Charlotte Jones's new play Redlands, running from 20 September to 18 October at Chichester Festival Theatre directed by Justin Audibert, is about the famous 1960s drugs trial of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
The cast is Anthony Calf as Michael Havers, Ben Caplan as Allen Klein / George Harrison, Clive Francis as Cecil Havers, Louis Landau as Nigel Havers, Emer McDald as Marianne Faithfull, Brenock O'Connor as Keith Richards, Olivia Poulet as Carol Havers and Jasper Talbot as Mick Jagger, alongside Melody Chikakane Brown as Constable Slade / Daphne, Lara Rose McCabe (Ensemble), Sam Pay as Inspector Dineley / Judge Block, Akshay Sharan as PC Willis / Vivek Chakrabarti, Ellla Tekere (Ensemble) Riiley Woodford (Ensemble) and Adam Young as Sniderman / Derek Carter.
1967. At Keith Richards’s country house Redlands in deepest West Sussex, the Rolling Stones are enjoying a bohemian night in with the likes of Marianne Faithfull and George Harrison, until the constabulary swoop down and charge Keith and Mick Jagger with drug offences. This account of possibly the most bizarre English court case ever held evokes a turning point in cultural history and the clash between the generations.
Set designer is Joanna Scotcher, costume designer Ryan Dawson Laight, lighting Matt Daw, composer and orchestrator Benjamin Kwasi Burrell, sound Claire Windsor, musical director Alan Berry, movement Shanelle 'Tall' Fergus, associate director Julia Head and casting Ginny Schiller CDG.