Indigo Productions and Crossroads Live in association with Curve
present
FINAL CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR THE WORLD STAGE PLAY PREMIERE OF
MOLLIE GALLAGHER (Coronation Street) makes her theatrical debut as ‘Clarice Starling’ in this spine-tingling new production
OLIVER FARNWORTH (Emmerdale) and SAM JACKSON (Skins) also star as ‘Jack Crawford’ and ‘Buffalo Bill’ alongside previously announced JOHN PARTRIDGE (EastEnders) as ‘Dr Hannibal Lecter’
Multi Olivier & Tony Award-Winning Creative Team Also Confirmed
Seminal psychological thriller adapted for the stage by
Pulitzer finalist and Tony-nominated playwright Gina Gionfriddo
from the modern classic novel by Thomas Harris
Directed by acclaimed Curve Artistic Director, Nikolai Foster
Indigo Productions and Crossroads Live, in association with Curve, are delighted to announce full casting for the upcoming UK and Ireland tour of The Silence of the Lambs, as the global cultural phenomenon prepares to make its world stage play premiere. 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’, when the electrifying new production opens at Leicester’s Curve theatre on Saturday 01 August 2026, ahead of a major UK and Ireland tour.
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.
They join previously announced British actor, singer, presenter, writer and director, John Partridge. Best known for his long-running role as Christian Clarke in BBC 1’s Eastenders and extensive range of West End credits from CATS to Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, John will don the iconic mask as the refined and sadistic Dr Hannibal Lecter.
Mollie Gallagher makes her professional theatrical debut as Clarice Starling. Mollie is an award-winning actor (Serial drama performance, National Theatre Awards) best-known for her role as Nina Lucas on ITV long running soap, Coronation Street. Mollie joined Coronation Street straight out of drama school and has since been central to some of the show’s biggest storylines, including the powerful ‘Nina’ and ‘Seb’ hate crime storyline, based on the attack of Sophie Lanacaster. In 2023 Mollie took part in ITV’s Dancing On Ice in which she reached the semi-finals. The Silence of the Lambs is Mollie’s professional theatre debut.
Oliver Farnworth is Jack Crawford. His theatre credits include: 42nd Street (Sadlers Wells); Fatal Attraction (Tour); The Girl on the Train (Tour); The Marilyn Conspiracy (Tour); Down The Dock Road (Theatre Royal Liverpool); Dobbo (Royal Court Liverpool); Inherit The Wind (New Vic Theatre); Beautiful Thing (Arts Theatre / UK Tour); Santa Claus The Musical (Grand Theatre Singapore); The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd (New Vic Theatre); A View From The Bridge (Theatre By The Lake); Holding The Man (Trafalgar Studios); Kes (Liverpool Playhouse & UK Tour); Merchant of Venice (Changeling Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (British Shakespeare Company); Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (Harrogate Theatre / Oldham Coliseum); London Plays: London Tongue (Old red Lion); Under Milk Wood (New Vic Studio); The Roaring Girl (New Vic Studio) and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Redgrave Theatre). Television includes: Emmerdale, Endeavour VI, Coronation Street, Mr. Selfridge, Doctors XIV, The Royal and Hollyoaks. Films include Love Type D.
Sam Jackson is Jame Gumb (Buffalo Bill). His theatre includes: Ichabod Crane in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (UK Tour), Jamie in Beautiful Thing (UK Tour), Haemon in Antigone (Eagle’s Nest Theatre) and Billy in Kes (Derby Playhouse). Television includes: Sean Crimp in Father Brown (BBC), James in Drifters (E4), Cameron Pollins in Holby City (BBC), Ryan in Heartbeat (ITV), Jonathan in The Syndicate (BBC), Alex Henley in Skins (E4). Film includes: Adam in The Drowning of Arthur Braxton (Firefox)
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?
