"Although part of Gillian Anderson will forever live on as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully, there's no denying that intimidating matriarchal figures have proven to be something of a speciality for her in recent years, from Miss Havisham to Margaret Thatcher and Margo Channing to Blanche DuBois."
"A new production by the great Marianne Elliott will see Anderson co-star with US actor (and recent West End regular) Billy Crudup as George, Martha's Ivy League academic husband who invites a young colleague and his wife over for drinks and subject them to blistering arguments and bizarre games."
"The icing on the cake? It'll be staged not in a old school theatre but in the West End's newest venue, @sohoplace, which is intimate both in terms of its relatively small size (600 seats) and its in-the-round configuration that means the action happens in the centre of the room and all seats are close to the actors."
Gillian Anderson is cast as Martha, the acid-tongued protagonist of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, with Billy Crudup playing her husband George. Director Marianne Elliott helms this new production at Soho Place, the West End's newest venue featuring an intimate 600-seat in-the-round configuration. The play follows George and Martha as they invite a young colleague and his wife over for drinks, subjecting them to blistering arguments and bizarre games. Anderson's recent roles in intimidating matriarchal characters make her well-suited for this iconic part, previously famously played by Elizabeth Taylor. The production runs from September 21 to December 19.
Read at Time Out London
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