The production will run at the theatre from the 27th March until the 9th May.
The Watermill Theatre has announced casting for the world premiere of Victoria: A Queen Unbound, written by Daisy Goodwin, creator of ITV’s Victoria.
Director Sophie Drake will direct: Lydia Bakelmun (Swallow the Lake, Mercury Theatre; Antigone, Regents Park Open Air Theatre) as “Beatrice”, Amanda Boxer (To Kill A Mockingbird, Gielgud Theatre; Strange Snow, Theatre Technis – Winner of Best Actress, London Fringe Awards) as “Victoria”, and Steve Chusak (2:22 A Ghost Story, West End; Miss Julie, Singapore Repertory Theatre) as “Dr Reid”. They are joined by Stephen Fewell (Doctor Young, National Theatre; Anne Boleyn, Netflix) as “Bertie”, Rowan Polonski (The Witcher, Netflix; The Comedy of Errors, RSC/Barbican Theatre) as “Albert”, and Jessica Rhodes (Stranger Things: The First Shadow, West End; The Tempest, RSC) as “Young Victoria”.
Osborne House 1901. As Victoria faces the final days of her reign, she clings to her diaries, the carefully kept record of a life defined by love, duty and profound loss. Into this certainty comes her younger self, forcing the older Victoria to confront memories she’s chosen to bury and truths she’s chosen to forget.
Joining Sophie Drake and Daisy Goodwin on the creative team are: set and costume designer Alex Berry, lighting designer Ben Jacobs, Asaf Zohar is sound designer and composer, Asha Jennings-Grant is movement and intimacy director, and Elspeth Morrison is dialect coach. Casting is by Cydney Beech with Matthew Dewsbury as casting adviser.
To find out more visit: https://www.watermill.org.uk/events/victoria