Best Showman actress and theatre royalty Keala Settle is ready to star in a re-imaging of Mrs President at London’s Charing Cross Theatre early subsequent 12 months.
Keala stars as Mary in one among her most dramatic roles but. She can be joined by Hal Fowler (Les Miserables) who performs Matthew Brady, the world’s first celeb photographer who helped form America’s visible historical past.
The play focuses on Mary Lincoln, a lady underneath siege together with her grief, her detractors, and herself. Within the shadow of her late husband, President Abraham Lincoln, she battles a world desirous to outline her and a conscience that won’t relaxation. Accused of treason and shunned by society, she turns to Matthew Brady to assist her reclaim her story. However because the lens turns between them, the facility shifts, and their collaboration spirals right into a fierce wrestle for authorship, reality, and management.
Following its unique staging in 2025, Mrs President opens on the Charing Cross Theatre in a newly reimagined model. That is the results of deep dramaturgical growth and a artistic workshop interval in New York that uncovered daring new layers inside the piece.
Keala stated: “I used to be so struck by Mary’s story and by the profound human value she endured. She was a lady whose id for hundreds of years was put in a field and whose legacy continues to be outlined by different folks’s ideologies. I’m excited by this chance to inform her story and join with London audiences. I hope they may see each myself and Mary in a brand-new gentle.”
Director Bronagh Lagan added: “In immediately’s polarised political local weather, Mary Lincoln’s journey — navigating intense public scrutiny whereas balancing her roles as spouse, mom, and political determine — feels profoundly resonant. Via her energy and vulnerability, Mrs. President invitations us to rethink how society and media painting girls, revealing the human value of management and the resilience required to endure it.”
The artistic crew consists of designer Anna Kelsey, lighting designer Derek Anderson, and sound designer Eamonn O’Dwyer. Mrs. President is produced by Artwork Pond Basis with common administration by Aria Leisure.
Mrs President runs from January 23 to March 8, 2026, with press evening on January 27. Extra info will be discovered right here.
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