Check out the latest photos and videos of the RSC’s revival of Christopher Marlowe’s classic Edward II starring Daniel Evans & Eloka Ivo.
Edward II is now playing at the RSC’s Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, to 5 April 2025.
Reviews are coming in for the show from UK theatre critics, in a production that is directed by Daniel Raggett (Accidental Death of an Anarchist, ANNA X).
New in is a first-look video for Edward II, which stars Olivier Award-winner and RSC Co-Artistic Director Daniel Evans as Edward II, and Eloka Ivo (Black Superhero, Four Mothers, Avenue 5), as Edward’s lover, Gaveston.
New Trailer: Edward II starring Daniel Evans
Edward II also stars Ruta Gedmintas as Queen Isabella, Enzo Cilenti as Mortimer, Jacob James Beswick as Lightborn, Stavros Demetraki as Spencer, Emilio Doorgasingh as Pembroke, Geoffrey Lumb as Warwick, Kwaku Mills as Baldock, Evan Milton as Lancaster, Christopher Patrick Nolan as Bishop of Coventry, and Henry Pettigrew as Kent; and the ensemble includes Joseph Rowe, Neil Sheffield, Michael Cusick and Amy Dunn.
Photos: Edward II at the RSC
Also check out new production photos of Edward II.
This major Elizabethan drama hasn’t been seen at the RSC for over 30 years.
Joining Raggett in the creative team are Set and costume designer Leslie Travers, Lighting designer Tim Lutkin, Composers Roddy Hart and Tommy Reilly, Sound designer Tingying Dong, Movement directors Anthony and Kel Matsena, Fight director Kev McCurdy, and Casting director Julia Horan.
Video: Edward II – Trailer
Also watch a new trailer for Edward II
Edward II is playing at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from 21 February to 5 April.
There’s currently no news whether Edward II will transfer to London.
Photos: Edward II – Rehearsals at the RSC
Also see behind-the-scenes rehearsal photos of the production.
Current RSC productions in London include long-running West End musical Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge Theatre; and the RSC’s production of Kyoto at @SohoPlace theatre, playing until 3 May 2025.
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