Samantha Spiro to Star in Royal Court’s Chicken Soup with Barley

Olivier Award winner Samantha Spiro will headline a revival of Arnold Wesker’s Chicken Soup with Barley, to run June 3 – July 7 in the Royal Court Theatre’s Jerwood Theatre Downstairs. Dominic Cooke will direct the production.

The play, the first in a trilogy that also includes Roots and I’m Talking about Jerusalem, focuses on Sarah Khan (Spiro), an East End Jewish mother over the course of three decades as she handles both world events and the changes taking place within her home. Additional casting will be announced in the near future.

Spiro won an Olivier Award for her performance in Hello, Dolly! at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Her other stage credits include Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, and Funny Girl. On television she played Barbara Windsor in Terry Johnson’s
Cor, Blimey! and recently won a 2011Comedy Award in the Best Female Comedy Breakthrough category for Grandma’s House.

The creative team will include Ultz (production design), Charles Balfour (lighting design),
Gareth Fry (sound design), and Gary Yershon (original music).

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