Full Casting Announced For UK and Ireland Tour of The Silence of the Lambs

When FBI trainee Clarice Starling is sent to interview the psychiatrist and infamous murderer Hannibal Lecter, it’s hoped his brilliant mind will help catch sadistic new serial killer, Buffalo Bill. Another girl is missing, and time is running out. But Dr Lecter has questions of his own, and now Clarice must decide: keep a safe distance, or let Hannibal ‘The Cannibal’ into her head? 

Indigo Productions and Crossroads Live, in association with Curve, are delighted to announce full casting for the upcoming UK and Ireland tour of The Silence of the Lambs, as the global cultural phenomenon prepares to make its world stage play premiere. Mollie Gallagher (Coronation Street) will make her professional theatre debut as ‘Clarice Starling’, Oliver Farnworth (Emmerdale) will star as ‘Jack Crawford’ alongside Sam Jackson (Skins) as ‘Buffalo Bill’, when the electrifying new production opens at Leicester’s Curve theatre on Saturday 01 August 2026, ahead of a major UK and Ireland tour.

Also joining the ensemble are Minal Patel as ‘Frederick Chilton’; Jo Mousley as ‘Senator Ruth Martin’; Lottie Amor as ‘Catherine Martin’; Mark Peachey as ‘Pilcher’; Andrew Joshi as ‘Peterson’; Jonny Magnanti as ‘Wertimer’, with Mary Timbrell Hill completing the company, all taking on a variety of roles.

They join previously announced British actor, singer, presenter, writer and director, John Partridge. Best known for his long-running role as Christian Clarke in BBC 1’s Eastenders and extensive range of West End credits from CATS to Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, John will don the iconic mask as the refined and sadistic Dr Hannibal Lecter.

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS – UK & Ireland Tour 2026–2027

• 1–15 Aug 2026 – Curve, Leicester

• 18–22 Aug – Theatre Royal, Newcastle

• 24–29 Aug – Theatre Royal, Glasgow

• 1–5 Sep – His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen

• 8–12 Sep – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

• 15–19 Sep – Theatre Royal, Nottingham

• 28 Sep–3 Oct – Milton Keynes Theatre

• 6–10 Oct – The Lowry, Salford

• 12–17 Oct – Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

• 19–24 Oct – New Theatre, Oxford

• 27–31 Oct – New Theatre, Peterborough

• 2–7 Nov – New Theatre, Hull

• 10–14 Nov – Grand Opera House, Belfast

• 24–28 Nov – Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin

• 5–9 Jan 2027 – Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

• 11–16 Jan – Grand Theatre, Blackpool

• 18–23 Jan – Congress Theatre, Eastbourne

• 26–30 Jan – Malvern Theatres, Malvern

• 15–20 Feb – Grand Theatre, Swansea

• 22–27 Feb – Storyhouse, Chester

• 2–6 Mar – Theatre Royal, Brighton

• 8–13 Mar – Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells

• 15–20 Mar – Grand Opera House, York

• 30 Mar–3 Apr – Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

• 6–10 Apr – Richmond Theatre

• 12–17 Apr – Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

• 20–24 Apr – Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth

• 26 Apr–1 May – Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton

• 10–15 May – New Theatre, Cardiff

• 17–22 May – Opera House, Buxton

• 31 May–5 Jun – New Victoria Theatre, Woking

• 15–19 Jun – Empire Theatre, Liverpool

• 21–26 Jun – Empire Theatre, Sunderland