The production for Olivier Award-winning playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s adaptation directed by Nicky Allpress will run at the theatre from the 11th September until the 10th October ahead of a UK tour.
It has been announced that Amy Tara will lead the cast as the Governess, following performances in Hamlet (Stafford Gatehouse Theatre), The Borrowers (The Dukes Theatre) and the feature films Assassins Guild and Groupchat, for which she won the Best Actress award at the British Horror Festival 2025.
She will be joined in the production by Toby Benyon who plays the dual role of Miles and Quint, following work with Nicky Allpress on Marseille (Away) which was performed at the Brighton and Camden Fringe. The Turn of the Screw marks his professional debut. Jim fish is the Man/Master, whose extensive theatre credits include the title role in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in the West End, productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company including King Lear and The Winter’s Tale, and work with Deafinitely Theatre, Birmingham Rep and Nottingham Playhouse.
Meanwhile, Katy Slater plays Mrs Grose, having appeared in productions including The Winter’s Tale and Radiant Vermin (Protocol Theatre), and Market Boy (Union Theatre), alongside an extensive body of new writing and screen work. The company is completed by Kathleen McAuley Irvine as Flora/Jessel and Janita Mikkola as Ensemble, both making their professional debuts following training at LAMDA.
England. A remote country house. A young governess, hired to care for two children, begins what appears to be an idyllic new life – but something about the children hints at a darker presence.
Desperate to protect them from what she believes to be malevolent spirits, she finds herself descending into a world of ambiguity, leading to one far-reaching question: are the ghosts real… or are they a projection of something far more terrifying?
To book tickets visit: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/event/the-turn-of-the-screw/