Full cast announced for 2024/25 tour of Sebastian Faulks’ BIRDSONG
Full casting has been announced for the 2024/25 tour of Birdsong, which returns to the stage this Autumn in a brand-new production marking the 30th anniversary of Sebastian Faulks’ international best-selling novel.
Max Bowden (EastEnders) will play Jack Firebrace as previously announced, and James Esler (Litvinenko) will play Stephen Wraysford, alongside Charlie Russell (The Goes Wrong Show, BBC) as Isabelle Azaire.
They are joined by Joseph Benjamin Baker as Evans/Levi, Raif Clarke as Tipper, James Findlay as Brennan, Dave Fishley as Turner, Gracie Follows as Lisette, Sulin Hasso as Marguerite, Tama Phethean as Shaw/LeBrun, Natalie Radmall-Quirke as Jeanne, Roger Ringrose as Bérard/Barclay and Sargon Yelda as René Azaire/Gray.
Birdsong, which tells the story of one man’s journey through an all-consuming love affair and into the horror of the First World War, is adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and directed by Original Theatre’s Artistic Director, Alastair Whatley, with design by Richard Kent, lighting by Jason Taylor, music composition by Sophie Cotton, sound by Dominic Bilkey, and casting by Ellie Collyer-Bristow (CDG).
Birdsong will tour in 2024/25 to Salisbury Playhouse (6-14 Sept), Leeds Playhouse (17-21 Sept), Cambridge Arts Theatre (23-28 Sept), Richmond Theatre (1-5 October), Liverpool Playhouse Theatre (8-12 Oct), Theatre Royal Nottingham (15-19 Oct), Everyman Theatre Cheltenham (22-26 Oct), Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford (29 Oct-2 Nov), Chichester Festival Theatre (5-9 Nov), Norwich Theatre Royal (12-16 Nov), Malvern Theatres (19-23 Nov), Theatre Royal Bath (25-30 Nov), Theatre Royal Newcastle (21-25 Jan), Birmingham Rep (27 Jan-1 Feb), Theatre Royal Brighton (4-8 Feb), Aylesbury Waterside Theatre (11-15 Feb) and His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen (18-22 Feb).
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