The Talented Mr Ripley UK tour full cast announced including Bruce Herbelin-Earle

Full casting has been confirmed for the forthcoming UK tour of The Talented Mr. Ripley.

The Talented Mr Ripley tour starts at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham on 4 September 2025, and then visits Edinburgh, Birmingham, Woking, Oxford, Brighton, Bristol, London Richmond, and Salford, with further dates to be announced. See dates and booking info.

Already confirmed for the thriller are The Crown’s Ed McVey as Tom Ripley, and EastEnders star and Strictly Come Dancing finalist Maisie Smith as Marge.

They will be joined by Bruce Herbelin-Earle (Free Rein, The Boys in the Boat) as Dickie Greenleaf.

Further casting includes Christopher Bianchi (Othello) as Herbert Greenleaf/Roverini, Cary Crankson (Death of England) as Freddie Miles/Alvin McCarron, Leda (Antigone) as Cleo/Dottie, and Jason Eddy (The Rat Trap) as Peter/Fausto.

The cast is completed by Lachlan McCall (A Christmas Carol), Hollie Sullivan (The Mousetrap) and Aldous Ciokajlo-Squire (Doctor Who).

The show is also coming to the West End, although there is no further information on dates or venue.

The Talented Mr Ripley - UK Tour full cast

The Talented Mr Ripley creators

2025 marks the 70th anniversary of Patricia Highsmith’s iconic psychological thriller, which was also turned into an Oscar-nominated film starring Matt Damon, Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow, and a 2024 Netflix adaptation starring Andrew Scott.

This new production is adapted and directed by award-winner Mark Leipacher (Wings of Desire, Mary Stuart), and was previously produced by Northern Stage.

Joining Mark Leipacher in the creative team are set and costume design by Holly Piggott (Fleabag, Wyndham’s Theatre) with associate set and costume design by Ellen Farrell, lighting design by Zeynep Kepekli (The Little Mermaid, Bristol Old Vic), sound design by Max Pappenheim (The Night of the Iguana, Noel Coward Theatre) and casting by Marc Frankum CDG (The Woman in Black, Fortune Theatre).

The Talented Mr Ripley is a The Faction production, produced by Jack Maple and Thomas Hopkins.

More about The Talented Mr Ripley

The Talented Mr Ripley is set in a world of deception, desire, and deadly ambition. Tom Ripley is a nobody — scraping by in New York, forging signatures, telling little white lies — until a chance encounter changes everything. When a wealthy stranger offers him an all-expenses-paid trip to Italy to bring home his wayward son, Dickie Greenleaf, Tom leaps at the opportunity.

But in the sun-drenched glamour of 1950s Italy, surrounded by shimmering waters and whispered secrets, Tom is seduced by the life Dickie leads — the freedom, the wealth, the effortless charm. Fascination turns to obsession, and as his grip tightens on Dickie’s world, the lines between truth and deception begin to blur. What starts as an innocent opportunity, spirals into a chilling game of lies, identity theft, and murder.