On Tuesday, the Old Vic announced a new production of Duncan Macmillan’s two-hander Lungs, which starts with a man catching his partner off guard in the Ikea queue by suggesting they have a baby. The casting is particularly eye-catching given how far the international profiles of Foy and Smith, a former Doctor Who, have grown because of The Crown. The play’s precise dates have yet to be announced and Matthew Warchus, the artistic director of the Old Vic, said it would be “an extremely limited run”. Lungs was announced as part of Warchus’s fifth season at the Old Vic. Other productions include a musical adaptation of Bill Forsyth’s 1983 film Local Hero, with a book by Forsyth and David Greig; and music and lyrics by Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler.

Source: The Guardian April 30, 2019 09:00 UTC