Two-time Pulitzer finalist Gina Gionfriddo (Law & Order (NBC), House of Cards (Netflix), Becky Shaw, whose recent Broadway debut earned two Tony nominations and one win)brings Thomas Harris 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 award-winning creative team is completed by acclaimed theatre Designer, Michael Taylor (The Ladykillers (Olivier-nominated), Billy Elliot (Leicester Curve)); Sound Designer, Carolyn Downing (award-winning credits include her Olivier for Chimerica and Tony Award for Life of Pi); Projection Designer, George Reeve (2025 Tony Award recipient for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Maybe Happy Ending, Disney’s Hercules and Oliver (West End and Chichester Festival Theatre); Tony nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning Composer, Grant Olding, whose theatrecredits include numerous collaborationswith Nicholas Hytner at both The Bridge and National Theatres, including One Man, Two Guvnors; Tony and Olivier-nominated Lighting Designer, Howard Hudson (Starlight Express,Troubadour Theatre,& Juliet,Broadway, West End, International and UK tours) and Casting by Harry Blumenau CDG CSA. Julia Thomas is Associate Director.
The Silence of the Lambs is produced by Indigo Productions and Crossroads Live in association with Curve.
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THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
2026 / 2027 UK TOUR DATES
Leicester, Curve
Sat 01 Aug – Sat 15 Aug 2026
Newcastle, Theatre Royal
Tue 18 Aug – Sat 22 Aug 2026
Glasgow, Theatre Royal
Mon 24 Aug – Sat 29 Aug 2026
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Aberdeen, His Majesty’s Theatre
Tue 01 Sep – Sat 05 Sep 2026
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Edinburgh, Festival Theatre
Tue 08 Sep – Sat 12 Sep 2026
Nottingham, Theatre Royal
Tue 15 – Sat 19 Sep 2026
Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Theatre
Mon 28 Sep – Sat 03 Oct 2026
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Salford, Lowry
Tue 06 Oct – Sat 10 Oct 2026
Bradford, Alhambra Theatre
Mon 12 Oct – Sat 17 Oct 2026
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Oxford, New Theatre
Mon 19 Oct – Sat 24 Oct 2026
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Peterborough, New Theatre
Tue 27 Oct – Sat 31 Oct 2026
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Hull, New Theatre
Mon 02 Nov – Sat 07 Nov 2026
Belfast, Grand Opera House
Tue 10 Nov – Sat 14 Nov 2026
Dublin, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
Tue 24 Nov – Sat 28 Nov 2026
Birmingham, Alexandra Theatre
Tues 05 Jan – Sat 09 Jan 2027
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Blackpool, The Grand Theatre
Mon 11 Jan – Sat 16 Jan 2027
Eastbourne, The Congress Theatre
Mon 18 Jan – Sat 23 Jan 2027
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Malvern, Malvern Theatre
Tue 26 Jan – Sat 30 Jan 2027
Swansea, Grand Theatre
Mon 15 Feb – Sat 20 Feb 2027
Chester, Storyhouse Theatre
Mon 22 Feb – Sat 27 Feb 2027
Brighton, Theatre Royal
Tue 02 Mar – Sat 06 Mar 2027
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Tunbridge Wells, Assembly Hall Theatre
Mon 08 Mar – Sat 13 Mar 2027
York, Grand Opera House
Mon 15 Mar – Sat 20 Mar 2027
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Coventry, Belgrade Theatre
Tue 30 Mar – Sat 3 Apr 2027
Richmond, Richmond Theatre
Tue 06 Apr – Sat 10 Apr 2027
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Cheltenham, Everyman Theatre
Mon 12 Apr – Sat 17 Apr 2027
Bournemouth, Pavillon Theatre
Tue 20 April – Sat 24 Apr 2027
Wolverhampton, Grand Theatre
Mon 26 Apr – Sat 01 May 2027
Cardiff, New Theatre
Mon 10 May – Sat 15 May 2027
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Buxton, Opera House
Mon 17 May – Sat 22 May 2027
Woking, New Victoria Theatre
Mon 31 May – Sat 05 Jun 2027
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Liverpool, Empire Theatre
Tue 15 Jun – Sat 19 Jun 2027
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Sunderland, Empire Theatre
Mon 21 Jun – Sat 26 Jun 2027