News: The award-winning international hit WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT comes to @SOHOPLACE for 24 performances only

The international hit White Rabbit Red Rabbit challenges a fearless performer to take centre stage with no preparation, no director and no idea what will greet them as they open a sealed envelope and take out the script. The show makes its West End debut in a limited season from 1 October.  Nassim Soleimanpour’s unique, provocative theatrical experience is presented by Lambert Jackson and Nassim Soleimanpour Productions in association with Nica Burns.

The performers include Freema Agyeman, Olly Alexander, Keith Allen, Mathew Baynton, John Bishop, Alan Davies, Daisy Edgar Jones, Joe Dempsie, Omari Douglas, Alfred Enoch, Kate Fleetwood, Richard Gadd, Jill Halfpenny, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Jason Isaacs, Pearl Mackie, Nick Mohammed, Sally Phillips, Jonathan Pryce, Michael Sheen, Callum Scott Howells, Ben Bailey Smith, Tonia Sotiropoulou and Catherine Tate.

Each night a completely new adventure awaits – depending on how the author’s words compel each actor to perform. White Rabbit Red Rabbit is a theatrical adventure embracing comedy and tragedy. An edge of your seat experience with some of the UK’s most extraordinary talents.

“I was born on Azar 19th, 1360 in Tehran. That’s Tehran, December 10th, 1981 in Christian years…”

Forbidden to leave his country, playwright Nassim Soleimanpour distilled the experience of an entire generation in a wild, utterly original play. White Rabbit Red Rabbit is as much about contemporary Iran as it is about power dynamics in the rest of the world.

Since its joint premiere in 2011 at the Edinburgh and SummerWorks festival, White Rabbit Red Rabbit has been translated into more than 30 different languages and been performed over 3,000 times by some of the biggest names in theatre and film including Whoopi Goldberg, Nathan Lane, Stephen Rea, Sinead Cusack, Cynthia Nixon, John Hurt, F. Murray Abraham, Dominic West and film director Ken Loach.

White Rabbit Red Rabbit has an age guidance of 14+. It is not for the faint of heart. There are many themes in the show that are designed to make the viewer feel uncomfortable and think for many days to come.

Performance Schedule

Tuesday 1 October (8.00pm) – NICK MOHAMMED

Wednesday 2 October (8.00pm) – MATHEW BAYNTON

Thursday 3 October (8.00pm) – JILL HALFPENNY

Friday 4 October (8.00pm) – MICHAEL SHEEN

Saturday 5 October (3.00pm) – DAISY EDGAR JONES

Saturday 5 October (2.00pm) – PEARL MACKIE

Sunday 6 October (2.00pm)– BEN BAILEY SMITH

Sunday 6 October (8.00pm) – JASON ISAACS

Tuesday 8 October (8.00pm) – OLLY ALEXANDER

Wednesday 9 October (8.00pm) – KATE FLEETWOOD

Thursday 10 October (8.00pm) – ALFRED ENOCH

Friday 11 October (8.00pm) – JOHN BISHOP

Saturday 12 October (3.00pm) – TONIA SOTIROPOULOU

Saturday 12 October (8.00pm) – JONATHAN PRYCE

Sunday 13 October (2.00pm) – KEITH ALLEN

Sunday 13 October (6.00pm) – RICHARD GADD

Monday 14 October (8.00pm) – OMARI DOUGLAS

Tuesday 15 October (8.00pm) – ALAN DAVIES

Wednesday 16 October (8.00pm) – SALLY PHILLIPS

Thursday 17 October (8.00pm) – CATHERINE TATE

Friday 18 October (8.00pm) – FREEMA AGYEMAN

Saturday 19 October (2.00pm) – JULIE HESMONDHALGH

Saturday 19 October (5.00pm) – JOE DEMPSIE

Saturday 19 October (8.00pm) – CALLUM SCOTT HOWELLS