FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR BABETTE’S FEAST AT PRINT ROOM AT THE CORONET • Joseph Marcell, Sheila Atim, Diana Quick and Marjorie Yates lead the cast • Further cast: Norma Attalah, Amanda Boxer, Richard Clews, Henry Everett, Whoopie Van Raam, Rachel Winters • Bill Buckhurst directs this new adaptation of Karen Blixen’s novella, 30 years on from the release of the Oscar-winning film The full casting has been announced for Glyn Maxwell’s commissioned adaptation of the much loved short story Babette’s Feast by the revered Danish storyteller Karen Blixen. Bringing their innovative style to Print Room at the Coronet, Bill Buckhurst reunites with designer Simon Kenny, following their hugely successful collaboration on "Sweeney Todd" at Harrington's Pie and Mash Shop. The 2015 production transferred to the West End and is now playing off-Broadway at New York's Barrow Street Theatre. With new music composed by Olly Fox, this world premiere, telling the story of one community’s willingness to accept a stranger in need, begins previews on 9th May. Karen Blixen is widely recognised for the portrayal of her by Meryl Streep in the Academy Award Winning film, Out of Africa, as well Gabriel Axel’s acclaimed screen adaptation of Babette’s Feast, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Blixen wrote some of Denmark’s most-loved fiction from the 1900’s to her death in 1962, often under pseudonyms, most prolifically as Isak Dinesen who is credited as the author of Babette’s Feast. Glyn Maxwell’s new adaptation will tell the story of Martine and Philippa, two sisters living in a remote coastal village with their father, The Dean. They live pious, simple lives until Babette arrives at their door, a refugee fleeing from the French Civil War seeking sanctuary. The sisters welcome her into their home and she works as their cook, feeding the locals for many years. In a selfless act of thanksgiving, Babette creates a lavish feast for the people of the town. Joseph Marcell, best known for his role as Geoffrey in Fresh Prince of Bel Air, makes his Print Room at the Coronet debut in the roles of The Dean and Lorens Lowenheilm. Joining Marcell on the Coronet stage, Sheila Atim, recently seen on stage in the National Theatre’s Les Blancs, will be playing the titular role of Babette. Brideshead Revisted star Diana Quick will take on the part of Martine, with her on-stage sister Philippa being played by Majorie Yates, recognised for her role in Channel 4’s Shameless. Norma Attalah, Amanda Boxer, Richard Clews, Ladi Emeruwa, Henry Everett, Whoopie Van Raam and Rachel Winters complete the cast. For further information please contact Philippa Redfern at The Corner Shop PR: [email protected] // 0207 831 7657 -ENDS- NOTES TO EDITORS PRINT ROOM AT THE CORONET The Print Room began life in September 2010 in a converted printing warehouse just off Westbourne Grove, with a mission to present an exciting mixture of theatre, dance, concerts, art exhibitions and a variety of multidisciplinary collaborations. The theatre is now realising its unique artistic vision in its new, permanent home, Notting Hill’s iconic Coronet. http://www.the-print-room.org/ @the_printroom Sheila Atim has been a part of hugely acclaimed productions such as the recent Shakespeare Trilogy at Donmar Warehouse and National Theatre’s Les Blancs. Other theatre and television credits include: The Tempest (St Ann's Warehouse New York USA); Black Lives Black Words – The Interrogation of Sandra Bland (Bush Theatre); Volpone; Love’s Sacrifice; The Jew of Malta (RSC); Hopelessly Devoted (Paines Plough); Rachel (Finborough Theatre); Klook’s Last Stand (Park Theatre); Ghosttown (Pilot Theatre) and I Live with Models. Amanda Boxer was born in New York and trained at LAMDA. She won Best Actress in the London Fringe Awards for Strange Snow (Theatro Technis). Her acting career has seen her take part in Blue Heart (Bristol Old Vic and The Orange Tree); Medea; The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot (Almeida Theatre); Uncle Vanya (St James); Relative Values (Harold Pinter Theatre); The Speed Twins (Riverside); Prisoner of Second Avenue (Vaudeville); The Sea Plays (Old Vic Tunnels); The House of Bernarda Alba and The Graduate (Gielgud Theatre); A Touch of the Poet (Young Vic / West End); The Painter; Macbeth (Arcola Theatre); The Destiny of Me (Finborough Theatre); Many Roads to Paradise (Finborough Theatre and Jermyn Street Theatre); The Arab Israeli Cookbook (Gate / Tricycle Theatre); The Pain and the Itch; The Strip (Royal Court); Cling To Me Like Ivy (Birmingham Rep); The Rivals (Theatr Clwyd); The Yiddish Queen Lear (Southwark Playhouse / Bridewell Theatre); Come Blow Your Horn; The Fall Guy; The Misanthrope; Absurd Person Singular (Manchester Royal Exchange); The Way of The World (Cambridge Theatre Company); A State of Affairs (The Duchess Theatre). Boxer’s