The Stage

Josh Hartnett joins Old Vic’s 24 Hour Play gala

Published Thursday 13 November 2008 at 16:15 by Lalayn Baluch

Josh Hartnett, Sally Phillips and Hugh Bonneville are among the initial list of participants who have been announced for the Old Vic’s 24 Hour Play Celebrity Gala, which will be staged on November 30.

The event, now in its fourth year, will see actors, writers and directors join forces to create a series of six plays to raise funds for the venue’s Old Vic New Voices department. It will be hosted by DJ and TV presenter Johnny Vaughan and Gavin and Stacey creator and actor James Corden.

Confirmed performers include Jenny Agutter, Hamish Clark, Julia Davis, Martin Freeman and Henry Goodman, while the list of directors will feature Tamara Harvey, Jonathan Mumby and Josie Rourke. Writers Amelia Bullmore, Moira Buffini, Maurice Gran and Laurence Marks will also take part in the event. Further names will be announced shortly.

Old Vic artistic director Kevin Spacey said: “The 24 Hour Plays is a quite brilliant, exhilarating event for everyone concerned. We’re delighted that such as terrific cast of actors is already on board, and that Johnny and James have agreed to hold it all together as hosts. This is adrenaline fuelled theatre and the audiences is in for a real treat.”

For more information and tickets see www.oldvictheatre.com/galafundraiser