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Mike Leigh’s Ecstasy to Transfer to the West End’s Duchess Theatre

Mike Leigh
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Mike Leigh
(© Tristan Fuge)

Mike Leigh’s Ecstasy will transfer to the West End’s Duchess Theatre, to run April 12 – May 28. Playwright Leigh has directed the production, which continues its original engagement at the Hampstead Theatre through April 9.


Set in 1979, the action revolves around a group of old friends who come together in a Kilburn bed-sit. The production marks the first time that Leigh is returning to one of his past plays.

The cast features Sian Brooke, Daniel Coonan, Claire Louise Cordwell, Allen Leech, Sinead Matthews, and Craig Parkinson.

The production will be designed by Leigh’s longtime collaborator Alison Chitty, with lighting by Paul Pyant, and sound by John Leonard.

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