Tony & Oscar Winner Mark Rylance Wants to See Nice Fish in His West End Audience

Hooked? We now have theater and dates for Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins’ Nice Fish in the West End. Direct from sold-out seasons Stateside at A.R.T. and St Ann’s Warehouse, the three-time Tony and Oscar-winning Rylance will return to the West End to perform in the production. Helmed by his wife Claire van Kampen, the play will run November 15 through January 21, 2017 at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Opening night is scheduled for November 25.

The full New York cast will transfer to London for the limited season, with Rylance as Ron and Lichtscheidl as Erik. They will be joined by Kayli Carter, Bob Davis and Raye Birk.

On a frozen Minnesota lake, the ice is beginning to creak and groan. It’s the end of the fishing season and on the frostbitten, unforgiving landscape, two old friends are out on the ice and they are angling for something big, something down there that is pure need, something that, had it the wherewithal, would swallow them whole.

Uniquely, theatergoers wanting to hook a free private box ticket are being encouraged to turn up at the box office dressed as a fish or fisherman (with your fishing rod) on the night of the performance. Insert shellfish/selfish joke here.