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David Oyelowo, Meera Syal, Emma D’Arcy, Tobias Menzies Lead U.K. National Theatre Fall Slate

David Oyelowo, Meera Syal, Emma D'Arcy and Tobias Menzies are among the actors leading a trio of fall productions at the U.K.'s National Theatre.

At the National Theatre’s Dorfman Theater, Meera Syal (“Behind the Beautiful Forevers”) will lead the world premiere of Tanika Gupta’s (“A Doll’s House”) “A Tupperware of Ashes,” a family drama about life, immigration and the Indian spiritual cycle of death and rebirth to be directed by Pooja Ghai (“The Empress”). The cast also includes Raj Bajaj, Natalie Dew, Marc Elliott, Stephen Fewell, Shobna Gulati, Avita Jay, Meera Syal and Zubin Varla. At the National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theater, Lee Braithwaite (“Cowbois”), Emma D’Arcy (“House of the Dragon”), Jeremy Killick (“The Confessions”), Tobias Menzies (“Game of Thrones”) and Nina Sosanya (“Love Actually”) will star in a new play inspired by “Antigone” titled “The Other Place,” in association with A Zeldin Company.

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