FULL CASTING ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
WRITTEN BY INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR DMITRY GLUKHOVSKY,
NOW FACING AN 8 YEAR JAIL SENTENCE IN RUSSIA
DIRECTED BY VISIONARY THEATRE DIRECTOR MAXIM DIDENKO
AND STARRING THE LAST KINGDOM’S (NETFLIX) AND VICTORIA’S (ITV)
ADRIAN SCHILLER
RUNNING FROM 14 SEPTEMBER – 4 NOVEMBER 2023
AT THE MARYLEBONE THEATRE
The full cast is announced for The White Factory and includes: Adrian Schiller, best known for playing Mr Penge in the ITV series Victoria and Lord Aethelhelm in the Netflix series The Last Kingdom, as Chaim Rumkowski and Old Ezekiel. Alongside him as Rivke Kaufman is Pearl Chanda, notable for her role as Sheila Sim in See How They Run, and Mark Quartley who starred in the hugely popular series The Ipcress Files as Pete, takes the role of Yosef Kaufman. They are joined by James Garnon (SS Wilhelm Koppe), Matthew Spencer (SS Herbert Lange), Olivia Bernstone (Female Ensemble) and Lewis Hart (Male Ensemble).
With casting now complete for his playwriting debut, the acclaimed author Dmitry Glukhovsky has this week been sentenced to eight years in prison by the Russian state following a trial in absentia. Currently living in exile, the writer of the bestselling Metro 2033 series is accused of deliberately spreading false information about Russia’s armed forces; both he and the play’s director, Maxim Didenko, are outspoken critics of the war against Ukraine.
This powerful and urgent new play is inspired by real events, with a haunting contemporary resonance, and will premiere at the Marylebone Theatre this autumn, running from 14 September to 04 November.
Spanning several decades, The White Factory explores the life of Yosef Kaufman, a Holocaust survivor from Lodz, haunted by his wartime experiences as he tries to build a future with his new family in 1960’s Brooklyn. Tormented by the nightmares of his past, Yosef’s attempt to negotiate the weight of his own history becomes a passionate battle for survival and redemption.
This heart-wrenching drama of love, endurance, despair and hope follows one man’s journey from the Lodz ghetto of 1940’s Poland to 1960’s America, where the possibility of a new life is tested to the limit by the remnants of his past.
Written by Dmitry Glukhovsky, directed by Maxim Didenko, with Ukrainian creative producer Ekaterina Kashynsteva, The White Factorywill play at Marylebone Theatre from 14 September until 4 November 2023.