KERRY JACKSON and OTHELLO complete National Theatre's Winter season on the South Bank

Photo credit: Felicity McCabe (left)/Ben Stockley (right)

The National Theatre have announced two further productions to be staged this winter, Shakespeare’s Othello and Kerry Jackson, a new play by April De Angelis, both going on sale to the public on 21 July.

Opening in November, Clint Dyer directs Shakespeare’s Othello in the Lyttelton theatre. This extraordinary new vision for one of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedies includes Giles Terera (Death of England: Face to Face) as Othello, Rosy McEwen (The Alienist) as Desdemona and Paul Hilton (The Inheritance) as Iago.

A bright, headstrong daughter of a senator; elevated by her status but stifled by its expectations. A refugee of slavery; having risen to the top of a white world, he finds that love across racial lines has a cost. Wed in secret, Desdemona and Othello crave a new life together. But as unseen forces conspire against them, they find their future is not theirs to decide.

The cast also includes Jack Bardoe, Rory Fleck Byrne, Kirsty J Curtis, Tanya Franks, Gareth Kennerley, Martin Marquez, Amy Newton, Steffan Rizzi and Jay Simpson, with further casting to be announced.

The production has set design by Chloe Lamford, costumes by Michael Vale, lighting by Jai Morjaria, music and sound by Pete Malkin and Benjamin Grant, movement by Lucie Pankhurst and fight direction by Kev McCurdy. Othello will also be broadcast to cinemas worldwide in 2023 via National Theatre Live.

In the Dorfman theatre from November, Indhu Rubasingham will direct the world premiere of April De Angelis' biting new comedy, Kerry Jackson. Fay Ripley plays Kerry, owner of a new restaurant in fashionable Walthamstow. Wearing her working-class roots as a badge of honour, Kerry navigates the local characters in a bid to make the tapas restaurant a success – without losing herself in the process.

Kerry Jackson has set and costumes by Richard Kent, lighting by Oliver Fenwick, movement by Lucy Hind and casting by Juliet Horsley CDG. Further casting is to be announced.

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