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Adjoa Andoh, Petra Letang, Delroy Lindo, et al. Set for Young Vic’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

Delroy Lindo
Delroy Lindo

Casting has been announced for the Young Vic‘s revival of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, to run May 27 – July 3. David Lan, as previously reported, will direct the production.

Part of Wilson’s 10-play Pittsburgh cycle, the work is set in the year 1911 and tells the story of a man who finds himself in an unusual Pittsburgh boarding house on a journey north. The company will feature Adjoa Andoh, Brandon Benoit-Joyce, Daniel Cerqueira, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Petra Letang, Delroy Lindo, Nathaniel Martello-White, Tapiwa Mugweni, Leah Ocran, Demi Oyediran, Jessica Richardson, Danny Sapani, and Riann Steele.

The creative team for the production will include Patrick Burnier (production design), Mike Gunning (lighting design), and Gareth Fry (sound design).

For further information, visit: www.youngvic.org.