A new theatre in London’s Canary Wharf will open with the delayed world premiere of The Hunger Games, based on Suzanne Collins’ bestselling 2008 novel and the hit 2012 film version.
“As a dad to a teenager myself,” said McPherson, “it is especially gratifying working on a story whose values of resilience and moral courage speak to young people in these uncertain times.” Tickets for The Hunger Games: On Stage will go on sale on 27 March.
Conor McPherson’s adaptation of the hit YA sci-fi novels and films – which starred Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen – will begin in October, having been delayed since last year.
Tristan Baker and Oliver Royds, joint CEOs and founders of Troubadour Theatres, said the show would offer “a transportive, electrifying experience that fully captures the scale, intensity and spectacle of Suzanne Collins’ world.
A theatrical version of The Hunger Games, promising “innovative and immersive staging techniques”, had first been heralded by the film studio Lionsgate 10 years previously.
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