Final casting announced for Iris Theatre’s promenade open-air production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth
Casting news
FINAL casting has been announced for Iris Theatre’s promenade open-air production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which runs at St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden from June 21 to July 29, 2017.
Stephan Boyce, Jenny Horsthuis, Nick Howard-Brown, Linford Johnson, Mogali Masuku and Matt Stubbs join previously announced David Hywel Baynes, who has returned from the US to star as Macbeth following his Best Actor Offie Award-nominated tour-de-force as King Richard in Richard III, also for Iris Theatre.
David Hywel Baynes’ (Macbeth/Rebel Soldier) previous theatre includes: Caliban in The Tempest (Ophelia Theatre Group); The Dauphin, Henry V (Globe); Bolt, Pericles (Savannah Music Festival); and Richard, Richard III (Offie nomination for Best Actor), Queen of Hearts and March Hare, Alice in Wonderland, Brutus, Julius Caesar, Puck, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Chief Weasel, The Wind in the Willows (Iris Theatre at St Paul’s Church).
David Hywel Baynes is also founder and artistic director for the recently formed New York Shakespeare Company.
Stephan Boyce’s (Duncan and Seyton/Porter and Padock and Apparitions) theatre includes: Romeo & Juliet (Reading Between The Lines Theatre Company, Salisbury Playhouse); Titus Andronicus (The Malachite Theatre Company); and Thirst (Brightlights Production Company).
Jenny Horsthuis’ (Malcolm and Lady Macduff and Second Witch) theatre includes: Mr Kolpert, Olga, Othello, The Cherry Orchard, The Taming of The Shrew, Pressure Drop, Summer Brave,The Baden-Baden Lesson on Consent and The Permanent Way (East 15).
Nick Howard-Brown’s (Banquo and Captain and Apparitions) theatre includes: Much Ado About Nothing, Treasure Island, Twelfth Night, Pinocchio, Julius Caesar, Richard III, Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass (Iris Theatre); The Merchant of Venice (The Globe); and Hamlet (Tivoli Theatre).
Linford Johnson’s (Ross/1st Witch) theatre includes: Show Boat (New London Theatre); War Horse (UK, Ireland, South Africa tour); Hair (Hope Mill Theatre); and Alice’s Adventures Underground (Waterloo Vaults).
Mogali Masuku (Lady Macbeth and Macduff’s Son and Captain’s Son & Fleance & Third Witch) is making her professional debut in Macbeth.
Matt Stubbs’ (Macduff and Murderer and Harpier and Apparitions) theatre includes: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stafford Castle); Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth (Page2Stage Productions); and Love In The Wood (Theatre Royal Haymarket).
Macbeth is directed by Daniel Winder, with set design by Alice Channon, costume design by Anna Sances, fight direction by Roger Bartlett, lighting design by Benjamin Polya, sound design and composition by Filipe Gomes, movement by Elissa Aravidou and witches choreography by Lina Johansson.
Read more about Macbeth and Iris Theatre’s 2017 Summer Season.
Image: David Hywel Baynes as Macbeth. Photo by Hannah Barton.
Tickets: £18 Full Price (£14 concessions). To book, visit iristheatre.com/.
Times: 7:30pm, with matinees at 2:30pm.
Running Time: 2 hours + interval.