Jessica Chastain
Jessica Michelle Chastain is an American theater, film and television actress. Chastain played guest roles in several television shows before making her feature film debut and the 2008 independent film, Jolene. In 2011, she gained wide public recognition for her starring roles in seven film releases. Her performance in The Help received rave reviews and earned her several accolades, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as Golden Globe, BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. In the military thriller film Zero Dark Thirty, she won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama and received her second consecutive Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
In 2012, Time magazine featured her as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". Chastain's performances in Zero Dark Thirty and in the 2013 horror film Mama led film critic Richard Roeper to describe her as "one of the finest actors of her generation".
Jessica Chastain is preparing for
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The Visit – Karl
19:45, Wed 23rd – Mon 28th December 2026 at Adelphi Theatre
The Visit is a 1956 tragicomic play by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona – Lighting Designer
19:15, Tue 5th – Fri 8th January 2027 at Crucible Theatre
The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1590 or 1591. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his…
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Medea – Production Manager
20:00, Wed 20th – Sat 23rd January 2027 at Liverpool Empire Theatre
Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in…
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The Merry Wives of Windsor – Writer
20:00, Wed 10th – Mon 15th February 2027 at The Old Vic
The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff. Though nominally…
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Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Reeds
20:15, Sun 18th April 2027 at Noël Coward Theatre
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a musical with a book by Australian film director-writer Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, using well-known pop songs as its score. Adapted from Elliott's 1994 film The…
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Jersey Boys – Publicity Designer
20:45, Tue 1st June 2027 at Random Venue 50
Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation,…
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Sunset Boulevard – Norma Desmond
21:00, Sat 3rd – Thu 8th July 2027 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on the 1950 film of the same title, the plot revolves around Norma Desmond…
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The Sound of Music – Marta von Trapp
15:00, Wed 29th September 2027 at Crucible Theatre
The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of…
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The Full Monty – Producer
19:45, Sun 7th November 2027 at Random Venue 77
The Full Monty is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally and score by David Yazbek.
In this Americanized musical stage version adapted from the 1997 British film of the same name, six unemployed Buff… -
Blood Brothers – Choreographer
19:30, Thu 16th – Mon 20th December 2027 at Random Venue 88
Blood Brothers is a musical with musics, lyrics and a book by Willy Russell, based loosely on the 1844 novella The Corsican Brothers by Alexandre Dumas. The story is a contemporary nature vs. nurture…
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Coriolanus – Volumnia
19:30, Tue 1st – Mon 7th February 2028 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus.
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My Fair Lady – Composer
20:30, Thu 6th – Sun 9th April 2028 at Random Venue 32
My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl…
Jessica Chastain has been involved with
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Assassins – Giuseppe Zangara
20:00, Tue 27th October 2026 at Liverpool Empire Theatre
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Glengarry Glen Ross – Lighting Designer
23:00, Mon 5th October 2026 at Savoy Theatre
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Dance of the Vampires – Alfred
20:15, Wed 30th September 2026 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
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Legally Blonde: The Musical – Director
20:15, Wed 1st – Sat 4th July 2026 at Random Venue 47
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Richard III – Sound Designer
20:30, Fri 19th – Tue 23rd June 2026 at The Old Vic
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Next to Normal – Costume Designer
20:30, Tue 14th – Sun 19th April 2026 at Chichester Festival Theatre
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Anything Goes – Hope Harcourt
20:15, Wed 1st – Sat 4th April 2026 at Random Venue 48
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Starlight Express – Greaseball the Diesel
19:45, Tue 24th – Mon 30th March 2026 at Barbican Centre
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Godspell – Director
20:30, Thu 26th February – Mon 2nd March 2026 at Random Venue 100
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Jersey Boys – Bob Gaudio
19:15, Sat 17th January 2026 at Random Venue 56
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Hedda Gabler – Jorgen Tesman
20:00, Sat 15th November 2025 at Adelphi Theatre
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Bye Bye Birdie – Video Director
15:30, Sat 13th September 2025 at Savoy Theatre
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War Horse – Technical Director
20:15, Sat 2nd – Tue 5th August 2025 at Random Venue 27
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Wicked – Reeds
14:45, Tue 6th – Fri 9th May 2025 at Random Venue 68
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The Merry Wives of Windsor – Sound Designer
16:30, Thu 1st – Mon 5th May 2025 at Almeida Theatre
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The Visit – Lighting Designer
14:00, Wed 30th April 2025 at Random Venue 95
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The Government Inspector – Composer
16:00, Thu 13th – Tue 18th February 2025 at Chichester Festival Theatre
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Damn Yankees – Sister
19:15, Sat 9th – Fri 15th November 2024 at Royal Court Theatre
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Uncle Vanya – Composer
20:45, Wed 23rd October 2024 at Sadler's Wells Theatre
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Oedipus the King – Director
14:15, Sat 29th July 2023 at Barbican Centre
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The Merchant of Venice – Shylock
20:30, Thu 1st – Mon 5th June 2023 at Barbican Centre
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Sound Designer
20:15, Sun 14th May 2023 at Barbican Centre
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Antony and Cleopatra – Musical Director
19:45, Thu 6th – Sun 9th April 2023 at Gielgud Theatre
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We Will Rock You – Galileo Figaro
20:30, Sat 1st April 2023 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
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Carousel – The Starkeeper
20:00, Mon 20th – Sat 25th February 2023 at Royal Court Theatre
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Glengarry Glen Ross – Technical Director
20:00, Sat 4th – Thu 9th February 2023 at Adelphi Theatre
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Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes – Roy Cohn
20:15, Thu 16th June 2022 at Crucible Theatre
