The Stage

Gambon and Walliams to star in Pinter’s No Man’s Land

Published Thursday 3 July 2008 at 11:45 by Alistair Smith

Harold Pinter’s 1975 play No Man’s Land is to be revived in the West End in a new production starring Michael Gambon and Little Britain’s David Walliams.

The show, which will run at the Duke of York’s Theatre from September 27, will also feature David Bradley and Nick Dunning and will be directed by Rupert Goold.

A Gate Theatre Dublin production, it will be presented by Sonia Friedman Productions and Michael Colgan, with deign by Giles Cadle, lighting by Neil Austin and sound and music by Adam Cork. It transfers to London following its opening at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, in August.

No Man’s Land received its world premiere in 1975 in a National Theatre production at the Old Vic, with Peter Hall directing a cast which included Michael Feast, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Terence Rigby. In 1992, Pinter played Hirst in the Almeida Theatre production, directed by David Leveaux, and in 2001 directed his own play for the National Theatre with Danny Dyer, Corin Redgrave, Andy de la Tour and John Wood.

Press night will be October 7 and it is currently booking until January 3, 2009.