Casting Complete for West End Tempest, Starring Ralph Fiennes

Casting is complete for the previously announced London production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, starring Ralph Fiennes as Prospero. Performances begin on August 27 at the Theatre Royal Haymarket ahead of a September 6 opening night, directed by Trevor Nunn.

In addition to Fiennes, the cast will include Chris Andrew Mellon (Sebastian), Michael Benz (Ferdinand), Tom Byam Shaw (Ariel), Jim Creighton (Adrian), Ian Drysdale (Francisco), Elisabeth Hopper (Miranda), Andrew Jarvis (Gonzalo), Nicholas Lyndhurst (Trinculo), James Simmons (Alonso), Giles Terera (Caliban), Julian Wadham (Antonio) and Clive Wood (Stephano) as well as Steven Butler, Eke Chukwu, Meline Danielewicz, Gisele Edwards, Hayley Ellenbrook , Grahame Fox, Charlie Hamblett, Jami Reid-Quarrell and Itxaso Moreno.

Marooned and left to die on a remote island, Prospero can command spirits, create apparitions and manipulate the elements. By using his magic, he assembles his enemies to take revenge on them, and in the process awakens in Miranda, his teenage daughter, her first experience of love. The theme of reconciliation gives immense emotional force in what is widely held to be Shakespeare’s final play.

The Tempest is produced by the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company, Duncan C Weldon, Paul Elliott & Terri and Timothy Childs, and will feature set and costume designs by Stephen Brimson Lewis, lighting by Paul Pyant, sound by Paul Groothuis and music by Shaun Davey. The show will run through October 29.