The production is set to begin performances at the Ambassadors Theatre next month.
Following on from Ava Pickett winning both the Critics’ Circle Theatre Award and The Standard Theatre Award for Most Promising Young Playwright for her debut play 1536, complete casting has now been confirmed for the West End transfer of the play.
Joining the previously announced Liv Hill as Jane (Three Girls – BAFTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress), Siena Kelly as Anna (Black Mirror, Adult Material – BAFTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress), and Tanya Reynolds as Mariella (Sex Education, A Mirror – Olivier Award nomination Best Actress In A Supporting Role), who are all reprising their previous roles, are Oliver Johnstone as Richard (Retrograde; All My Sons) and George Kemp as William (High Noon; Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?).
Meanwhile, Harry Bradley (The Play That Goes Wrong; The Mousetrap) will understudy the roles of Richard and William, Saroja-Lily Ratnavel (81 (Life); Chasing Hares) will understudy the roles of Jane and Mariella and Sydney Spencer (Hamilton; The Wizard of Oz) will understudy the role of Anna.
Three women hurry to their childhood meeting place, thirsty for gossip from London.
Word spreads of a clash between King Henry VIII and his Queen, Anne Boleyn. And closer to home, another rumour begins to catch fire.
As these women begin to see echoes of the royal drama in their own rural lives, a tide of violence threatens their very existence, and they realise the royal scandal could cost them everything.
Previous wins for 1536 include the 2024 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, a special commendation for the 2023 George Devine Award and the Stage Debut Awad for Best Writer 2025. Last month it was announced that the BBC will be working with Ava to develop the play into an eight-part TV drama.
The production is directed by Lyndsey Turner with Set and Costume Designer: Max Jones; Lighting Designer: Jack Knowles; Sound Designer: Tingying Dong; Composer and Arranger: Will Stuart; Movement and Intimacy Director: Anna Morrissey; and Casting Director: Amy Ball CDG also part of the creative team.
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