Production photos have been released for Ola Ince’s new production of Shakespeare’s Othello, playing at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London.

The atmospheric photos within the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, part of Shakespeare’s Globe, are by Johan Persson.

The production stars Ken Nwosu (An Octoroon) as Othello, Ralph Davis (A Streetcar Named Desire) as Iago, Poppy Gilbert (Private Lives) as Desdemona, Ira Mandela Siobhan (Mlima’s Tale) as Subconscious Othello.

The cast also includes Charlotte Bate as Emilia, Oli Higginson as Cassio, David Hounslow as Commissioner / Montano, Maggie Musgrove as Bianca, Sam Swann as Roderigo, and Ché Walker as Brabantio / Lodovico.

Joining Ola Ince in the creative team are: Prime Issac – Assistant Director/Writer; Anna Watson – Candlelight Designer; Renell Shaw – Composer; Olivia Ward – Costume Supervisor; Amelia Jane Hankin – Designer; Yarit Dor – Fight and Intimacy Director; Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster – Movement Director; Annamette Verspeak – Voice and Text; Casting Becky Paris – Head of Casting at Shakespeare’s Globe.

Othello is playing at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe until 13 April 2024.

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Main photo: Othello at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Photo by Johan Persson

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