previously announced<\/a> soap and stage star John Partridge, who will don the iconic mask as the refined and sadistic Dr Hannibal Lecter.<\/p>\nAlso joining the ensemble are Minal Patel as \u2018Frederick Chilton\u2019; Jo Mousley as \u2018Senator Ruth Martin\u2019; Lottie Amor as \u2018Catherine Martin\u2019; Mark Peachey as \u2018Pilcher\u2019; Andrew Joshi as \u2018Peterson\u2019; Jonny Magnanti as \u2018Wertimer\u2019, with Mary Timbrell Hill completing the company, all taking on a variety of roles.<\/p>\n
When FBI trainee Clarice Starling is sent to interview the psychiatrist and infamous murderer Hannibal Lecter, it\u2019s hoped his brilliant mind will help catch sadistic new serial killer, Buffalo Bill. Another girl is missing, and time is running out. But Dr Lecter has questions of his own, and now Clarice must decide: keep a safe distance, or let Hannibal \u2018The Cannibal\u2019 into her head?<\/p>\n
Pulitzer finalist and Tony-nominated playwright Gina Gionfriddo brings Thomas Harris\u2019s gripping literary masterpiece to the stage in a bold adaptation directed by the Curve\u2019s Artistic Director, Nikolai Foster. <\/p>\n
Gionfriddo\u2019s theatrical adaptation delves into the psychological tension of Thomas Harris\u2019s landmark novel, drawing the audience deep into Clarice and Lecter\u2019s intelligent, intricate, and bone-chilling game of cat-and-mouse, as the FBI scramble to catch Buffalo Bill, a serial killer still at large.<\/p>\n
The tour\u2019s creative team is completed by designer Michael Taylor, sound designer Carolyn Downing, projection designer George Reeve, composer Grant Olding, lighting designer Howard Hudson and casting by Harry Blumenau. Julia Thomas is associate director.<\/p>\n
The Silence of the Lambs\u00a0will play at the Grand Opera House York from\u00a0Monday 15 to Saturday 20 March 2027.<\/p>\n
The show is produced by Indigo Productions and Crossroads Live, in association with Curve.<\/p>\n
Tickets for\u00a0The Silence of the Lambs, starting from \u00a320, are\u00a0available via the Grand Opera House website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final casting has been revealed for the premiere stage production of global cultural phenomenon The Silence of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-670315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}