RSC Announce Full Cast for Macbeth
As previoiusly announced Reuben Joseph and Valene Kane will play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth respectively. Photo (c) The RSC.
Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 19 August to 14 October 2023.
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced the full cast for Wils Wilson’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s gripping and brutal tragedy, Macbeth, which opens in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from Saturday 19 August – Saturday 14 October 2023, with Press Night on Wednesday 30 August at 7pm.
As previously announced, Reuben Joseph and Valene Kane will play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth respectively. They are joined by a cast of Scottish actors, many of whom are making their RSC debuts. Visit the RSC website for full listings of these actors’ previous roles and productions. Briefly however:
Anna Russell-Martin as Banquo – this will be Anna’s RSC debut season, with numerous theatre and TV credits to her name. George Anton joins the company as Macduff. He has many RSC credits behind him. Shyvonne Ahmmad will make her RSC debut as Malcolm, again with many theatre and screen roles under her belt.
Anna Russell-Martin, George Anton and Shyvonne Ahmed. Photos (c) RSC
Alison Peebles joins the company as the Porter in her RSC debut season. Alison has many theatre, television and film credits to her name. And Therese Bradley also makes her RSC debut as Duncan. Previously Therese has played in many theatre, television and screen roles.
Alison Peebles and Therese Bradley. Photos (c) RSC.
The full company comprises; Shyvonne Ahmmad (Malcolm), George Anton (Macduff), Therese Bradley (Duncan), Amber Sylvia Edwards (Witch), Annie Grace (Alice), Ryan Hunter (Ross), Amelia Isaac Jones (Donalbain), Reuben Joseph (Macbeth), Valene Kane (Lady Macbeth), Emma King (Lady Macduff), Liam King (Fleance), Kevin Lennon (Lennox), Eilidh Loan (Witch), Alasdair Macrae (Bloody Captain), Benjamin Osugo (Angus), Alison Peebles (Porter), Dylan Read (Witch), Anna Russell-Martin (Banquo) and Michael Wallace (First Murderer).
Macbeth is directed by Wils Wilson with Design by Georgia McGuinness, Lighting by Kai Fischer, Music by Alasdair Macrae and Sound by Claire Windsor. Movement and Choreography is by Julia Cheng, Fights by Kaitlin Howard with Casting by Simone Pereira Hind CDG and Anna Dawson.
Wils Wilson directed and co-created The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart which has been touring non-theatre spaces internationally since 2010, winning numerous awards including a Drama Desk Award for its New York run.
She is Associate Director at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, where she directed Life is A Dream whose ‘wild, slightly punk-inflected brilliance’ (The Scotsman) recently won multiple awards at the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland, including Best Director, and for which Lorn MacDonald and Anna Russell Martin also won Ian Charleston Awards.
For more details and to book tickets: https://www.rsc.org.uk/
