‘The Hunger Games: On Stage’ Sets October London Debut
deadline.comLionsgate’s long-in-the-works The Hunger Games: On Stage has set an October 20 debut at a new 1,200 capacity in-the-round venue: the Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre in London’s financial district, Canary Wharf.
As previously announced, Conor McPherson, the 5x Tony nominee behind the plays Girl From the North Country and The Seafarer, adapt the first novel and film of Suzanne Collins’ trilogy The Hunger Games into a straight play.
The production is being directed by Matthew Dunster (2:22 – A Ghost Story, Hangmen, The Pillowman). The Hunger Games: On Stage is produced by Oliver Royds, Tristan Baker & Charlie Parsons for Runaway Entertainment, Isobel David and Umeda Arts Theater, by arrangement with Lionsgate.
The news comes in the wake of Lionsgate prepping another Hunger Games prequel movie off Collins upcoming Sunrise on the Reaping, which will hit store shelves via Scholastic on March 18, 2025 and will be adapted into a major motion picture event to be released by Lionsgate on Nov.
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