The One Day star Ambika Mod and Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley are to lead the cast for a table read of a stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice to raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians.
The one-off event will take place on 12 October at the Troxy in east London, hosted by Nish Kumar and also featuring the radio host Jameela Jamil, People Just Do Nothing’s Asim Chaudhry, Doctor Who’s Jenna Coleman and Morfydd Clark, the star of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and the sleeper horror hit Saint Maud.
The event is being organised by the fundraising outfit Cinema for Gaza, launched last year by a group of film professionals mostly based in London. Last year an auction of items donated by stars of cinema including Tilda Swinton, Susan Sarandon, Olivia Colman and Paul Mescal raised more than £250,000.
The cast for Pride and Prejudice will be rounded out by the actor and Taskmaster contestant Susan Wokoma; Mawaan Rizwan, the creator of Juice; Polite Society’s Priya Kansara; The Decameron’s Amar Chadha-Patel; and the standup comedians Jeff Mirza and Shazia Mirza. We Are Lady Parts’ creator Nida Manzoor directs.
The reading coincides with the 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth on 16 December and comes ahead of the release of Netflix’s adaptation starring Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden, Colman, Fiona Shaw and Rufus Sewell.
