A theatrical experience based on the colossally successful Hunger Games series will arrive in London in summer 2016 at a purpose built theatre next to Wembley Arena.
Promising to employ “innovative and immersive” staging techniques to bring to the stage Suzanne Collins’ thrilling dystopian story of heroine Katniss Everdeen and her part in the title’s annual savage battle to the death between rival districts, the news was announced today by global production company Imagine Nation.
While little details have been confirmed as to what fans of the teenage fiction trilogy and subsequent blockbuster films starring Jennifer Lawrence can expect, co-producers Lionsgate revealed the production would boast “world-class production values and state-of-the-art technology [to] provide a uniquely immersive experience for fans around the world.”
Speculation will no doubt now begin as to who will direct the stage adaptation and lead the cast as one of recent fiction’s best-loved characters Katniss, as well the two males in the story’s complicated love triangle Peeta and Gale.
The first of the three books – preceding Catching Fire and Mockingjay – The Hunger Games is set in Collins’ vivid futuristic world where each year two teenagers from each of a dozen districts are picked to compete against one another in a televised battle to the death to serve as a reminder of the Capital’s power.
When Katniss volunteers to fight in her sister’s place, her selfless act unknowingly acts as a catalyst for a dangerous political revolution with the 16-year-old at its centre.
Award-winning Broadway producer Robin de Levita, who is co-founder of Imagine Nation, said the company was “thrilled to be partnering with an innovative next generation studio like Lionsgate on a property that resonates so deeply with global audiences,” adding: “The theatre is a fantastic medium to bring the many meaningful layers of Suzanne Collins’ writing to life.”
Exact dates are also yet to be announced.