With Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing now playing at Thomas’s College on Richmond Hill as part of our OT on the Hill programme, today we’re delighted to announce the full cast for our major revival of T.S. Eliot’s classic Murder in the Cathedral. Directed by OT Artistic Director Tom Littler and Community Director Francesca Ellis, the production will be staged at Richmond’s St John the Divine Church before transferring to Theatre Royal Bath following its Richmond run.
Joining the previously announced David Suchet (Thomas Becket) are Mensah Bediako(Third Priest), Ben Caplan(Second Tempter, Second Knight), Paul Hickey (Second Priest),Jyuddah Jaymes (First Tempter, First Knight), Michael Lyle (First Priest), Nick Sampson(Third Tempter, Third Knight), Jad Sayegh (Messenger) and David Yelland (Fourth Tempter, Fourth Knight). In Richmond, the Chorus will be led by Sally Cheng, Sonya Cullingford, Chyna-Rose Frederick and Rebecca Thorn, who will then be joined in Bath by Rebecca Askew, Florence Dobson, Samantha Dorsey, Beatrice John, Yuki Sutton and Hannah Whitehouse. For the performances in Richmond, the Women of Canterbury will be played by a community ensemble.
The production opens at Richmond’s St John the Divine Church on 19 October, with previews from 12 October and runs until 7 November before transferring to Theatre Royal Bath from 10 to 21 November.
Our Artistic Director, Tom Littler said today, “It’s a particular pleasure to welcome this exceptional company to join David Suchet, who leads the production as Becket. Murder in the Cathedral is one of the great achievements of twentieth century verse drama, and Eliot’s questions of conscience and power feel as urgent now as when he wrote them. I’m especially proud that our Women of Canterbury will be played by members of our community ensemble, continuing the Orange Tree’s commitment to building genuine links with the people and communities around us. This is set to be a truly special production, and I can’t wait for audiences to experience it.”
