Jessica Chastain to headline new A Doll's House production at The Playhouse

## Jessica Chastain to star in *A Doll's House* at the Playhouse Theatre in summer 2020! It has officially been confirmed that multi-award-winning actress, Golden Globe winner and two-time Academy Award nominee **Jessica Chastain** is set to star in **Jamie Lloyd**'s ***A Doll's House***, which marks the second production in the new star-studded season at [**London's Playhouse Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/96/playhouse-theatre.aspx). The news comes after a recent [**critically-acclaimed production of *A Doll's House***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/london-theatre-review-a-dolls-house-at-the-lyric-hammersmith) wrapped up its run at the [**Lyric Hammersmith**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/132/lyric-hammersmith.aspx) earlier this month. *A Doll's House* opens at the Playhouse Theatre **on 10 June 2020 for previews** with **press night scheduled for 18 June**. The sure-fire hit will run at the West End venue **until 5 September** and is expected to be one of the biggest [London plays](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/plays) of the summer. ### Spotlight on Jessica Chastain: Film, TV, and stage credits **Jessica Chastain** is a highly prolific film, TV and stage actress. Her breakout year came in 2011 when she starred as Mrs. O'Brien opposite **Brad Pitt** in *The Tree of Life* and played the generous and respectful Celia Foote in *The Help,* with* *the latter role earning her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. After becoming a household name from starring in *The Help,* the American actress enjoyed additional success a year later with her role as CIA intelligence analyst Maya in 2012's *Zero Dark Thirty*, a critically acclaimed dramatisation of the manhunt and subsequent killing of **Osama bin Laden**. Chastain's performance in *ZDT* earned her her second Academy Award nomination in 2013, this time for Best Actress, along with her first Golden Globe win for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. The most recent notable film credits of Jessica Chastain's include *It Chapter Two, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Molly's Game,* and *The Zookeeper's Wife*. She is also set to star in the upcoming films *Eve* and *355*. In addition to her film roles, she has also appeared in **Jay-Z**'s music video for "Family Feud" featuring **Beyoncé** and on TV in episodes of *Saturday Night Live, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Animals, Journeyman, Blackbeard, Law & Order: Trial By Jury, ER, Veronica Mars,* and* Dark Shadows*. Jessica Chastain's stage credits include [**Juliet Capulet**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/3998/juliet-tickets.aspx) in *Romeo and Juliet* (1998) at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Anya in *The Cherry Orchard *(2004), Salome in *Salome* (2006) at the Wadsworth Theatre, Desdemona in *Othello* (2009) at The Public Theatre, Catherine Sloper in *The Heiress* (2012) at the Walter Kerr Theatre, and 13-year-old girl in *The Children's Monologues* (2017) at Carnegie Hall. ### About Jamie Lloyd's 2019/2020 Playhouse Theatre season Chastain is not the only *X-Men* blockbuster star to be appearing on the London theatre stage for the new Jamie Lloyd season. The Playhouse Theatre will also see her *Dark Phoenix *co-star [**James McAvoy**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/james-mcavoy-to-lead-west-end-cast-of-cyrano-de-bergerac) (young Professor X in the *X-Men *series) perform the lead role in **Martin Crimp**'s freely adapted version of **Edmond Rostand**'s *Cyrano de Bergerac*. Additional productions for the new season will be announced in due course. ### *A Doll's House* Playhouse Theatre cast and creative team The forthcoming **2020 production of *A Doll's House*** will feature design by **Soutra Gilmour**. Further creatives along with the full cast will be announced in the coming months. On today's news of *A Doll's House*, Jamie Lloyd commented, "*At The Jamie Lloyd Company, our aim is to work with the most exceptional actors in the world, offering them new and unexpected challenges. Jessica Chastain** is a gifted artist and is, of course, well known and respected for her extraordinary screen performances. However, I'm delighted she is now returning to the stage - where her career began - in this bold reappraisal of Ibsen's great masterpiece*." ### Tickets for A Doll's House at the Playhouse Theatre plus additional news coming soon! [***A Doll's House starring Jessica Chastain *****tickets**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/1236/a-dolls-house-tickets.aspx) **will go on sale in January 2020**. But be sure to catch James McAvoy in *Cyrano de Bergerac* in the meantime!

[**Keep an eye on our news pages**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news) for all the latest ***A Doll's House* news** and announcements, including **further casting info**, **performance dates**, **ticketing information** and more! 🎟️ [**Book tickets for *Cyrano de Bergerac* showing at the Playhouse Theatre from just £42**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/4242/cyrano-de-bergerac-tickets.aspx).