Celebrity Traitors star Joe Lycett and House Of The Dragon actress Olivia Cooke are among the stars set to perform in White Rabbit Red Rabbit.The West End production sees a different actor take the stage before being presented with a sealed envelope holding a script they have never seen before and perform it with no rehearsal and no director.To mark the 15th anniversary of the experimental drama, stars including David Tennant, Luke Thompson, Ginger Johnson and David Harewood have already been part of the line-up for the singular performance.Lycett, 38, is a comedian and TV presenter best known for appearing on Taskmaster, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, The Great British Sewing Bee and LOL: Last One Laughing UK.Joe Lycett is set to perform in White Rabbit Red Rabbit (Ian West/PA)PA ArchiveHe is also currently appearing on the second season of BBC series The Celebrity Traitors.His performance in the play is scheduled for November 2, while Cooke’s is set for November 23.The 32-year-old actress is best known for playing Alicent Hightower in the Game Of Thrones spin-off series House Of The Dragon and spy Sidonie ‘Sid’ Baker in Slow Horses.Their performances are part of the play’s extended run – which will now continue until December 14, with performances taking place weekly on Mondays at the Duchess Theatre.They join previously announced stars including Bait’s Riz Ahmed, The Mash Report’s Nish Kumar and Game of Thrones’ John Bradley.Olivia Cooke has also been announced as part of the line-up (James Manning/PA)PA ArchiveThey will each perform on October 12, 19 and 26.Further cast will be announced soon for the final performances.To date, White Rabbit Red Rabbit has been performed more than 4,000 times.Other stars who have previously performed in the show include Whoopi Goldberg, Cynthia Nixon, Michael Sheen, Sir Lenny Henry, and Daisy Edgar-Jones.First performed in 2011, the play was written by Nassim Soleimanpour when he was forbidden to leave Iran.The production has been put on by his new theatre company, There & Then, which he co-founded alongside theatre director Omar Elerian.Riz Ahmed will also perform on October 12 (James Manning/PA)PA ArchiveDescribed as a “singular, unrepeatable experience shaped entirely by how that performer embraces the unknown”, it has been translated into more than 25 different languages.Soleimanpour previously said the production began as a “leap into the unknown” before becoming a “shared theatrical language” and foundation of the new theatre company.Elerian added: “In these fragile and uncertain times, we hope to reaffirm that risk, imagination and the enduring power of storytelling remain among our most vital and transformative forces.”Read MoreTickets for the show start at £25.
Joe Lycett and Olivia Cooke announced as latest White Rabbit Red Rabbit stars
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