Matt Smith, star of Doctor Who, The Crown, House of the Dragon and more, is back on the West End – and he'll be here for a little longer than originally planned.
Matt is leading the cast of An Enemy of the People at the Duke of York's Theatre in central London. The show officially opened last night (February 20) and was due to close on April 6 – but has now been extended to April 13 due to popular demand.
Tickets are on sale now via outlets including From the Box Office, ATG Tickets, LOVEtheatre, London Theatre Direct and Ticketmaster.
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An Enemy of the People also stars Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay, Industry's Priyanga Burford and The Capture's Nigel Lindsay.
There will be an audio-described performance on Tuesday, March 19 at 7.30pm and a captioned performance on Thursday, March 21 at 7.30pm, according to the ATG Tickets calendar.
"Thomas Ostermeier pushes the form and boundaries of theatre; I have been a fan for quite some time," said Matt, who will star as Dr Thomas Stockmann. "Seeing his Richard III with Lars Eidinger was electric.
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"When I heard he was interested in coming to the British stage for the first time, with Ibsen's classic An Enemy of the People, I was delighted to say the least.
"It is an honour to be able to work with him on this great play and become part of this unique project."
A reimagining of the Henrik Ibsen play, An Enemy of the People sees Stockmann uncovering a horrific contaminated water scandal in the spa town he calls home.
When he refuses to cover up what's going on and goes public with his discovery, he is ostracised and branded a public enemy.
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This new production is directed by Thomas Ostermeier, who is making his West End debut. He has described the play as "unfortunately more relevant than ever" in the context of the "burning threats" of climate change and global warming.
"This is an urgent reason to create an English version of the production for London, and I look forward to collaborating with Matt Smith, an actor whose body of work I greatly admire," Ostermeier added.
Smith's most recent appearance on the London stage was in 2019 opposite his The Crown co-star Claire Foy in Lungs, a play about a couple contemplating whether to have children in the broader context of the climate emergency.
Smith and Foy reprised the play for livestreamed performances during the first COVID lockdown in 2020.
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