Further casting announced for THE SCORE at Theatre Royal Haymarket
Further cast members have been announced for Oliver Cotton’s play The Score, which runs at Theatre Royal Haymarket from 20 February-26 April.
Joining the previously announced Brian Cox as Johann Sebastian Bach and Nicole Ansari-Cox as Bach’s wife Anna will be: Peter De Jersey as Voltaire, Juliet Garricks as Emilia, Stephen Hagan as Frederick, Jamie Wilkes as Carl, Christopher Staines as Quantz, Toby Webster as Benda, Matthew Romain as Graun and James Gladdon as Helstein, with Geoffrey Towers, Jordan Kilshaw and Rebecca Thornhill. Further cast members are to be announced.
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.
Directed by Trevor Nunn, the production features set and costume design by Robert Jones, lighting by Johanna Town, sound additional music by Sophie Cotton, and casting by Ginny Schiller CDG.