Paul Anderson will make his West End debut in a new adaptation of Molière's Tartuffe by Christopher Hampton with French stage and screen star actress Audrey Fleurot in the West End's first dual-language production.
Tartuffe is re-imagined as a radical American evangelist who uproots the life of a French film tycoon, Orgon, in present-day Hollywood in Trump's America. Orgon falls under the seductive spell of Tartuffe, who looks set to steal his fortune, drive way his son, seduce his wife and marry his daughter.
At the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, which was known to the play-going world as 'The New French Theatre' following its opening in 1720, this adaptation of Tartuffe will alternate between English with French surtitles and French with English surtitles.
Directed by Gerald Garutti, composed by Laurent Petitgand, designed by Tim Goodchild, with lighting design by Paul Anderson and sound design by David Gregory, Tartuffe will have a ten-week run in May at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.