The final casting has been revealed for the premiere stage production of global cultural phenomenon The Silence of the Lambs, coming to York next year.
Mollie Gallagher (Coronation Street) will make her professional theatre debut as ‘Clarice Starling’, Oliver Farnworth (Emmerdale) will star as ‘Jack Crawford’ alongside Sam Jackson (Skins) as ‘Buffalo Bill’.
They join the previously announced soap and stage star John Partridge, who will don the iconic mask as the refined and sadistic Dr Hannibal Lecter.
Also joining the ensemble are Minal Patel as ‘Frederick Chilton’; Jo Mousley as ‘Senator Ruth Martin’; Lottie Amor as ‘Catherine Martin’; Mark Peachey as ‘Pilcher’; Andrew Joshi as ‘Peterson’; Jonny Magnanti as ‘Wertimer’, with Mary Timbrell Hill completing the company, all taking on a variety of roles.
When FBI trainee Clarice Starling is sent to interview the psychiatrist and infamous murderer Hannibal Lecter, it’s hoped his brilliant mind will help catch sadistic new serial killer, Buffalo Bill. Another girl is missing, and time is running out. But Dr Lecter has questions of his own, and now Clarice must decide: keep a safe distance, or let Hannibal ‘The Cannibal’ into her head?
Pulitzer finalist and Tony-nominated playwright Gina Gionfriddo brings Thomas Harris’s gripping literary masterpiece to the stage in a bold adaptation directed by the Curve’s Artistic Director, Nikolai Foster.
Gionfriddo’s theatrical adaptation delves into the psychological tension of Thomas Harris’s landmark novel, drawing the audience deep into Clarice and Lecter’s intelligent, intricate, and bone-chilling game of cat-and-mouse, as the FBI scramble to catch Buffalo Bill, a serial killer still at large.
The tour’s creative team is completed by designer Michael Taylor, sound designer Carolyn Downing, projection designer George Reeve, composer Grant Olding, lighting designer Howard Hudson and casting by Harry Blumenau. Julia Thomas is associate director.
The Silence of the Lambs will play at the Grand Opera House York from Monday 15 to Saturday 20 March 2027.
The show is produced by Indigo Productions and Crossroads Live, in association with Curve.
Tickets for The Silence of the Lambs, starting from £20, are available via the Grand Opera House website.
