Jonathan Hyde to lead The Gathered Leaves at the Park Theatre in London

Full cast announced for Andrew Keatley’s acclaimed family drama, returning to London for a limited season

Jonathan Hyde will lead the cast of The Gathered Leaves, Andrew Keatley’s poignant and powerful family drama, which returns to London’s Park Theatre for a strictly limited run from 13 August to 20 September 2025.

Directed by former Royal Shakespeare Company Artistic Director Adrian Noble, this new production marks the 10th anniversary of the play’s sold-out premiere and brings together an ensemble of acclaimed stage and screen performers.

Jonathan Hyde, whose distinguished stage work includes King Lear for the RSC and The King’s Speech, received an Olivier Award nomination for his performance in Gently Down The Stream at Park Theatre. His screen appearances span Titanic, Jumanji, and more recent roles in A Very English Scandal and The Brutalist. He stars as William Pennington, the formidable family patriarch whose 75th birthday sparks a rare reunion of the fractured Pennington clan.

Joining him is Joanne Pearce (Hamlet, RSC) as his wife Olivia; Richard Stirling (Cecil Beaton’s Diaries) as eldest son Samuel; and, Chris Larkin (Noises Off, Outlander), as middle child Giles. Zoë Waites (Julius Caesar, Sheffield Crucible) appears as Sophie, Giles’ wife, with newcomer George Lorimer and Ella Dale (The Railway Children) as their children, Simon and Emily.

Olivia Vinall (The Circle, National Theatre) plays Alice, the estranged daughter returning home with her own teenage daughter Aurelia, played by Taneetrah Porter (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child). Joe Burrell and Ellis Elijah complete the family ensemble as young Samuel and young Giles.

The Gathered Leaves at the Park Theatre - Casting 2025

Set over Easter weekend in 1997, The Gathered Leaves follows three generations of the Pennington family as they reunite for the first time in 17 years. With long-held resentments, social expectations, and unhealed wounds rising to the surface, the family must confront a painful past in search of reconciliation.

Director Adrian Noble said in a statement: “I love this play, and I’m thrilled to be bringing The Gathered Leaves to Park Theatre this summer with such a talented cast. It’s set over Easter weekend in 1997 and tells the story of a family coming to terms with their painful past and arriving at a place of forgiveness. The characters are brilliantly drawn. It’s rather special and it is a privilege to work with this ensemble and to share this moving story with audiences in such an intimate space.”

The creative team includes Dick Bird (set & costume design), Paul Pyant (lighting design), Max Pappenheim (sound design), with casting by Gabrielle Dawes CDG.

The Gathered Leaves runs at the Park Theatre from 13 August to 20 September 2025.

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Main photo: The Gathered Leaves at the Park Theatre - Casting - Jonathan Hyde, Joanne Pearce, Chris Larkin, Richard Stirling (Photos via PR)