Full Cast Announced for The Painkiller, Starring Kenneth Branagh & Rob Brydon, in the West End

Kenneth Branagh’s West End takeover continues! We now know who will be joining Branagh as Ralph and Rob Brydon as Dudley in the previously reported new comedy The Painkiller. The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s fifth production in the Plays at the Garrick season will run from March 5 through April 30 and officially open on March 17.

Also boarding the company will be Claudie Blakley (Chimerica) as Michelle, Marcus Fraser (professional debut) as the Policeman, Mark Hadfield (Made in Dagenham) as Vincent and Alex Macqueen (The Inbetweeners) as Dent.

Two men. Two lonely hotel rooms. An adjoining door...One of them is a killer… one of them wants to die… What could possibly go wrong?

Sean Foley directs the adaptation of Francis Veberʼs classic French farce; Branagh and Brydon are reprising their roles from the acclaimed Belfast’s Lyric Theatre production.