Cast searching for 'Recruiting Officer'

Released: Thu., November. 24, 2011, 4:00pm PTBy Screen and stage thesp Mackenzie Crook ("Work,Inch "Jerusalem") and Olivier award-champion Nancy Carroll ("Following a Dance" ) lead the Donmar Warehouse cast of "The Recruiting Officer."Creating George Farquhar's 18th-century military and marital comedy, which begins the tenure of incoming a.d. Josie Rourke, also stars Mark Gatiss, Tobias Menzies and Rachael Stirling. Rourke's production runs Feb. 9-Apr. 14, getting a Feb. 14 press evening.The Donmar also introduced buying a 19th-century warehouse near the theater being testing, education and workplace around the 112-year lease. It may need up residence in 2014. This follows the theater's 2008 purchase of its Covent Garden home in the current landlord Ambassador Theater Group. Michael Grandage mentioned Thursday, "In current day marketplace, it's less than enough to provide a theater getting a powerful status, it has to have security too. I am delighted any time nearly 10 years within the helm, I leave the Donmar financially confident. From having nothing, the Donmar now looks for the future having its own theater, testing space, education space and workplace trying out these two prime sites in Covent Garden." Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com