The RSC’s new production of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, directed by Max Webster, is transferring from Stratford-upon-Avon to London for a limited season.
Titus Andronicus will play at Hampstead Theatre from 5 September to 11 October 2025.
The production will once again star Olivier, Tony and BAFTA award-winner Simon Russell Beale in the title role.
The cast will also see the return of Emma Fielding as Marcia Andronicus and Wendy Kweh as Tamora.
They are joined by Danny Collins as Martius / Messenger, Thomas Josling as Bassianus / Publius, Joel MacCormack as Lucius, Jerone Marsh-Reid as Alarbus / Leader of the Goths, and Sharita Oomeer as Nurse / Goth. Further casting is to be announced.
The production is directed by award-winner Max Webster (Life of Pi, Macbeth starring David Tennant), whose National Theatre revival of The Importance of Being Earnest has gone on sale today for its West End run at the Noel Coward Theatre.
Max Webster’s bold and brilliant production of Shakespeare’s bloodiest play is examined through the lens of 21st century aggression. When victorious general Titus Andronicus executes his enemy’s son in a merciless show of vengeance, he has no idea of the evil his actions will incite. As the two sides trade violent acts of retribution, one man revels in the bloodbath.
The creative team for Titus Andronicus also includes set and costume designer, Joanna Scotcher; lighting designer, Lee Curran; composer, Matthew Herbert; sound designer, Tingying Dong; movement director, Jade Hackett; fight and intimacy directors, Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown; and casting director, Matthew Dewsbury CDG. The revival director is Kwame Owusu.
The production marks Simon Russell Beale’s return to Hampstead Theatre after his acclaimed appearances in Tom Stoppard’s The Invention of Love and Mr Foote’s Other Leg.
Hampstead Theatre recently announced its winter season, including the European premiere of The Assembled Parties by Richard Greenberg and starring Tracy-Ann Oberman, the world premieres of The Billionaire Inside Your Head by Will Lord, Fatherland by Nancy Farino and A Ghost in Your Ear by Jamie Armitage, and a major revival of Tom Stoppard’s Indian Ink starring Felicity Kendal.
Greg Ripley-Duggan, Producer and Chief Executive at Hampstead Theatre said in a statement: “I am overjoyed that Hampstead Theatre will present Max Webster’s production of Titus Andronicus – it’s a truly special piece of theatre, fashioned by a creative team at the absolute top of their game, and it’ll be a thrill to host the extraordinary company of actors led by Simon Russell Beale. It’s great that Hampstead has been given the opportunity to welcome London audiences to this once-in-a-lifetime production of a play that is often disregarded, but is here rendered immediate and brilliantly relevant.”
RSC Co-Artistic Directors Tamara Harvey and Daniel Evans said in a joint statement: “We are absolutely thrilled that Max Webster’s powerful production of Titus Andronicus will transfer to London following its acclaimed run in The Swan Theatre earlier this year. We are particularly delighted that Hampstead Theatre and London audiences will have the opportunity to welcome back Sir Simon Russell Beale, magnificent in the eponymous role. As one of Shakespeare’s first and bloodiest plays, Titus Andronicus continues to compel and horrify us in equal measure with its audacious blend of brutality, gallows humour and hot-blooded intensity. In Max Webster’s production, we see Shakespeare’s study of state-sponsored violence and inter-generational retribution bought sharply and tragically into focus for our times. We look forward to sharing its visceral power with London audiences.”
Titus Andronicus is running at Hampstead Theatre from 5 September to 11 October 2025.
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