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PRESS RELEASE – 26 February 2019

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Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Rebecca Stafford Productions present Witness for the Prosecution By

 Witness for the Prosecution to release tickets for performances until 29 March 2020.

 The site-specific production extends into its third year in the magnificent ‘courtroom’ setting inside ’s County Hall.

 Tickets for the new booking period go on general sale from Thursday 28 February 2019 at 10am via www.witnesscountyhall.com

 New cast members will join the company from 28 May 2019, including Carolin Stoltz as Romaine Vole, Lewis Cope as the accused Leonard Vole, Simon Dutton as Sir Wilfrid Robarts, Giles Taylor as Mr Myers QC and Michael Cochrane as Mr Justice Wainwright.

 Images can be downloaded here

Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Rebecca Stafford Productions today announce further tickets for Witness for the Prosecution will go on sale to the general public on Thursday 28 February 2019. The production, which has now surpassed the original West End run in at the Winter Garden Theatre (now the Theatre), will be extending into its third year at London’s historic County Hall. Tickets will be available until 29 March 2020.

A new cast will be sworn in from 28 May 2019, including Carolin Stoltz (Shetland, Emmerdale) playing Romaine Vole, Lewis Cope (Billy Elliot) as the accused Leonard Vole, Simon Dutton (The Saint) as Sir Wilfrid Robarts, Giles Taylor (This House, Wolf Hall/ Bring Up The Bodies) as Mr Myers QC and Michael Cochrane () as Mr Justice Wainwright, with Max Dinnen, Janet Fullerlove, Kara Grace-Paseda, Jessica Hole, Francesca Knight, Joe Shire, Paul Lancaster, Nicholas Osmond, Michael Weaver and Karl Wilson.

Director Lucy Bailey (Switzerland, Love From A Stranger, The Graduate) thrillingly places the audience in the thick of the action, with some even watching from the jury box, as this gripping tale of justice, passion and betrayal unfolds around them.

Leonard Vole is accused of murdering a widow to inherit her wealth. The stakes are high. Will Leonard survive the shocking witness testimony? Will he be able to convince the jury of

his innocence and escape the hangman’s noose?

Witness for the Prosecution will be booking until 29 March 2020. The production is designed by William Dudley, with lighting by Chris Davey, sound design by Mic Pool and casting by Ellie Collyer-Bristow CDG.

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For further information please contact Hannah Barnett Leveson at The Corner Shop PR on 020 7831 7657 or [email protected]

NOTES TO EDITORS

Images are available to download here

CAST

MICHAEL COCHRANE – MR JUSTICE WAINWRIGHT Michael is perhaps best known for playing Oliver Sterling in The Archers. On stage, he most recently appeared in Twelfth Night (RSC) and Nell Gwynn (Shakespeare’s Globe/ UK Tour). Further theatre credits include Blithe Spirit (The Mill), While The Sun Shines (Theatre Royal Bath), Wonderland (), Dandy Dick (Theatre Royal Brighton), The Bomb, The Great Game: Afghanistan, Bloody Sunday and The Colour Of Justice (), It Runs In The Family, Funny Money (The Mill), Over The Moon, The Merchant Of Venice (Old Vic), Beyond A Joke (English Touring Theatre), Married Love, Noises Off, 13 Rue De L'amour (West End), Pride And Prejudice, Crown Matrimonial, The Aspern Papers and Lady Windermere's Fan (UK Tours) and The Importance Of Being Earnest (Chichester Festival Theatre).

His work for television includes Sticks and Stones, Decline & Fall, The Crown, Agatha Raisin, We’re Doomed! The Making Of Dad’s Army, , Cradle To Grave, Man Down, Vicious, Coalition, The Musketeers, The Escape Artist, Panto!, Titanic – Blood And Steel, Holy Flying Circus, New Tricks, Law & Order: UK, Criminal Justice, Heartbeat, Margaret, Mutual Friends, Sharpe, To The Manor Born, The Long Walk To Finchley, Suez, The Worst Christmas Of My Life, Wire In The Blood, In Praise Of Hardcore, The Government Inspector, Monarch Of The Glen, Jonathan Creek, Spooks, The Falklands Play, A Touch Of Frost, Micawber, The Innocent, Perfect World, Longitude, Nancherrow, The Broker’s Man, Simisola, The Chief, Dangerous Man, A Murder Of Quality, Wings, The Citadel, Pie In The Sky and Darling Buds Of May.

