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THE TEMPEST

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
13 JANUARY – 19 FEBRUARY 2017

In 2012, Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female production of Julius Caesar placed the play in a women’s prison. It transferred to St. Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn, stunned audiences on both sides of the Atlantic and demanded a new answer to the question ‘who owns Shakespeare?’ In 2014, Phyllida reunited with actor Harriet Walter in both London and New York for Henry IV, the second instalment in this trilogy of works from these major artists.

Following its London premiere in Autumn 2016, in January 2017 the transatlantic project concluded with The Tempest.

★★★★★ ‘There have been many high-profile Shakespeare productions on this anniversary. Lloyd’s Tempest is my favourite’ The Independent

★★★★★ ‘This is genuinely art to enchant’ The Guardian

★★★★★ 'Repeatedly takes the breath away' WhatsOnStage

CAST
In alphabetical order

Mark Antony/Hotspur/Ariel Jade Anouka
Lucius/Gadshill, Lady Percy/Ferdinand Sheila Atim
Julius Caesar/Westmoreland, Glendower/Stefano Jackie Clune
Cinna the Poet/Mortimer/Sebastian Shiloh Coke
Casca/Bardolph, Vernon/Trinculo Karen Dunbar
Portia, Octavius Caesar/Prince Hal Clare Dunne
Soothsayer/Poins, The Douglas/Miranda Leah Harvey
Calpurnia, Metellus Cimber/Hostess, Messenger/Gonzalo Zainab Hasan
Trebonius/Sir Walter Blunt, Sheriff/Prison Officer Jennifer Joseph
Cassius/Worcester, Peto/Alonso Martina Laird
Falstaff/Caliban Sophie Stanton
Dog, Cinna/Northumberland/Antonio Carolina Valdés
Brutus/Henry IV/Prospero Harriet Walter

 

CREATIVE TEAM

Director Phyllida Lloyd 
Designer Chloe Lamford
Theatre Environment Designer Bunny Christie
Lighting Designer James Farncombe
Sound Designer Peter Malkin 
Movement Director Ann Yee 
Video Designer Duncan McLean
Assistant Director Ola Ince