Kim Cattrall and Matthew Macfayden to Star in West End Revival of Private Lives

Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall and Matthew Macfayden, best known for playing Mr. Darcy in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice, are set to star in a West End revival of Noel Coward’s Private Lives. The comedy, directed by Richard Eyre, will begin performances at London’s Vaudeville Theare on February 24 and officially open on March 3.

Private Lives tells the story of glamorous, rich and reckless Elyot (Macfayden) and Amanda (Cattrall), who have been divorced from each other for five years. Now both are honeymooning with their new spouses in the South of France. When by chance they meet again across adjoining hotel balconies, their insatiable feelings for each other are immediately rekindled. Without a care for scandal, new partners or memories of what drove them apart in the first place, they hurl themselves headlong into love and lust.

Cattrall received five Emmy Award nominations for her role as femme-fatale Samantha Jones on Sex and the City. Her movie credits include Porky’s, Police Academy, Bonfire of the Vanities, Star Trek VI, Big Trouble in Little China, Mannequin and The Tiger’s Tail and the upcoming Roman Polanski political thriller The Ghost, and Meeting Monica Valour. She was also seen in the TV movie My Boy Jack, opposite Daniel Radcliffe. Her West End credits include Whose Life Is It, Anyway?The Cryptogram. Born in Liverpool, she was recently the subject of BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? She is currently filming Sex and the City 2.

In addition to his performance in Pride and Prejudice, Macfadyen is known for his role as Tom Quinn on the BBC TV series Spooks. His other television credits include the recent five-part BBC drama Criminal Justice II, the 2008 BBC adaptation of Dickens’s Little Dorrit and Secret Life, for which he won the Best Actor award at the Royal Television Society 2007 Awards. His theater credits include Henry IV at the National Theatre and The Pain and the Itch at the Royal Court Theatre. He will soon to appear as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Russell Crowe's upcoming film, Robin Hood.

Prior to its 10-week West End engagement, Private Lives will have a two-week run at Theatre Royal Bath from February 10 through February 20.