The production will run at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane from the 7th December until the 1st February 2025, with opening night set for the 19th December.
Full casting has now been announced for Jamie lloyd’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, which will have a limited West End run beginning later this year.
Joining the previously announced Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Avatar) as Prospero will be: Jude Akuwudike (Alonso), Jason Barnett (Stephano), Selina Cadell (Gonzalo), Mathew Horne (Trinculo), Mara Huf (Miranda), Forbes Masson (Caliban), Mason Alexander Park (Ariel), James Phoon (Ferdinand), Oliver Ryan (Sebastian) and Tim Steed (Antonio).
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on.”
The legendary Sigourney Weaver makes her West End debut as Prospero in this enchanting story of revenge and forgiveness.
Meanwhile, the creative team for The Tempest will include: set and costume design by Soutra Gilmour, lighting design by Jon Clark, sound design and co-composition by Ben and Max Ringham, co-composition by Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante, movement by Fabian Aloise, associate direction and text editing by Jonathan Glew, casting by Stuart Burt, musical direction by Giles Deacon, intimacy coordination by Ingrid Mackinnon, associate costume design by Anna Josephs, props supervision by Fahmida Bakht and production management by Lloyd Thomas.
The Tempest is part of Jamie Lloyd’s Shakespeare season at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, which will be followed by Much Ado About Nothing starring Tom Hiddleston (Loki) and Hayley Atwell (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning) will play sparring lovers Benedick and Beatrice from the 10th February until the 5th April 2025.
To book tickets for The Tempest click here.