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Matt Smith will star as a scheming alien in a West End adaptation of Matt Haig’s ‘The Humans’
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Matt Smith is set to star in a new West End stage adaptation of Matt Haig’s novel The Humans. The production features a script by Jack Thorne regarding an extraterrestrial entity inhabiting a mathematician.
- 01Matt Smith confirmed to portray the lead alien character in London West End production
- 02Acclaimed screenwriter Jack Thorne adapted the 2013 novel for the stage
- 03Narrative follows an extraterrestrial entity that possesses the body of a human mathematician
- 04Production launch follows the source material's established international literary success
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Jack Thorne has penned the stage version of Haig’s 2013 novel about an extraterrestrial who possesses a mathematician