This new production of William Shakespeare's comedy play is the second instalment of productions by the award-winning director Jamie Lloyd and it opens next month.
Hayley Atwell (Beatrice) & Tom Hiddleston (Benedick) in rehearsals for Much Ado About Nothing. Photo by Marc Brenner
Images have been released from the rehearsal room of Much Ado About Nothing.
The cast includes Tom Hiddleston (Benedick) and Hayley Atwell (Beatrice) are joined by Mara Huf (Hero), Mika Onyx Johnson (Borachio), Gerald Kyd (Don Pedro), Forbes Masson (Leonato), Phillip Olagoke (Friar Francis), Mason Alexander Park (Margaret), James Phoon (Claudio) and Tim Steed (Don John), with understudies Matt Ray Brown, Nathaniel Christian, Beth Elliott, Suzie McAdam, Ed White and Dwayne Wint completing the cast.
Centering on the romantic relationships between Hero and Claudio and the witty banter of Beatrice and Benedick, Much Ado About Nothing is a story of love, deception and misunderstanding.
Much Ado About Nothing will play at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane from 10 February - 5 April 2025.
