Put Down the Puppets: West End Production of Hand to God to Close Early

Hand to God will close early in the West End. The Robert Askins play will play its last performance at London’s Vaudeville Theatre on April 30; it was originally scheduled to run through June 11. The production, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel, opened officially on February 15.

In Hand to God, the good children of Cypress, Texas, are taught to obey the Bible in order to evade Satan’s hand. But when students at the Christian Puppet Ministry put those teachings into practice, one devout young man’s puppet takes on a shocking personality that no one could have expected.

The West End cast features Harry Potter alum Harry Mellling as Jason, Olivier winner Janie Dee as Margery, Neil Pearson as Patsor Greg, Jemima Rooper as Jessica and Kevin Mains as Timothy.

The Broadway production concluded its run at the Booth Theatre earlier this year.