Full casting announced for world premiere of THE SCORE at Theatre Royal Bath

The full cast and creative team have been announced for Theatre Royal Bath’s world premiere production of The Score, which plays at the venue from 12-28 October.

This astonishing new play by Oliver Cotton is directed by Trevor Nunn and stars the previously announced Brian Cox (Succession, HBO) as Johann Sebastian Bach, with Nicole Ansari-Cox (Deadwood, Succession) as Bach’s wife Anna (Nicole Ansari-Cox is Brian’s real-life wife), Matthew Burns (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) as Carl, Doña Croll (The Doctor, The American Plan) as Emilia, RSC regular Peter de Jersey (Warrior Nun, Doctor Who) as Voltaire, Stephen Hagan (You, The Larkins) as Frederick, Christopher Staines (Wolf Hall, Mrs Dalloway) as Quantz, Benedict Salter as Benda, and Eric Sirakian (The Kite Runner, Broadway) as Graun.

The production has set and costume design by Robert Jones, lighting by Johanna Town, composition and sound by Sophie Cotton, and casting by Ginny Schiller CDG.

Spring 1747. Potsdam, Prussia.

Johann Sebastian Bach reluctantly visits the court of Frederick II, Europe’s most ambitious and dangerous leader.

The two men could hardly be more different. As the Age of Enlightenment dawns, they stand in opposite camps. Bach is deeply religious, Frederick is an atheist. Bach loathes war, Frederick revels in it. Bach studies scripture, Frederick reads military history. Frederick remains in awe of Bach’s genius however and has mischievously prepared a musical conundrum that he hopes will baffle the composer and amuse his court.

The explosive events of the following days could not have been predicted by either man.

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