Film credits include The Iron Lady, A Different Loyalty, The Saint, Incognito, The Far Pavilions and Return Of The Soldier.

LEWIS COPE – LEONARD VOLE Lewis previously appeared on stage in the West End playing the role of Michael in Billy Elliot.

His television and film credits include Hetty Feather, Earth's Vain Shadows Flee, The Grass Is Greener, Waterbabies and A Six And Two Three's.

Lewis recently graduated from The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where his theatre credits included Richard III, Punk Rock, Macbeth, The Night Watch, Split and Candide.

MAX DINNEN – CLERK OF THE COURT Max previously appeared in the West End in The Inheritance. Further theatre credits include The Elephant Man (Bristol Old Vic), Four Play (Wardrobe Theatre) and Jason and the Argonauts (Edinburgh Festival Fringe).

For television and film, Max’s credits include Sound of Musicals, Top Coppers, Doctors, Which is Witch and The Law of Moments.

SIMON DUTTON – SIR WILFRID ROBARTS Simon is most well-known for playing Simon Templar in ITV’s series of films, The Saint. Further television credits include The Royal Matchmaker, Endeavour, Doctors, Not Going Out, Dracula, Come Rain Come Shine, Garrow’s Law, Holby City, Midsomer Murders, EastEnders, Bones, New Tricks, The Real Deal, Death Train, Heartbeat, Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire, of the Dead and By The Sword Divided.

Film credits include Jupiter Ascending, Suite Francaise, 1911, Walking with the Enemy, Dangerous Beauty, King David and Memed My Hawk.

On stage, Simon is currently appearing in the UK Tour of Rough Crossing, and has previously worked with Director Lucy Bailey in her production of Kenny Morgan at the . Numerous further theatre credits include The Small Hours (Theatre Royal Windsor), Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead (English Touring Theatre), The Rehearsal (Chichester Festival Theatre), Hamley, Ghosts, The Winslow Boy, Boeing Boeing, A Doll’s House, Gaslight, An Ideal Husband (all Clwyd Theatr Cymru), Journey’s End (UK Tour), A Daughter’s Daughter (Theatre Royal Windsor/ West End), Plague Over England (/ West End), Private Lives (Kensington Palace), Blithe Spirit (Watford Palace Theatre), Nothing, Venice Preserved, The Cherry Orchard, Endgame, Pygmalion, The Relapse (all Citizens Theatre, Glasgow), Semi Monde (West End), Present Laughter (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), What You Get & What You Expect (Lyric Hammersmith), Heartbreak House () and Brief Encounter (UK Tour).

JANET FULLERLOVE - JANET MACKENZIE Janet most recently appeared on stage in Unexpected Joy at the ). Further theatre credits include Oxy and the Morons (New Wolsey), Fiddler on the Roof (Grange Park Opera/ BBC Proms), Shakespeare in Love (West End), Fortune’s Fool (Old Vic), The Taming of the Shrew (RSC), The Beggar’s Opera (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Fabrication (Print Room), Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe), Cheryomushki (Lyric Hammersmith), Sweeney Todd, Westside Story, Façade and Marriage of Figaro (Pimlico Opera) and Shouting at Shadows (Cheltenham Everyman/ Sixth Sense).

Television and film credits include The Last Days of Lucille Ball, Holby City, Longford, Tipping the Velvet, The Jack the Ripper Diaries and Tomorrow La Scala!.

KARA GRACE-PASEDA Kara’s previous theatre credits include Vessel (), Custody ( Theatre), Death and the Kings Horseman, Welcome to Thebes (National Theatre), The Night Club (Theatre 503/ Hampstead Theatre), Red Snapper (Belgrade Theatre) and Sarai (Arcola Theatre).

