Sigourney Weaver to make West End debut in THE TEMPEST; Tom Hiddleston & Hayley Atwell to lead MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 7/30/24 at 7:56am

Both productions by the Jamie Lloyd Company at the Royal Drury Lane; Tempest starting in December 2024, Much Ado in February 2025

[ggersten]

Posted: 7/30/24 at 9:22am

There were rumors that Tom Hanks may be involved in some way. The Tempest was a given to be one of the Lloyd shows.

Then there is this from the Deadline article:

Working on The Tempest at Drury Lane will sort of complete a circle of coincidence for Weaver. 

She’ll be taking on a role last performed there by Gielgud.

Her first Broadway credit in 1975 was to work on a revival of W. Somerset Maugham’s The Constant Wife, starring Ingrid Bergman.

Weaver worked as an assistant stage manager and understudy.

The production was directed by John Gielgud.

https://deadline.com/2024/07/sigourney-weaver-west-end-tempest-1236026153/