Further casting announced for RALPH FIENNES SEASON at Theatre Royal Bath

Theatre Royal Bath has announced further casting for its productions in the Ralph Fiennes season, taking place from June 2025.

The season opens with the world premiere of David Hare’s new play GRACE PERVADES from 27 June-19 July, which sees Ralph Fiennes play opposite Miranda Raison (Spooks, Anne Boleyn, The Winter's Tale).

Directed by Jeremy Herrin, the play tells the extraordinary story of Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, the greatest stars of the Victorian stage, and Ellen’s troubled and brilliant children - Edith Craig and Edward Gordon Craig – who made their own profound contribution to the development of British theatre.

The cast is completed by Sharif Afifi, Tom Kanji, Harriet Leitch, Ashley McGuire, Jordan Metcalfe, Jo Mousley, Damian Myerscough, Guy Paul, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Saskia Strallen and Kathryn Wilder.

The creative team for the production also includes set designer Bob Crowley, costume designer Fotini Dimou, lighting designer Peter Mumford, sound designer Elizabeth Purnell, composer Paul Englishby, casting director Jessica Ronane CDG, and movement director Lucy Cullingford.

The season continues with William Shakespeare’s timeless comedy, AS YOU LIKE IT, from 15 August-6 September, directed by Ralph Fiennes, starring Olivier Award winner Dame Harriet Walter (Succession, Killing Eve) as Jaques and one of the hottest young stars of stage and screen, Gloria Obianyo (Paradise, National Theatre; Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning), as Rosalind, with further casting to be announced

For Rosalind and Orlando, it is love at first sight, but family feuds are destined to keep the young would-be lovers apart. When Rosalind is banished from the court of Duke Frederick, she runs away with her cousin Celia to the Forest of Arden, where they explore new identities and find that the possibilities for love and connection are infinite.

Completing the creative team for this production will be set designer Bob Crowley, costume designer Fotini Dimou, lighting designer Peter Mumford, video designer Roland Horvath, sound designer Christopher Shutt, composer Ilan Eshkeri, movement director Fin Walker, and casting director Ginny Schiller CDG.

The final production in the season is SMALL HOTEL, running from 3-18 October; a powerful new drama by Rebecca Lenkiewicz directed by Holly Race Roughan and starring Ralph Fiennes, with further casting to be announced.

Ralph Fiennes plays Larry, an acclaimed TV presenter and celebrity whose life and career are rapidly unravelling. As he is forced to unpick his past and confront his future, we meet a collection of unforgettable characters, including Larry’s troubled twin brother Richard, his unpredictable former lover, actress Marianne, and his domineering mother Athena.

The creative team also includes set designer Bob Crowley, sound designer Max Pappenheim, video designer Luke Halls, costume designer Loren Elstein, movement director Sarah Fahie, and casting director Amy Ball CDG.

For more info on the Ralph Fiennes season at Theatre Royal Bath, please click here.