Press release - for immediate release 28 October
ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE, NEW YORK, TO PRESENT THE AMERICAN PREMIERE OF
THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND’S LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, DIRECTED BY
TONY AND OLIVIER AWARD-WINNER JOHN TIFFANY, 20 JANUARY – 15 FEBRUARY
2015
The National Theatre of Scotland is delighted to announce that St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn will
present the American premiere of its critically acclaimed South Bank Sky Arts award-winning production Let
the Right One In, 20 January – 15 February, 2015.
The production, which had its world premiere at Dundee Rep Theatre in 2013, will reunite Tony and Olivier
award-winning Director, John Tiffany, with the National Theatre of Scotland for whom he was Associate
Director until 2012.
The American Premiere is presented by St. Ann’s with the National Theatre of Scotland, by arrangement
with Bill Kenwright and Marla Rubin Productions Ltd, in association with piece by piece productions.
Let The Right One In, adapted for the stage by writer Jack Thorne from John Ajvide Lindqvist’s Swedish
novel and screenplay of the film of the same name, has garnered great critical acclaim with successful runs
at Dundee Rep Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and the Apollo Theatre in London’s West End. In 2014 it
won the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Best Theatre.
Rebecca Benson will be reprising her central role as Eli, and will be joined by original cast member Christian
Ortega as Oskar. They are joined by Cliff Burnett as Hakan, Susan Vidler as Oskar’s Mum, Gary Mackay as
Kurt/Jocke/Nils/Dad/Stefan, Gavin Kean as Halmberg/Mr. Avila, Graeme Dalling as Jonny/Torkel/Jimmy,
Angus Miller as Janne and Andrew Fraser as Micke.
Let the Right One In is the National Theatre of Scotland’s sixth presentation of work in New York. Previous
productions include Black Watch and Beautiful Burnout at St. Ann’s Warehouse, as well as The Bacchae
(Lincoln Center Festival), Macbeth (Lincoln Center Festival and Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore Theatre) and
The Wolves in the Walls (New Victory Theater).
Let the Right One In is a tender, funny and brutal love story following the burgeoning relationship between
Oskar, a lonely, bullied teenage boy and Eli, a centuries-old, young vampire who befriends him.
The world-class creative team behind the production includes director, John Tiffany, a Tony and Olivier
award-winning director, with associate direction from Tony Award-nominee, Steven Hoggett. Both bring
their trademark physicality and lyricism to this new adaptation by the two-time BAFTA Award-winning
writer Jack Thorne. The production features original music by BAFTA Award-winning Icelandic composer
Ólafur Arnalds, set design by Tony Award-winner Christine Jones, lighting design by Chahine Yavroyan,
sound design by Olivier Award-winner Gareth Fry and special effects design by Jeremy Chernick.
This production has received additional funds from The New York Theater Program of the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation, NYSCA and the NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs.
Full casting to be announced.
LISTINGS INFORMATION
Venue: St. Ann's Warehouse, 29 Jay St, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11201
Dates and Times: Jan 20-24, 27-31, Feb 3-7 and 10-14 at 8pm; Jan 24 & 31, and Feb 7 & 14 at 3pm; Jan 25
and Feb 1, 8 & 15 at 2pm and 7pm
Ticket prices: Tickets start at $35
For tickets: http://www.stannswarehouse.org/ or 718.254.8779.
For further information contact:
Emma Schad – Press Manager
Tel: +44 (0)141 227 9016 +44 (0)7930308018 E: emma.schad@nationaltheatrescotland.com
Clare McCormack – Press Officer
Tel: +44 (0)141 227 9497/ +44 (0)7989 950871 E: clare.mccormack@nationaltheatrescotland.com
You can follow the National Theatre of Scotland’s press office on Twitter @NTS_press
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NOTES
1. Let the Right One In was first produced by the National Theatre of Scotland, by arrangement with
Marla Rubin Productions Ltd & Bill Kenwright, in association with Dundee Rep Theatre, at Dundee
Rep Theatre, in June 2013. The Company revived the production at the Royal Court Theatre in
London from November 29 – December 21, 2013 with Marla Rubin Productions Ltd and Bill
Kenwright, in association with the Royal Court Theatre. Marla Rubin and Bill Kenwright then
presented the National Theatre of Scotland production, in association with the Royal Court Theatre
at the Apollo Theatre in London’s West End for a highly successful run from March 26 – August 30,
2014.
2. The National Theatre of Scotland is supported by the Scottish Government. Since its launch in
February 2006, the National Theatre of Scotland has been involved in creating over 205
productions in 198 different locations. With no building of its own, the Company takes theatre all
over Scotland and beyond, working with existing and new venues and companies to create and tour
theatre of the highest quality. It takes place in the great buildings of Scotland, but also in sitespecific locations, airports and tower blocks, community halls and drill halls, ferries and forests.
www.nationaltheatrescotland.com
3. For over three decades, St. Ann’s has commissioned, produced and presented an eclectic body of
innovative theater and concert presentations that meet at the intersection of theater and rock and
roll. Since 2001, the organization has helped vitalize the emerging Brooklyn waterfront
neighborhood, DUMBO, where St. Ann’s Warehouse has become one of New York City’s most
important and compelling live performance destinations. After twelve years at 38 Water Street, St.
Ann’s activated a new warehouse at 29 Jay, turning it into a three year interim home while the
organization has designed and raised funds to adapt the Tobacco Warehouse in Brooklyn Bridge
Park. Construction is underway at 45 Water Street (the Tobacco Warehouse), which will be the
permanent address of St. Ann’s Warehouse for the next 50 years, starting in Fall 2015.
St. Ann’s is transforming the historic building—originally constructed in 1860, roofless and in
disrepair for decades—into New York City’s finest waterfront cultural center.
Through its signature multi-artist concerts and groundbreaking music/theater collaborations, St.
Ann’s Warehouse has become the artistic home for the American avant-garde, international
companies of stature and award-winning emerging artists. Highly acclaimed landmark productions
include Lou Reed’s and John Cale’s Songs for ‘Drella; Marianne Faithfull’s Seven Deadly Sins; Artistic
Director Susan Feldman’s Band in Berlin; Charlie Kaufman and the Coen Brothers’ Theater of the
New Ear; The Royal Court Theater’s 4:48 Psychosis; The Globe Theatre of London’s Measure for
Measure; Druid Company’s The Walworth Farce, The New Electric Ballroom and Penelope; Enda
Walsh’s Misterman, featuring Cillian Murphy; Lou Reed’s Berlin; the National Theatre of Scotland’s
acclaimed Black Watch; Kneehigh Theatre’s Brief Encounter and The Wild Bride; Yael Farber’s Mies
Julie; Dmitry Krymov Lab’s Opus No. 7; the Donmar Warehouse all-female Julius Caesar; Kate
Tempest’s Brand New Ancients; and Tricycle Theatre’s Red Velvet. St. Ann’s has championed such
artists as The Wooster Group, Mabou Mines, Jeff Buckley, Cynthia Hopkins, Enda Walsh, Emma
Rice, and Daniel Kitson.
St. Ann’s Warehouse has been awarded the Ross Wetzsteon OBIE Award for the development of
new work. The OBIE Award Committee honored St. Ann’s for “inviting artists to treat their
cavernous DUMBO space as both an inspiring laboratory and a sleek venue where its superinformed audience charges the atmosphere with hip vitality.”
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