Full casting has been announced for the RSC’s Pericles starring Alfred Enoch.
Directed by the RSC’s Co-Artistic director, Tamara Harvey, the Pericles begins performances in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon on 26 July.
Alfred Enoch, who is starring in the titular role, is well-known for his television work including How to Get Away With Murder and Foundation, as well as his acclaimed stage work including Red (Wyndham’s), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare’s Globe) and Orlando in As You Like It (@sohoplace). He will be joined by Rachelle Diedericks (Disney+ Andor) as Marina, Leah Haile (Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, West End) as Thaisa, Chukwuma Omambala (King Lear (BAM / Chichester) as Cleon, Christian Patterson (HBO Industry, BBC The Pact) as Simonides and Gabby Wong (1899, Eastenders) as Dionyza.
Shakespeare’s stirring tale of love, hope and miracles will see RSC Co-Artistic Director, Tamara Harvey, make her directorial debut with the company. Harvey said: “Daniel and I are now a year into our tenure as Co-Artistic Directors. In building our first season, we have always come back to the question of “why this show and why now” – of how particular stories, however new or old, might be in conversation with our world today. As one of Shakespeare’s late, great plays, Pericles has so much to say about who we are and who we might become; about what it means to be a leader, what it means to love and to lose everything; what it is to navigate a course through adversity and what it takes to keep striving in a desperately fragile world.
Like so many artists joining us across the year, this will be my first time directing at the RSC. To be making my début alongside Alfred Enoch, whom I last worked with during lockdown on a screen adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray, is both an extraordinary joy and a privilege. I am so looking forward to collaborating with this wonderful company of actors, immersing ourselves in the unique magic of Shakespeare’s language and bringing this story to life in the exquisite intimacy of the iconic Swan Theatre. The journey begins…”
The full cast comprises Miles Barrow (Thaliard/Boult), Philip Bird (Helicanus), Jacqueline Boatswain (Cerimon/Bawd), Rachelle Diedericks (Marina), Alfred Enoch (Pericles), Chyna-Rose Frederick (Antiochus’ Daughter/Lychorida/Diana), Sasha Ghoshal (Ensemble), Leah Haile (Thaisa), Felix Hayes (Anitochus/Pander), Kel Matsena (Lysimachus), Miriam O’Brien (Ensemble), Emmanuel Olusanya (Ensemble), Chukwuma Omambala (Cleon), Sam Parks (Escanes, Leonine), Christian Patterson (Simonides) and Gabby Wong (Dionyza).
Joining Tamara on the creative team are Jonathan Fensom (Set Designer), Kinnetia Isidore (Costume Designer), Ryan Day (Lighting Designer), Claire van Kampen (Composer), Claire Windsor (Sound Designer), Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster (Movement Director), Charlotte Sutton CDG (Casting Director), Francesca Murray-Fuentes (Associate Director) and Juliano Zaffino (Textual Consultant).
Following it’s run in Stratford the show will transfer to the Chicago Shakespeare Theater from 20 October 2024. It has not been announced if the show will transfer to the Barbican as part of the RSC’s London season.
Pericles runs from 26 July – 21 September 2024 in The Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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