Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres in associationwith Swinging The Lens today announce full casting and further creative team for William Shakespeare’s Richard III, directed by and starring Adjoa Andoh (Lady Danbury in Bridgerton).
The Casting Director is Sam Jones CDG. Joining Andoh, who plays Richard, are Antonie Azor (Ratcliffe), Clive Brill (Hastings), Harry Clarke (Catesby), Sam Cox (Stanley), Josh Day (Dorset/Edward, Son of Clarence/Prince Edward/York(Puppet)/Captain Blunt), Daniel Hawksford (Brackenbury/Edward IV/Richmond), Liz Kettle (Queen Margaret), Joseph Kloska (Buckingham), Robin Morrissey (Rivers/Cardinal Bouchier/Oxford), Caroline Parker (Elizabeth, Duchess of York), Oliver Ryan (Clarence/Archbishop/Mayor/Norfolk), Rachel Sanders (Elizabeth Woodville), and Phoebe Shepherd (Lady Anne). Richard IIIruns from 6 – 22 April 2023 at Liverpool Playhouse and at Rose Theatre from 26 April – 13 May 2023.
The creative team includes Yeofi Andoh (Composer & MD), Amelia Jane Hankin (Set Designer), Maybelle Laye (Costume Designer), Chris Davey (Lighting Designer), Benjamin Grant (Sound Designer), Jack Murphy (Movement Director), Sam Jones CDG (Casting Director), Harriett O’Grady (Assistant Director), Nicole Alphonce (Assistant Movement Director & Fight Director), Mervyn Millar, Maia Kirkman-Richards and Tracy Waller for Significant Object (Puppetry), Jeannette Nelson (Voice Coach), Shereen Ibrahim (Dialect Coach), and Simon Trinder (Text Consultant). The production team includes Dan Rainsford (Production Manager), Fahmida Bahkt (Props Supervisor), and Jacqui Davis (Costume Supervisor).
Adjoa Andoh directs and stars in
RICHARD III
Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Theatres
in association with Swinging the Lens
6 – 22 April 2023 at Liverpool Playhouse
26 April – 13 May 2023 at Rose Theatre
Liverpool Press Night: Tuesday 11 April, 7:30pm (BSL performance)
London Press Night: Thursday 27 April, 7:30pm (BSL performance)
Following her critically-acclaimed production of Richard II at Shakespeare’s Globe, Adjoa Andoh (Lady Danbury in Bridgerton) returns to the stage to direct and star as Shakespeare’s iconic antihero, Richard III.
A tale of ambition and manipulation, Richard III charts the rise of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, as he deceives and murders anyone who stands in his path to becoming King.
Reflecting on her own childhood in rural England in the 1960s, Adjoa Andoh sets out to explore how pathologising the body and ascribing evil intent due to a person’s physical appearance can wear away at the soul.
This fresh staging asks the question: what happens when the person who is punched down upon, punches up?
