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‘Electrifying experience’: stage version of The Hunger Games to open in new London theatre

Conor McPherson’s adaptation of the hit YA sci-fi novels and films – which starred Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen – will begin in October, having been delayed since last year

Tristan Baker and Oliver Royds, joint CEOs and founders of Troubadour Theatres, said the show would offer “a transportive, electrifying experience that fully captures the scale, intensity and spectacle of Suzanne Collins’ world. Director Matthew Dunster and choreographer Charlotte Broom, who have previously worked together at Shakespeare’s Globe and Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, are collaborating on what should be a highly physical production. “As a dad to a teenager myself,” said McPherson, “it is especially gratifying working on a story whose values of resilience and moral courage speak to young people in these uncertain times.” Tickets for The Hunger Games: On Stage will go on sale on 27 March.

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