Ewan McGregor Returning to London Level in New Play My Grasp Builder

Ewan McGregor is returning to the West Finish for the primary time in 17 years to guide the corporate of Lila Raicek’s new play “My Grasp Builder.”

The display reunites the “Celebrity Wars” and “Moulin Rouge” actor with director Michael Grandage, who he in the past labored with at the Donmar Warehouse productions of “Othello” and “Guys and Dolls.” The manufacturing begins previews on April 17 at Wyndham’s Theatre prior to formally opening on April 29, and can run till July 12.

Produced by way of Grandage, MarketStall and Seaview, “My Grasp Builder” follows publishing wealthy person Elena Solness as she prepares to throw a celebration within the Hamptons for her architect husband, Henry (McGregor), to have a good time his newest paintings. On the other hand, “their already susceptible union is shattered by way of the surprising arrival of Mathilde, a former scholar of Henry’s, with whom he in the past shared an intimate connection,” because the play’s synopsis reads. “Because the night time unfolds, every to find themselves head to head with a reckoning that indelibly tilts the axis in their lives.”

Additional casting might be introduced in a while. Tickets are on sale beginning at noon native time on Tuesday, with over 10,000 £25 tickets to be had during the run.

“It’s this sort of thrill be returning to the degree – and to paintings with Michael once more, an actor’s director with whom I’ve had a few of my happiest running reports,” McGregor stated in a remark. “He’s a beneficiant collaborator, who allows you to uncover the play in combination afresh within the practice session room. And what a play – I really like the place Lila has taken the tale, an excessively trendy tackle lately’s sexual politics.”

Added Grandage, “It’s at all times a privilege to open a brand new play within the West Finish and to convey rising and unique voices to as vast an target market as conceivable. I’m excited to collaborate with creator Lila Raicek, staging ‘My Grasp Builder’ in London this spring. The manufacturing may be a comfortable reunion with Ewan McGregor — an bizarre degree actor, running in combination for the primary time on an international premiere, in a brand-new partnership for MGC with MarketStall and Seaview.”