Film work includes Distant Teardrops by award winning director N. Padamakumar.

JESSICA HOLE – THE WOMAN Jessica is making her West End debut in Witness for the Prosecution.

FRANCESCA KNIGHT – GRETA/ MS CLEGG Francesca is making her West End debut in Witness for the Prosecution. Previous theatre credits include Julie at the National Theatre and E15 (Lung Theatre, /Edinburgh Festival/Tour).

Television and film work includes Nurse, The League of Gentlemen, The Mechanicals of Hemp, Home Alone and Their Finest.

PAUL LANCASTER – CARTER/ DR WYATT

Paul’s previous theatre credits include One Man, Two Guvnors (National Theatre/ West End/ International Tour), Kindertransport (UK Tour), The 39 Steps (UK Tour), How the Giraffe Got Its Neck (Irish Tour) and The Gruffalo (West End). For television, his credits include Genius, Picasso, Diana and I, The Angel, Emmerdale, White Gold, The Secret Agent, Dickensian, Mr Selfridge, Fungus the Bogeyman, Code of a Killer and Call the Midwife.

NICHOLAS OSMOND – INSPECTOR HEARNE Nicholas’ previous theatre credits include Much Ado About Nothing (UK/ French Tour, Antic Disposition), A Christmas Carol, Alice, Aladdin (Creation Theatre), COSI (King’s Head Theatre), The Lion King (UK and International Tour), Aladdin (The North Wall), As You Like It (UK Tour), Measure For Measure, King John (Union Theatre, Theatre Award Nomination for Best Play), PHYS-ED (24/7 Theatre, Manchester Evening News Award Nomination - Best Performance in a Fringe Production), Rock ‘N’ Roll, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Vieux Carre, Audience (Manchester Library Theatre), An Inspector Calls (UK Tour), The Shell Seekers (UK Tour), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (UK Tour), Cyclops, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Agamemnon (The Scoop Amphitheatre), Oblomov’s Dream () and Much Ado About Nothing (Oxford Castle).

Television credits include The Sarah Jane Adventures, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Battle for Britain, Victorian Values, The Silence of Mrs Lamb, Three Minute Moments and Harry and The Harlequin.

JOE SHIRE - POLICEMAN/ PLAIN CLOTHES DETECTIVE Joe’s recent theatre credits include The Island (Theatre Fio), 49 Donkeys Hanged (Theatre Royal Plymouth), The Soulless Ones (Hammer House of Horror), The Tempest (RSC) and Hotel (National Theatre).

Joe’s television work includes several episodes of the British sitcom Trollied.

CAROLIN STOLTZ – ROMAINE VOLE Carolin is most well known for her role as Ukrainian immigrant Olena Petrovich in Emmerdale. Further television credits include Shetland, McMafia, Holby City, The Windsors, Victoria, The Kennedys, Strike Back, The Café, Monroe, The Ones, Justice and Doctors.

Film work includes The Wife, The Inbetweeners Movie, City Lights – Clash of the Santas and the short film The Sexual Monologues.

Her previous theatre credits include Birdsong (Original Theatre Company), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer, The Miser () and I Stand Before You Naked (Unga Folkteatern).

GILES TAYLOR – MR MYERS QC Giles’ numerous previous theatre credits include Wonderland (Nottingham Playhouse/ Northern Stage), Shakespeare in Love (UK Tour), King Charles III (UK Tour/ Sydney Theatre Company), This House (National Theatre/ West End/ Chichester Festival Theatre), Twelfth Night, A Christmas Carol, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merchant of Venice and Talk of the City (RSC), Wolf Hall, Bring Up The Bodies (RSC/ West End/ Broadway), An Ideal Husband, The Way of the World, The Music Man (Chichester Festival Theatre), After The Dance (National Theatre), Travesties, The Importance of Being Earnest (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), The Wizard of Oz, The Secret Garden (West Yorkshire Playhouse/ Birmingham Repertory Theatre), Blithe Spirit (Nottingham Playhouse), Waste (Almeida Theatre), Othello, Relative Values (Salisbury Playhouse), Longitude (),The Duchess of Malfi (New Vic Stoke), Macbeth, Lady Be Good, Twelfth Night, Cymbeline, HMS Pinafore, Much Ado About Nothing, The Pirates of Penzance, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Regent’s Park

