A Very Expensive Poison
About This Show
Based on the Guardian/Faber book by Luke Harding
WORLD PREMIERE
A shocking assassination in the heart of London. In a bizarre mix of high-stakes global politics and radioactive villainy, a man pays with his life.
At this time of global crises and a looming new Cold War, A Very Expensive Poison sends us careering through the shadowy world of international espionage from Moscow to Mayfair.
John Crowley (Brooklyn, The Goldfinch) directs Lucy Prebble’s (The Effect, ENRON) reimagining of Luke Harding’s jaw-dropping exposé of the events behind the notorious death of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
Suitable for ages 12+
Part of The Old Vic 2019/20 Season
Show Details
Dates:
Opening Night: 20 August 2019
Final Performance: 05 October 2019
Cast
Thomas Arnold
Emmerson/Tim/Sergei/Mario
Tom Brooke
Alexander Litvinenko
MyAnna Buring
Marina Litvinenko
Callum Coates
Onstage Swing/Dr Virchis/FSB Officer 2
Marc Graham
Onstage Swing/Njrse David/Youth/FSB Officer
Amanda Hadingue
Professor Dombey/Lluba/Photographer/Dr Bhatt
Yasmine Holness-Dove
Onstage Swing/Natalia/FSB Officer 3/Youth 2/Waitress 2/Dr Dudhniwala
Lloyd Hutchinson
Dimitri Kotvun
Robyn Moore
Onstage Swing/Galina/Receptionist
Peter Polycarpou
Boris Bereszovsky
Sarah Seggari
Cabin Crew/Nurse Rezan/Australian Cleaner/Nurse
Michael Shaeffer
Andrei Luguvoi
Reece Shearsmith
The President
Gavin Spokes
DI Hyatt
Bea Svistunenko
Anatoly Litvinenko/Nurse/Michena/Waitress
Creatives
Old Vic
Producer
John Crowley
Director
Tom Scutt
Design
Paul Arditti
Sound
Mimi Jordan Sherin
Lighting
