Branagh's Bones In Theatre!

Sir Kenneth Branagh is set to return to the West End for the first time in seven years.

16:11 17 April 2015

Sir Kenneth Branagh, who said “my bones are in the theatre” is set to return to the West End for the first time in seven years. Although highly in demand in Hollywood after blockbuster hits like Cinderella and Thor, he said that he is excited to come back to the West End. 

 

The actor-turned-director’s new company will stage five plays from October and will star alongside Dame Judi Dench and Rob Brydon. 

“It’s exciting to come back to the West End; it has been very good to me,” Sir Kenneth told The Independent.

“A creative and artistic home is what I’ve been looking for in the theatre. We have found it at here.”

He added: “I come from the theatre, my bones are in the theatre; it’s as natural as breathing to want to be in the theatre.” Yet he added the one-year residency gave him flexibility. “I want to carry on making films and television – that’s just part of who I am.”