Sophie Okonedo to lead A Month in the Country as the Donmar Warehouse reveals full company
The play starts performances next month
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London
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2 July 2026
The Donmar Warehouse has revealed the full cast and creative team for A Month in the Country, which will be led by Sophie Okonedo.
Lyndsey Turner will direct Brian Friel’s adaptation of Ivan Turgenev’s famed play.
Okonedo will play Natalya Petrovna when it runs from 22 August to 3 October. A press night is set for 2 September.
She will be joined by Thomas Arnold (as Arkady Islayev), Jessica Brindle (Katya), Susan Brown (Anna Islayeva), Rachelle Diedericks (Vera Aleksandrovna), Patrick Gibson (Aleksey Belyayev), Mark Hadfield (Herr Schaaf), Michael Hodgson (Alfanasy Bolshintsov), Jonathan Livingstone (Matvey), Alistair Petrie (Michel Rakitin), Daniel Rigby (Ignaty Shpigelsky), and Amanda Wilkin (Lizaveta Bogdanovna).
The creative team also comprises designer Leslie Travers, sound designer Max Pappenheim, lighting designer Tim Lutkin, movement director and intimacy coordinator Anna Morrissey, composer Angus MacRae and casting director Lotte Hines.
