Cast and creative team announced for Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s King Lear

The full cast and creative team has been announced for the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s production of King Lear. We are delighted that RADA students, graduates and staff are involved in the production opening at Wyndham’s Theatre from 21 October - 9 December 2023. King Lear marks an opportunity for the RADA community with some cast members making their West End debut.

RADA graduate and President, Kenneth Branagh will feature in the title role of King Lear. He will be joined by the following students and graduates in the cast (in alphabetical order):

Mara Allen Curan
Deborah Alli Goneril
Raymond Anum Burgundy
Melanie-Joyce Bermudez Regan
Doug Colling Edgar
Dylan Corbett-Bader King of France
Eleanor de Rohan Kent
Chloe Fenwick-Brown Oswald
Joseph Kloska Gloucester
Corey Mylchreest Edmund
Hughie O’Donnell Cornwall
Caleb Obediah Albany
Jessica Revell Cordelia/The Fool

Staff members Lucy Skilbeck and Bret Yount are in the production’s creative team as Associate Director and Fight Director respectively. The full creative team includes:

Director Kenneth Branagh
Set and Costume Designer Jon Bausor
Associate Director Lucy Skilbeck
Projection Designer Nina Dunn
Lighting Designer Paul Keogan
Sound Designer and Composer Ben and Max Ringham
Choreographer Aletta Collins
Casting Director Lucy Bevan CDG and Emily Brockman
Fight Director Bret Yount
Assistant Director Issy Snape
Assistant Director Michael Rouse
Production Manager Jim Lever

RADA Principal Niamh Dowling said: "King Lear is an exceptional opportunity for RADA graduates, many of whom graduated very recently, to take part in a production of one of Shakespeare’s most impactful plays. We are really thrilled for this cast, which includes a number of graduates making their West End debuts.”