The actor will appear opposite British film star Noah Jupe in a production directed by Robert Icke opening in March
Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink is to make her West End debut next year in Romeo and Juliet, opposite British film star Noah Jupe, in a production directed by Olivier award-winner Robert Icke.
Sink, who plays Max in the Netflix sci-fi hit, started her career on stage. She was cast in the lead role in the musical Annie when she was 10, and remained in it for 18 months in New York. “I was a Broadway kid, so I’ve always dreamed about doing a show in the West End,” she said. “To get to do that in one of Shakespeares’s most famous plays under Rob’s direction with Noah will be such an exciting challenge. London theatre has this incredible energy, and I can’t wait to be a part of it.” Sink becomes the latest in a line of US stars who have made their West End debuts in recent years, including Sigourney Weaver (The Tempest), Brie Larson (Elektra) and Susan Sarandon (Mary Page Marlowe).
Jupe, whose early films included the horror movie A Quiet Place, plays Hamlet in Chloé Zhao’s version of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal. He will make his stage debut as Romeo. “Theatre is something I’ve always been intrigued by. It seems like such a challenging and rewarding experience for an actor,” he said. “So I was very excited to hear about this project. The combination of Romeo, Rob and Sadie is an opportunity you simply cannot turn down.”
