Details have been revealed of the full cast joining Hollywood star Orlando Bloom who will star as a cop who moonlights as a killer-for-hire in multi award-winning Tracy Letts’ blackly comic thriller Killer Joe in the West End.
Killer Joe will play a 13-week season from 18 May to 18 August 2018 at Trafalgar Studio 1 (press night is 4 June). The production will be directed by Simon Evans (The Dazzle and Bug at Found111 and current West End hit The Best Man at The Playhouse). Press night is Monday 4 June at 7.00pm
The Smith family hatch a plan to murder their estranged matriarch for her insurance money. They hire Joe Cooper, a police detective and part-time contract killer, to do the job. But once he enters their trailer home and comes face to face with their innocent daughter, the plan spirals out of control…
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Sophie Cookson (Sidney in Netflix series Gypsy, secret agent Roxanne ‘Roxy’ Morton in the films Kingsman: The Secret Service and its sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle).
Adam Gillen (currently starring at the National Theatre as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the acclaimed production of Amadeus, and best known as Liam in five series of ITV’s Benidorm).
Neve McIntosh (Dr Who Lizard Queen Madam Vastra, and Kay Gillies in BBC1’s The Replacement).
Steffan Rhodri (Labour Whip Walter Harrison in James Graham’s This House at the Garrick Theatre, and best known for portraying Dave Coaches on Gavin & Stacey and as Reg Cattermole in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I).
