Directed by Jamie Lloyd, this new production marks the second installment in his Shakespeare season at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Much Ado About Nothing artwork.
The cast has been announced for Much Ado About Nothing.
Joining Tom Hiddleston as Benedick and Hayley Atwell as Beatrice are Mara Huf (Hero), Forbes Masson (Leonato), Phillip Olagoke (Friar Francis), Mason Alexander Park (Margaret), James Phoon (Claudio) and Tim Steed (Don John), currently starring in The Tempest, and Mika Onyx Johnson (Borachio) and Gerald Kyd (Don Pedro).
Lloyd will be joined on the creative team by Set and Costume Designer Soutra Gilmour, Lighting Designer Jon Clark, Sound Designers and Composers Ben and Max Ringham, Movement Director Fabian Aloise, Associate Director and Text Edited by Jonathan Glew, Casting Director Stuart Burt CDG, Wigs, Hair and Make Up Designer: Carole Hancock, Intimacy Coordinator Ingrid Mackinnon, Props Supervisor Fahmida Bakht, and Assistant Director Cory Hippolyte.
Much Ado About Nothing is a romantic comedy by Shakespeare that revolves around the witty banter and eventual romance between Beatrice and Benedick, as well as the troubled relationship of Claudio and Hero, threatened by deception.
Much Ado About Nothing runs from 10 February - 5 April 2025, following on from The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver which runs at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane until 1 February.