television and film appearances include: Silent Witness; Doctors; Casualty; Bodies; The Shell Seekers; Trial and Retribution; Chalk; Unnatural Pursuits; Road Rage; Goodbye My Love; Cider With Rosie and Saving Private Ryan; Together; Things I Do For You; Bad Behaviour. Henry Everett’s theatre credits include The Rivals (Bristol Old Vic & UK Tour); German Skerries (Orange Tree Theatre); Richard II (Globe Theatre); Man and Superman (National Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Michael Grandage Company); The Nutcracker (Theatre Royal Bath); Sold (Theatre 503); All Creatures Great and Small (Gala Theatre, Durham); The Suitcase Kid (Orange Tree Theatre); My Brother the Robot (Tall Stories); Autobahn (King’s Head); Fool for Love; Reigen (GBS Theatre / RADA); The Cherry Orchard (Dog Orange); The Taming of the Shrew; The Importance of Being Earnest; The Comedy of Errors; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Macbeth (Oxford Shakespeare Company); A Christmas Carol (Shaw Theatre); Private Lives; Dead of Night (Sheringham Little Theatre); Sleeping Beauty (The Roses, Tewkesbury); Lovers From Hell (Oval House Theatre); The Merry Wives of Windsor (Changeling Theatre Company); I-Confess (Tangled Feet). Television and Film appearances include; Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story; Emmerdale; The Bill; Switch; Routes; WMD; Milk Man. Joseph Marcell has appeared in Frost; Holby City; Rough Crossing; Eastenders; Jericho; The Professionals; Crown Court; Juliet Bravo; Fancy Wanders; Empire Road; Anthony and Cleopatra; End of the Line; Rumpole and the Golden Thread; First Sight; The Return of Shelley; Dr Who; The Bill; Outpost; Desmonds; Boon; Die Kinder; Runaway Bay; Brothers and Sisters; McLibel. Marcell is best known for his role as Geoffrey in the NBC sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Stage credits include Much Ado About Nothing; Coriolanus; Under the Black Flag (Shakespeare’s Globe); Radio Golf; Let There Be Love; Gem Of The Ocean; King Hedley II; Walk Hard; Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Tricycle Theatre); Breakfast with Mugabe (Theatre Royal Bath); Hamlet (Haymarket, Basingstoke); Richard III Part II (Paines Plough); Crates on Barrels; Our Friends from the North; The Brothers Menechmi; Little Malcolm; Coriolanus; Anthony and Cleopatra; Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Great White Hope; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (RSC); Measure for Measure (US Tour); Henry VI Part III; Romeo and Juliet; The Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare & Co); The Knack; The Man; Dr Faustus (Sheffield); One Fine Day; A Dying Business (Riverside Studios); Motor Car (Paines Plough / National Theatre); Anchorman (Royal Court / Coventry); Macbeth; Death of a Salesman (Leicester); Sherlock Holmes (RSC / Broadway); Livingstone and Sechele; Split Second; Othello (Lyric Hammersmith); Master Harold and the Boys; Peer Gynt (National Theatre); Black Star (Octagon); Julius Caesar; Creon (Leicester / Tour); Twelfth Night (Birmingham Rep). Film appearances include: Cry Freedom; Playing Away; Sioux City; The Loser. Marcel has also directed: Mad Wogs and Englishmen (Cockpit); The Sapping; The Island (RSC); Othello (Arts Theatre). Diana Quick is an English actress who trained at Oxford University. Best known for her starring role in Brideshead Revisited. Quick has appeared in Theatre productions such as: Electra (Old Vic); The Big Meal; The American Plan (Theatre Royal Bath); Midnight Your Time (HighTide); Aristo (Minerva); Single Spies (UK Tour); Mother Courage and Her Children; Ghosts (English Touring Theatre); You Never Can Tell (Theatre Royal Bath / West End); Anna and the Tropics (Hampstead Theatre); After Mrs Rochester (Shared Experience); Mother Teresa is Dead; The Old Neighbourhood; The Sea; King Lear (Royal Court); Be My Baby (Soho Theatre); Hamlet; The Changeling; The Women Pirates (RSC); A Map of the World; Troilus and Cressida; Tamburlaine; Plunder and Phaedra Brittanica (National Theatre). Her television and film appearances include: The Living and the Dead; Houdini and Doyle; The Missing; Case Histories; Inspector George Gently; Silk; Law and Order UK; Lewis; New Tricks; The Queen; The Protectors; Kingdom; Catwalk Dogs; Sensitive Skin; Midsomer Murders; Poirot; Dalziel and Pascoe; Aristocrats; Rasputin; Dandelion Dead; Alleyn Mysteries; Inspector Morse; Clarissa; The Orchid House; The Price of the Bride; Alas Smith and Jones; The Justice Game; Minder; Cariani and the Courtesans; Phantom of the Opera; The Woman in White; and The Nanny State; Mother’s Milk; Love / Loss; The Revenger’s Tragedy; A.K.A.; The Discovery of Heaven; Saving Grace; Vigo; The Leading Man; Nostradamus; The Misadventures of Mr Wilt; Vroom; 1919; Max Mon Amour; Ordeal by Innocence; The Odd Job; The Big Sleep; The Duelists; Nicholas and Alexandra;