Clive Owen is returning to the West End stage next month for the first time in 18 years, starring in Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana.
Rehearsal pictures have been released of the actor, who stars alongside Lia Williams, Breaking Bad’s Anna Gunn and Julian Glover in the Tennessee Williams play.
James Macdonald directs the production at the Noël Coward Theatre, which opens on July 16. It is set on a hotel veranda where a group of lost souls meet and debate before the arrival of a rainstorm.
Owen was last on the West End stage in 2001, when he starred in Peter Nichols’ A Day in the Death of Joe Egg with Victoria Hamilton. His best known stage role is perhaps Dan in Patrick Marber’s Closer at the National Theatre, a part that he reprised in the film version alongside Natalie Portman, Jude Law and Julia Roberts.
Co-star Williams was highly praised for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, and shortlisted for the Best Actress Evening Standard Theatre Award, while Gunn won two Emmys for her role as Skyler White in Breaking Bad.
The cast is completed by Alasdair Baker, Timothy Blore, Emma Canning, Karin Carlson, Madeleine Day, Ian Drysdale, Mufrida Hayes, Andrew McDonald, Manuel Pacific, Faz Singhateh, Finty Williams, Penelope Woodman and David Young.
Tony and Olivier Award-winner Rae Smith is designing the production, with lighting from Neil Austin and sound from Max Pappenheim.
The Night of the Iguana runs from July 18-September 28, with previews starting from July 6.
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