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Cillian Murphy makes a return to the stage to star in Enda Walsh’s adaptation of Grief is the Thing With Feathers at the Barbican Theatre next year.

Walsh will also direct the UK premiere based on Max Porter’s award-winning novel, which reunites him with the Peaky Blinders actor following their previous collaborations on Disco Pigs, Misterman and Ballyturk.

Running from March 25-April 13, it follows the story of a widower and his young sons, visited by a crow who promises to help them deal with their loss.

The show opened in Galway in March earlier this year, before subsequently being performed in Dublin.

Porter said: “Working with Enda, Cillian and the whole team on the adaptation of Grief was one of the most revelatory and rewarding experiences of my life. I think they've made a genuinely extraordinary piece of theatre, something radical and unforgettable.

“For it to be coming 'home' to London, where the book is set, and where the book was written, means a lot to me. The Barbican theatre is the perfect space for Crow. I couldn't be more excited.”

Grief is the Thing with Feathers is produced by Wayward Productions in association with Complicité.

It’s a highlight of the Barbican’s new season, which also includes Comédie-Française’s stage adaptation of The Damned (Les Damnes), directed by Ivo Van Hove and a UK premiere of Medea, adapted and directed by Simon Stone.

For more information, visit barbican.org.uk