The Lyric Hammersmith today announces full casting for Shopping and Fucking. Alex Arnold will be playing Robbie, Ashley McGuire will be playing Brian, David Moorst will be playing Gary, Sam Spruell will be playing Mark, Sophie Wu will be playing Lulu.

Twenty years since its explosive premiere, Olivier Award-winning director Sean Holmes brings Mark Ravenhill’s provocative first play, Shopping and Fucking back to the stage. With a raw mixture of black humour and bleak philosophy, the play follows three disconnected young adults whose lives have been reduced to a series of transactions in an emotionally shrink wrapped world. A place where Shopping is sexy and Fucking is a job.

‘An omen of the new century’ (Evening Standard), Ravenhill’s play is a prophetic vision of our twenty- first century world. Widely regarded as one of the most influential pieces of contemporary British theatre this rarely staged play is a must see.
The Lyric’s main house will be transformed for this production with part of the audience seated on the stage, creating a bold intimate experience within their Victorian auditorium. Tickets from £15 with all stalls and onstage seating only £25 for all performances.

Alex Arnold plays Robbie
Theatre credits include: Crushed Shells & Mud (Southwark Playhouse); Luna Gale and Four Minutes Twelve Seconds (Hampstead Theatre). Film and television credits include: My Cousin Rachel, David Brent – Life on the Road, The Salvation, Death in Paradise, Capital, Poldark, Foyle’s War, Silk, What Remains, In the Flesh, Vera, A Mother’s Son and Skins.

Ashley McGuire plays Brian
Theatre credits include: Our Country’s Good, The Suicide, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Home, An Oak Tree (National Theatre); Henry IV (Donmar Warehouse); Re-charged – Fatal Light (Soho Theatre) and I’ll Always Think of You That Way (Pleasance). Film and television credits include: David Brent – Life on the Road, Bridget Jones’ Baby, Hector, Gold, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Coronation Street, Law and Order UK, Decline and Fall, Man Down, In the Club, The IT Crowd, The Job Lot, Derek and Trollied.

Sam Spruell plays Mark
Theatre credits include: Clybourne Park (Royal Court); The Caretaker (West End), Pornography (Traverse/Tricycle), Othello (Royal Exchange Manchester), The Alchemist and Life of Galileo (National Theatre). Film and television credits include: Snow White and the Huntsman, Starred Up, London to Brighton, Taken 3, Good People, The Counselor, Legend, The Voices, Child 44, Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll, The Hurt Locker, Defiance, K19 The Widowmaker, Venus, The Lady in the Van, The Bastard Executioner, Luther, The Last Ship, Mayday, The Runaway, City of Vice, Cardinal Burns and Catastrophe.

Sophie Wu plays Lulu
For the Lyric: Punk Rock. Other theatre credits include: Table (National Theatre) and The Wood Orchid (Bush Theatre). Film and television credits include: Fresh Meat, Babylon, Horrible Histories, The Fades, Kick Ass, Kick Ass 2, Wild Child and Tormented. As writer: Minging Lizzie (Commission for E4) Sophie Wu is Minging, She Looks Like's She's Dead (Soho Theatre,) Cuckoo and Ramona tells Jim (Bush Theatre) and Loaded.

Full cast includes Alex Arnold, Ashley McGuire, David Moorst, Sam Spruell and Sophie Wu

Shopping and Fucking
Twentieth Anniversary production of Mark Ravenhill’s provocative, landmark ’90s play.
Friday 07 October 2016 - Saturday 05 November 2016
Free First Night: Friday 07 October. For more information: www.lyric.co.uk
Previews: Saturday 08 - Tuesday 11 October | Press Performances Wednesday 12 October at 7pm Mon-Sat 7.30pm; Sat 2.30pm. (Also Wednesday matinees on 26 October & 02 November Tickets: £15 - £30 | £35 premium seats. No booking fee.
Captioned Performance: Sat 29 Oct 2.30pm Audio Described Performance: Sat 29 Oct 7.30pm
Post-show talks with members of the cast & creative team: Tuesday 18 October & Tuesday 25 October |Free
LyricHammersmith LyricSquare, KingStreet, London W60QL

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