Foy, Miles & Troughton cast in Court’s Love, Love, Love

Casting has been announced for the Royal Court’s forthcoming production of Mike Bartlett’s Love, Love, Love, which opens in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs on 3 May 2012 (previews from 27 April).

Claire Foy, Victoria Hamilton, Ben Miles, George Rainsford and Sam Troughton will star in the production, which is directed by by Paines Plough artistic director James Grieve.

The play, which toured to acclaim last year following its premiere in Plymouth, looks at the baby boomer generation as it retires.

Claire Foy plays Rosie. Her theatre credits include Baby Girl, DNA and The Miracle as part of the Connections season at the National Theatre. She is currently appearing in BBC1 dramas Upstairs Downstairs and White Heat.

Victoria Hamilton plays Sandra. Previous theatre credits include Twelfth Night (Donmar West End), King Lear at the Old Vic, Suddenly Last Summer in the West End, As You Like It at the Sheffield Crucible and Lyric Hammersmith and A Day in the Death of Joe Egg in the West End.

Ben Miles plays Kenneth. He last appeared at the Royal Court in Mike Bartlett’s My Child. His other recent credits include Betrayal in the West End, Measure for Measure at the Almeida, The Norman Conquests at the Old Vic and on Broadway, Richard II for the Old Vic. His many television appearances include leading roles in Coupling, Lark Rise to Candleford, Freezing and Sex and The City and Me all for the BBC and Cold Feet for ITV.

George Rainsford plays Jamie. His previous theatre credits include Roald Dahl’s Twisted Tales at Liverpool Playhouse, The Man at Finborough Theatre, Days of Significance at the RSC, All’s Well that Ends Well and Chatroom/Citizenship at the National Theatre.

Sam Troughton plays Henry. He is currently appearing in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Liverpool Playhouse. His theatre credits also include Morte d’Arthur, Romeo and Juliet, The Grain Store, Julius Caesar and The Winter’s Tale at the RSC. On film, his credits include Spirit Trap and Vera Drake.