The Hunger Games Has Found Its New Katniss Everdeen for the Stage

The Hunger Games has recovered its caller Katniss Everdeen… connected stage, that is. The Hunger Games: On Stage, a marque caller theatre accumulation of the beloved dystopian story, has announced that Mia Carragher volition play the pb relation antecedently made celebrated by Jennifer Lawrence.

The accumulation revealed the quality via the show’s authoritative Instagram connected July 29. “Meet our miss connected fire,” reads the caption connected a photograph announcing Carragher successful the role. In a abstracted post, the relationship shared a video wherever fans could spot Carragher successful action.

“From archery to combat workshops, our fearless Girl connected Fire is acceptable to acceptable @troubadourcwharf alight,” the relationship wrote, mentioning the London theatre wherever the adaptation volition beryllium staged.

“I’m truly excited to play Katniss. I subordinate to her rather a lot,” the histrion said successful the sneak peek. “I deliberation she’s precise fearless, but past she’s besides got that nurturing prime astir her. Everyone needs to travel and ticker ‘The Hunger Games: On Stage’ due to the fact that it’s going to beryllium thing similar you’ve ever seen.”

Carragher is the girl of erstwhile Liverpool FC subordinate Jamie Carragher, and is simply a comparative newcomer to the movie and tv scene. She antecedently appeared successful the 2014 British drama One Night In Istanbul, arsenic good arsenic the Channel 4 bid The Gathering.

Next, she’ll look alongside Hunger Games movie alum Josh Hutcherson — arsenic good arsenic Martin Freeman and Malin Akerman — successful the upcoming British drama Let’s Love.

“We searched acold and wide, and comprehensively, for our Katniss,” manager Matthew Dunster said successful a statement. “It is not casual to measurement into Suzanne Collins’ astonishing instauration and lone 1 histrion combined Katniss’ charisma and combat skills — her quiet, pugnacious determination and her superb creativity, athleticism and humor. We’ve recovered our Katniss successful Mia Carragher, and we can’t hold for audiences to spot her.”

This caller adaptation of the Hunger Games — the archetypal ever for the signifier — kicks disconnected performances connected October 20 astatine the Trouboudor Canary Wharf Theatre successful London. Well-known Irish playwright Connor McPherson adapted writer Suzanne Collins’ archetypal publication for the signifier play, which is being directed by Dunster, who besides directed London favourite 2:22: A Ghost Story.

Image credit: thehungergamesonstage / Seamus Ryan

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.