CASTING UPDATE FOR THE RSC'S THE TEMPEST IN LONDON
Issued: 23 May 2017
CASTING UPDATE FOR THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY'S PRODUCTION OF THE TEMPEST IN LONDON, IN COLLABORATION WITH INTEL AND IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IMAGINARIUM STUDIOS
The Barbican: 30 June – 18 August 2017
Press Night: Thursday 6 July 2017, 7pm
A casting update is announced today for the transfer of the RSC’s production of The Tempest, which opens at the Barbican from 30 June – 18 August 2017, following a sold-out run at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon last year.
This production of Shakespeare’s late play, in collaboration with Intel and in association with The Imaginarium Studios, has been in development since September 2015, and has broken new boundaries in theatre-making with the very first live motion capture performance appearing in a major classical stage production.
Gregory Doran will again direct the award-winning Simon Russell Beale as Prospero, and Mark Quartley as Ariel. RSC Associate Artist Joe Dixon will continue to play Caliban.
Other cast includes Alison Arnopp (Spirit), Jonathan Broadbent (Antonio) Laura Cairns (Spirit), Elly Condron (Iris), Daniel Easton (Ferdinand), Caleb Frederick (Spirit), Samantha Hay (Ceres), James Hayes (Stephano), Sarah Kameela Impey (Spirit), Matthew McPherson (Francisco), Joseph Mydell (Gonzalo), Jenny Rainsford (Miranda), Darren Raymond (Boatswain), Joe Shire (Master of the Ship), Oliver Towse (Adrian), Simon Trinder (Trinculo), James Tucker (Alonso), Tom Turner (Sebastian), Jennifer Witton (Juno).
The production is designed by RSC Director of Design Stephen Brimson Lewis, with Digital Character Creation by The Imaginarium Studios, Video by Finn Ross and Lighting by Simon Spencer. Music is composed by Paul Englishby with Sound by Jeremy Dunn and Andrew Franks. Movement is by Lucy Cullingford.
The Tempest
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Gregory Doran
Barbican, London from 30 June – 18 August 2017
Press night: Thursday 6 July, 7pm
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For further information, please contact philippa.harland@rsc.org.uk 0207 845 0512
For Press ticket requests please contact armani.ur-rub@rsc.org.uk 01789 27 2388
Notes to Editors
Tickets: 020 7638 8891 or www.barbican.org.uk
The RSC Acting Companies are generously supported by THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION and THE KOVNER FOUNDATION
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About The Imaginarium
The Imaginarium Studios is one of Britain’s leading production companies and performance capture studios.
Using techniques and technologies from the world of performance capture, The Imaginarium production portfolio spans film, television, video games and digital applications.
Founded in 2011 by Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish, and based in London’s Ealing Studios, the company both develops and produces its own films, television projects and interactive material as well supplying their facilities and services on a consultancy basis.
Fungus The Bogeyman is The Imaginarium’s first production for television. Previous film credits include Dawn of the Planet of The Apes and Rise of the Planet of Apes, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars VII – The Force Awakens.
The Imaginarium also recently helped to create the music video for Coldplay's The Adventure of A Lifetime.