Stranger Things actor Sadie Sink is set to make her West End debut next year in a production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Olivier award-winner Robert Icke. She will star opposite British film star Noah Jupe, who will make his stage debut as Romeo.
Sink, who plays Max in the Netflix sci-fi series, began her career on stage at age 10 in the musical Annie on Broadway. She expressed excitement about performing in London, saying, 'I was a Broadway kid, so I’ve always dreamed about doing a show in the West End. To get to do that in one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays under Rob’s direction with Noah will be such an exciting challenge.'
Jupe, known for films such as A Quiet Place, is set to play Hamlet in Chloé Zhao's adaptation of Hamnet. He described the opportunity as 'an opportunity you simply cannot turn down.' Director Robert Icke, whose production of Oedipus was a hit in the West End and on Broadway, said Romeo and Juliet is 'an explosive play, filled with heat and life, which confronts us with the fragility of our lives.'
The production, with set and costumes by Hildegard Bechtler, will run at the Harold Pinter Theatre from 16 March to 6 June. Sink also stars in the play John Proctor Is the Villain, which earned her a Tony nomination and will transfer from Broadway to London's Royal Court within a week of Romeo and Juliet's opening.