Open Air Theatre), Neville’s Island, Dreams from a Summer House (Watermill Theatre), Whenever (Steven Joseph Theatre) and Summer Lightning, Dangerous Corner (Royal & Derngate).

Television and film credits include Tom and Viv, Orlando, Victoria, The Musketeers, Mr Selfridge, Foyle’s War, Stuart: A Life Backwards, Stephen Poliakoff's Friends and Crocodiles, Sentenced, Karaoke, Wycliffe, Lindsay Anderson's Is That All There Is? and Scarlet and Black.

Giles is also a Verse and Rhetoric Consultant, working most recently on the RSC’s Dido, Queen of Carthage. His book – Dramatic Adventures in Rhetoric – co-authored with Philip Wilson, is published by Oberon Books.

MICHAEL WEAVER – SOLICITOR Michael has previously appeared onstage in Wild Oats (Minnack Theatre), (Kent, London and Gloucestershire Tour), Terra Nova (Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre), Woman in Mind (The Theatre Centre), An Evening with Gary Lineker (Bob Hope Theatre), Breezeblock Park ( Little Theatre) and The Importance of Being Earnest (The Barn Theatre).

KARL WILSON – WARDER Karl’s previous theatre credits include King Charles III (UK Tour/ Sydney Theatre Company), And The Winner Is… (Vaults Festival), Et Tu Elvie (Edinburgh Festival), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (BurntOut Theatre) and Trojan Women (Nameless Theatre).

Television and film credits include Will, Love Robot, The Third Wish, Hundreds, Tens And Units, Moon In Gemini, Dan The Man and What We Leave Behind.

LISTINGS

Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Rebecca Stafford Productions present Witness for the Prosecution By Agatha Christie Directed by Lucy Bailey Designed by William Dudley Lighting Design by Chris Davey Sound Design by Mic Pool Casting by Ellie Collyer-Bristow CDG

London’s County Hall The Chamber, County Hall, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 7PB Booking until 29 March 2020 Box Office: 0844 815 7141 Online: www.witnesscountyhall.com

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

Tuesday to Saturday, 7.30pm and matinees on Thursday and Saturday at 2.30pm and Sunday at 3pm

See website for the following performances: 15 – 23 April 2019 18 December 2019 – 5 January 2020

TICKET PRICES

Tickets from £10

No booking fees if booked via the official website

Our exclusive VIP Jury Ticket will place you in the heart of the courtroom action. Jurors will receive a complimentary programme and 2 complimentary drinks (soft drink, beer or house wine) to be redeemed pre-show or at the interval.

Witness for the Prosecution is offering a new range of gift packages, see website for details.

You simply select which of the three packages you would like to send as a gift, and the date you’d like us to confirm the gift to your recipient, and we’ll send an email that allows them to choose a performance date and time that suits them.

Or if you prefer to present in person, we’ll send you one of our limited-edition Witness for the Prosecution gift boxes, with ticket voucher and information about the show - so you can give your friends and family their day in court.

JURY PACKAGE £210 – Become a member of the Jury, and be prepared to be "sworn to secrecy" as the trial begins. Package includes 2 VIP Jury tickets, programme and drinks before the show and during the interval.

JUDGE PACKAGE £175 – Take your seats in our Premium area, right at the heart of the action. Package includes 2 Premium seat tickets, programme and drinks before the show.

COURTROOM PACKAGE £150 – Watch the trial play out before you as Leonard Vole fights to convince the jury – and you – of his innocence. Package includes 2 Band A tickets, programme and drinks before the show.

Website: www.witnesscountyhall.com

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