First-look photos have been released by Shakespeare’s Globe for its new production of Troilus and Cressida.
Directed by Owen Horsley (Twelfth Night), Troilus and Cressida is now playing at Shakespeare’s Globe until 26 October 2025.
Troilus and Cressida stars Samantha Spiro (Merrily We Roll Along, Game of Thrones) as Pandarus / Nestor, Kasper Hilton-Hille (That Face) as Troilus, Charlotte O’Leary (Jerusalem) as Cressida, Jodie McNee (Minority Report) as Ulysses / Cassandra, Oliver Alvin-Wilson (Dr Strangelove) as Hector / Calchas, David Caves (Silent Witness) as Achilles, Conor Glean (Romeo and Juliet) as Diomedes, Jonathan Livingstone (Machinal) as Agamemnon, Tadeo Martinez (Hamlet) as Patroclus / Alexander, Lucy McCormick (Triple Threat) as Thersites / Helen, Matthew Spencer (The White Factory) as Paris / Menelaus, and Ibraheem Toure (Foundation) as Ajax. The Ensemble / Covers are Tilly Botsford (The Welkin) and Finn O’Riordain (Julius Caesar).
Photos: Troilus and Cressida at Shakespeare’s Globe
Shakespeare’s genre-defying satire on the cult of celebrity is set during the Trojan War. The legends of Greece and Troy are gripped by an epic war, fighting for honour and bravery. As a thrilling, action-packed battle rages around them, Trojan prince Troilus falls deeply in love with Cressida, and they swear their eternal love… Fast forward eight years, and everything has ground to a halt in a seemingly pointless, exhausting conflict with no resolution in sight. The manufactured glamour of war is losing its sheen in Troy, and the Greek camp is an apocalyptic wasteland.
The wider creative team for Troilus and Cressida includes design by Ryan Dawson Laight, with Christophe Eynde as Associate Designer and Roberta Zuric as Associate Director. Eamonn O’Dwyer serves as Composer, with Fight and Intimacy Direction by Rachel Brown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown for RC Annie. Daniel Hay-Gordon is the Movement Director, and Emma Woodvine is responsible for Voice and Text. The production was cast by Becky Paris CDG, Head of Casting at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Troilus and Cressida is now running at Shakespeare’s Globe until 26 October 2025.
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