Alexi Kaye Campbell’s new play Sunset at the Villa Thalia, directed by Simon Godwin, will open at the Dorfman Theatre at the National Theatre on 1 June.
April 1967: Greece is in political turmoil. Charlotte and Theo have retreated to a small island in search of peace and inspiration. But when they meet a charismatic American couple at the port they are seduced into making choices with devastating consequences.
Campbell's play spans a decade as it explores the impact of foreign influence, planned and unintentional, on a nation and its people. It will feature design by Hildegard Bechtler, lighting by Natasha Chivers, music by Michael Bruce, movement by Jonathan Goddard and sound design by Tom Gibbons.
The cast includes Christos Callow, Sam Crane (Dissonant at the National Theatre, Farinelli in Farinelli and the King at Shakespeare’s Globe and the West End and Headlong’s 1984), Glykeria Dimou, Elizabeth McGovern (Cora Crawley in Downton Abbey), Ben Miles (Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies at the RSC, West End and Broadway), Pippa Nixon (The Tempest, As You Like It, Hamlet and King John at the RSC) and Eve Polycarpou.
Previews for Sunset at the Villa Thalia will be from 25 May, with a press night on 1 June and a final performance on 4 August.