Life on Mars and State of Play star John Simm returns to the stage this autumn in the highly charged thriller SPEAKING IN TONGUES, in which the seemingly random confessions of a group of strangers are pieced together by a detective investigating the disappearance of a leading psychiatrist.
Simm leads a cast featuring Ian Hart (The Virgin Queen, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone), Emmy award-winning actress Lucy Cohu (The Queen’s Sister, Torchwood), and Kerry Fox (An Angel at my Table, Shallow Grave).
Andrew Bovell’s opens at the Duke of York’s from 18th September and runs until 12 December 2009.
Bovell’s previous work includes Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom and his own adaptation of SPEAKING IN TONGUES into the internationally acclaimed film Lantana.