The Vote

May 7, 2015

1h 27m

★ 8.4

Overview

On 7 May, churches, school halls, and back rooms of community centres will be turned into polling stations, staffed by council workers and volunteers. A church polling station is the backdrop for a real-time play for theatre and TV, called The Vote, staged at the exact moment in which the action is set - the last 90 minutes before polls close.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Twofour

The Donmar Warehouse

The Vote Trailers

Cast

Steven Crosswell

Mark Gatiss

Kirsty Henderson

Catherine Tate

Laura Williams

Nina Sosanya

Christine Metcalfe

Judi Dench

Fred Norris

Timothy West

Colin Henderson

Jude Law

Grace Botchway

Llewella Gideon

Pravin Shah

Bhasker Patel

Tilde Larson

MyAnna Buring

Alan Walker

Gerard Horan

Tom Baird

Prasanna Puwanarajah

Kenneth Robson

Nicholas Burns

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