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 ex-FSB Officer Alexander Litvinenko.
Recipient of 2019 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.
Carl Ekdahl/Mr. Landhal
Alexander Litvinenko
Marina Litvinenko
Martin/Dr Virchis/FSB Officer 2/Onstage Swing
DS Hoar/Nurse David/Youth 1/FSB Officer 1/Ruslan/Onstage Swing
Professor Dombey/Lluba/Dr Bhatt/Photographer
Natalia/FSB Officer 3/Youth 2/Waitress 2/Dr Dudhniwala/Onstage Swing
Dimitri Kovtun/Kamishnikov/Radiologist/Yaltsin
Galina/Receptionist/Technician/Marie Curie/Onstage Swing
Boris Bereszovsky/Walter/Dr Gunner
Cabin Crew/Australian Cleaner/Nurse Rezan/Youth 3/Nurse
Andrei Lugovoi/Dr Gent/Gorbachev
The President/Jon
DI Hyatt/Man with Stick
Anatoly/Nurse Michena/Waitress/Lludmilla
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