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Dateline: 6th November, 2009
Six Degrees Casting Announced David Grindley will direct Obi Abili, Anthony Head and Lesley Manville in John Guare’s Olivier award-winning play Six Degrees of Separation at the Old Vic from 19th January (previews from 7th) to 3rd April. The play is inspired by the real life story of a flamboyant con artist who managed to convince wealthy residents of Manhattan’s Upper East Side that he was the son of Sidney Poitier. The play had its official Broadway debut in 1990 and in 1993 was adapted into a film starring Stockard Channing (reprising her Broadway role), Donald Sutherland and Will Smith. This new production at The Old Vic will be the first major London revival of the play in almost eighteen years. The company includes Obi Abili (Paul), Sarah Goldberg (Elizabeth), Michael Goldsmith (Ben), Ilan Goodman (Doug), Anthony Head (Flan), Lesley Manville (Ouisa), Steven Pacey (Larkin), Sara Stewart (Kitty), Paul Stocker (Woody) and Kevin Trainor (Trent). The full cast will be announced at a later date. Obi Abili plays Paul. A recent graduate of RADA, his theatre work to date has included Dido Queen of Carthage at the National Theatre, Brothers Size at The Young Vic and Angels in America (Headlong Theatre). Recent television work includes Moses Jones (BBC), Foyles War and Kingdom with Stephen Fry (ITV). Anthony Head plays John Flanders ('Flan') Kittredge. After his West End debut in Godspell, he went on to star in many stage productions including Peter Shaffer’s Yonadab, Chess, The Rocky Horror Show and Otherwise Engaged with Richard E. Grant (West End). His television credits include Secret Army, Enemy at the Door, Love in a Cold Climate, Howard’s Way, the Fox series VR.5 as well as the Golden Globe nominated series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Sarah Michelle Gellar. His recent television credits have included Spooks, Manchild, Little Britain and the second series of the BBC drama Merlin. Lesley Manville plays Louisa (‘Ouisa’) Kittredge. She is perhaps best known for her acting collaborations with director Mike Leigh which began in 1980. She has appeared in his films High Hopes, Secrets and Lies, Topsy-Turvy, All or Nothing (for which she was awarded the London Film Critics Circle Best Actress Award) and Vera Drake. Other film appearances include Dance with a Stranger and Sammie and Rosie Get Laid. She was last seen at The Old Vic in the world premiere of Pedro Almodóvar’s All About My Mother. Recent theatre includes Her Naked Skin, Pillars of the Community and His Dark Materials at the National Theatre. She has appeared in many new plays at the RSC’s Warehouse and at the Royal Court, including The Mother by Mark Ravenhill, Borderline, Rita, Sue and Bob Too, Falkland Sound and Top Girls for which she won an Obie Award in New York. Television work includes the BBC series Cranford, North and South and Law and Order UK.
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