike Bartlett's Cock, which opens at the Minerva Theatre in October.

Staged in the round, Kate Hewitt's production marks the first time that the Olivier Award-winning play has been revived since it first premiered at the Royal Court in 2009. Exploring modern-day relationships, the piece asks how far we should change to be with other people.

Appearing in the show are Matthew Needham (Summer and Smoke), Luke Thallon (Evening Standard Emerging Talent Award nominee for Albion) , Isabella Laughland (King Lear) and Simon Chandler (The Stepmother).

Cock will be designed by Georgia Lowe, with lighting by Guy Hoare and sound by Giles Thomas.