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King Lear

Show Info Cast & Creative Age & Content Guide

Genre

Venue

Wyndham’s Theatre Get directions

First Performance 21/10/2023

Closing 09/12/2023

Running Time 2h, no interval

Kenneth Branagh returns to the West End to direct and play the title role in William Shakespeare’s King Lear, for 50 performances only.

Completing the cast is a company of RADA graduates, in a production with set and costume design from Jon Bausor, associate direction by Lucy Skilbeck, projection design by Nina Dunn, lighting design by Paul Keogan, sound design and composition by Ben and Max Ringham, choreography by Aletta Collins, casting by Lucy Bevan CDG and Emily Brockmann, and fight direction by Bret Yount.

Cast

King Lear - Kenneth Branagh

Curan - Mara Allen

Goneril - Deborah Alli

Burgundy - Raymond Anum

Regan - Melanie-Joyce Bermudez

Edgar - Doug Colling

France - Dylan Corbett-Bader

Kent - Eleanor de Rohan

Oswald - Chloe Fenwick-Brown

Gloucester - Joseph Kloska

Edmund - Corey Mylchreest

Cornwall - Hughie O’Donnell

Cornwall - Caleb Obediah

Cordelia / The Fool - Jessica Revell

Creative

Director - Kenneth Branagh

Set and Costume Designer - Jon Bausor

Associate Director - Lucy Skilbeck

Projection Designer - Nina Dunn

Lighting Designer - Paul Keogan

Sound Designer and Composer - Ben and Max Ringham

Choreographer - Aletta Collins

Casting Directors - Lucy Bevan CDG and Emily Brockmann

Fight Director - Bret Yount

Assistant Directors - Issy Snape and Michael Rouse

Production Manager - Jim Leaver

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