Check out the latest videos and photos from Nicholas Hytner’s new production of Shakespeare’s Richard II at The Bridge Theatre in London starring Jonathan Bailey.

Jonathan Bailey (Wicked, Bridgerton, Company) is currently starring in Richard II at the Bridge Theatre, directed by Nicholas Hytner.

New in are behind-the-scenes and backstage photos of Richard II, which is now playing at the Bridge Theatre in London until 10 May 2025.

Richard II – Behind the scenes photos

Joining Jonathan Bailey in the cast are Michael Simkins (Guys & Dolls – Bridge Theatre, The Crown, Silent Witness) as the Duke of York, Royce Pierreson (The Witcher, Judy, Line of Duty) as Henry Bolingbroke, Christopher Osikanlu Colquhoun (Absentia, The Doctor – Duke of York’s Theatre, Comedy of Errors – RSC) as Earl of Northumberland, Olivia Popica (The Wheel of Time, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, The Tattooist of Auschwitz) as Queen Isabel, Amanda Root (Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,  Macbeth – RSC, Persuasion) as Green and the Duchess of York, Phoenix Di Sebastiani (The Great, Top Boy, Anne Boleyn) as Thomas Mowbray and Groom, and Clive Wood (London’s Burning, The Tempest – Theatre Royal Haymarket, Antony and Cleopatra – Shakespeare’s Globe) as John of Gaunt.

Trailer: Richard II starring Jonathan Bailey

Also watch the first ever video trailer for Richard II.

The cast also includes Adam Best (Peaky Blinders, The Crown, Twelfth Night – National Theatre) as Sir John Bagot, Seamus Dillane (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, The Invention of Love – Hampstead Theatre) as Lord Surrey, Vinnie Heaven (Cowbois –  RSC, A Midsummer Night’s Dream –  Shakespeare’s Globe, Cuckoo – Soho Theatre) as Aumerle,Jordan Kouamé (Wolf Hall 2, The Mirror and the Light –  RSC) as Sir John Bushy and Harry Percy, Gerard Monaco (A Small Family Business, Children of the Sun, The Kitchen – National Theatre, A View from the Bridge – Duke of York’s Theatre) as Sir Stephen Scroop and Keeper, George Taylor (The Lady In The Van, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows) as Fitzwater, and Badria Timimi (Our Girl, My Brilliant Friend – National Theatre) as Abbess of Carlisle.

Photos: Richard II – Production photos

Also check out the first production photos of Richard II .

The understudy cast includes Emma Bown (Romeo and Juliet – Original Shakespeare Co, Sex Education), Martin Carroll (Twelfth Night, Richard III – The Apollo, The Royal Hunt of the Sun – National Theatre) and Stephan Boyce (Aladdin – Lyric Hammersmith, The Coloured Valentino – Arcola Theatre).

Photos: Richard II – More rehearsal images

Also check out behind-the-scenes rehearsal photos of Richard II at the Bridge Theatre

Video: Richard II – First day of rehearsals

Also watch a video covering the first day of rehearsals

Jonathan Bailey and Nicholas Hytner reunite following Othello at the National Theatre in 2013.

Richard II is designed by Bob Crowley, with an auditorium that is a hybrid configuration between in-the-round and traverse. Other creatives include Lighting design by Bruno Poet, Sound design by Carolyn Downing, Music composed by Grant Olding, Casting director Robert Sterne, Casting associate Christopher Worral, Associate director Lily Dyble, Associate designer Jaimie Todd, Associate sound designer Charlie Smith, Costume supervisor Eleanor Dolan, and Props supervisor Lily Mollgaard.

Photos: Richard II – First day of rehearsals

Jonathan Bailey returns to the London stage following his Olivier Award-winning performance in Marianne Elliott’s acclaimed production of Stephen Sondheim musical Company at the Gielgud Theatre. His other theatre credits include Cock at the West End’s Ambassadors Theatre; King Lear at Chichester Festival Theatre starring Ian McKellen; Girl with a Pearl Earring (Cambridge Arts Theatre, West End), Les Miserables (West End), and A Christmas Carol (RSC at the Barbican).

Jonathan recently starred in the new Wicked movie, playing Fiyero. Up next, he is starring in the next Jurassic Park movie – Jurassic World 4.

Nicholas Hytner’s other current projects include directing John Lithgow in Giant, which is transferring to the West End’s Harold Pinter Theatre from April 2025; and directing a new Alan Bennett movie titled The Choral starring Ralph Fiennes, Simon Russell-Beale and Jim Broadbent.

Richard II is playing at the Bridge Theatre until 10 May 2025.

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Main photo: Richard II at the Bridge Theatre starring Jonathan Bailey - Behind the scenes. Photo by Craig Sugden

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