STAR MAKES UK STAGE DEBUT IN NOIR THRILLER

MISCHA BARTON WILL PLAY THE FEMME FATALE IN DOUBLE INDEMNITY AT OPERA HOUSE NEXT YEAR

- By JENNA CAMPBELL

A MAJOR UK tour of a gripping new adaptation of a classic film noir thriller is coming to Manchester Opera House next year.

Double Indemnity, a darkly compelling new stage adaptation of one of the greatest crime novels of the 20th century, written by James M. Cain, will show at the theatre at the end of April, following a string of UK dates.

Hollywood star Mischa Barton, known as one of the main characters in American team drama series The O.C. will make her long-awaited UK stage debut as the ultimate femme fatale in the play.

Mischa Barton said: “I am absolutely thrilled to be returning to the stage and making my UK theatre debut in ‘Double Indemnity’.