The Stage

Skins’ Murray to join West End cast for That Face

Published Tuesday 4 March 2008 at 16:50 by Lalayn Baluch

Hannah Murray, star of Channel 4’s teen television drama Skins, is to join the cast of Polly Stenham’s multi-award winning play That Face, when it transfers to the West End on May 1.

Murray will take on the role of Mia and will appear alongside Lindsay Duncan, Matt Smith, Catherine Steadman and Julian Wadham. Directed by Jeremy Herrin, That Face is designed by Mike Britton, with lighting by Natasha Chivers and sound by Emma Laxton.

Stenham’s debut work opened in April last year at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs to great critical acclaim, having been developed through the Royal Court’s Young Writer’s Programme.

The 19-year-old writer went on to receive both the Evening Standard’s Charles Wintour Award and the Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, as well as the Theatrical Management Association award for Best Play. The cast of That Face are nominated for this year’s Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre.

Meanwhile, Stenham has received a grant from the UK Film Council to adapt her play for the big screen.