Manhunt by Robert Icke
Play Details
Context
Artistic Director
David Byrne
A co-production with Sonia Freidman Productions
Dates Performed
Friday 28 March – Saturday 3 May 2025
Royal Court, Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
Play Details
Synopsis
‘Raoul Moat was a callous murderer. Full Stop. End of story’ – David Cameron
On July 1st, 2010, Raoul Moat was released from Durham Prison.
The events of the next few days would leave a man murdered, a police officer blinded, a woman fighting for her life – and spark the biggest manhunt in UK history.
Award-winning writer and director Robert Icke (Oedipus, Player Kings,West End) provides a chilling portrait of a man on the run.
A Royal Court commission, presented with Sonia Friedman Productions.
★ ★ ★ ★
‘Transfixing… does what theatre does best… a powerhouse performance from Samuel Edward-Cook’
The Observer
Cast & Creative
Cast
Samuel Edward-Cook
Cast
Trevor Fox
Cast
Leo James
Cast
Patricia Jones
Cast
Danny Kirrane
Cast
Angela Lonsdale
Cast
Sally Messham
Cast
Nicolas Tennant
Writer & Director
Robert Icke
Designer
Hildegard Bechtler
Azusa Ono
Azusa Ono
Sound Designer
Tom Gibbons
Video Designer
Ash J Woodward
Casting Director
Julia Horan CDG
Fight Director
Kev McCurdy
Artistic Advisor
Andrew Hankinson
Costume Design Associate
Laura Hunt
Associate Director
Aneesha Srinivasan
Assistant Director
Anna Ryder
Dialect Coach to Samuel Edward-Cook
Rosie Stancliffe
Dialect Coach to Child Actors
Jess Corner
Researcher
Kate Bassett
Cast
Zoe Bryan
Cast
Nathan Jago
Cast
Madeleine Mckenna
Cast
