Cast

• Jessica Ellis

  Alice Heminges / Susannah Shakespeare

• Zach Lee

  Richard Burbage / William Jaggard

• Tomi Ogbaro

  Ralph Crane / Barman / Compositor / Francisco

• Helen Pearson

  Rebecca Heminges / Anne Hathaway

• Carrie Quinlan

  Elizabeth Condell / Emilia Bassano Lanier / Marcellus

• Russell Richardson

  John Heminges

• Callum Sim

  Ed Knight / Isaac Jaggard

• Tarek Slater

  Marcus / Boy Hamlet / Crier / Bernardo

• Bill Ward

  Henry Condell

• Andrew Whitehead

  Ben Jonson / Barman 2 / Sir Edward Dering / Horatio

Credits

• Lotte Wakeham

  Director

  Lotte Wakeham

  Director

  Lotte is Artistic Director at the Octagon Theatre Bolton.

• Carla Goodman

  Designer

• Jonnie Riordan

  Movement Director

• Simeon Miller

  Lighting Designer

• Andy Graham

  Sound Designer

  Andy Graham

  Sound Designer

  Sound Design/Composition credits include: PIAF (Watermill Theatre); FRANK AND PERCY, ALONE TOGETHER, THE CHALK GARDEN, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, DIAL M FOR MURDER, TWELVE ANGRY MEN, SLEUTH (Theatre Royal, Windsor/Bill Kenwright Ltd); HEY! CHRISTMAS TREE (Chichester Festival Theatre); GRENFELL: VALUE ENGINEERING & GRENFELL: SYSTEM FAILURE (London, Birmingham); AN HOUR AND A HALF A LATE (Theatre Royal Bath, UK Tour); THE UPSTART CROW (Apollo/Gielgud); THE BOOK THIEF, BERYL, ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS, SEAGULLS, TREASURE ISLAND, SPRING AND PORT WINE (Octagon Theatre, Bolton); THE LAST TEMPTATION OF BORIS JOHNSON (Park Theatre, UK Tour); JESS AND JOE FOREVER, ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Stephen Joseph, Scarborough); THE GREATEST WEALTH, ONE HAND TIED BEHIND US, MONSTROUS TALES (Old Vic); THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (English Theatre, Frankfurt, Jermyn Street Theatre, UK Tour); LITTLE MERMAID (UK Tour); THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT (Belgrade, Coventry); ALADDIN (Lyric Hammersmith); FUP (Minack Theatre, Kneehigh Asylum, UK Tour); THE BUSKERS OPERA (Park Theatre); THE WIZARD OF OZ, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE (Earl Cameron, Bermuda); MOUTHFULL (Trafalgar Studios).

• Olivia Barr

  Casting Director

  Olivia Barr

  Casting Director

  Olivia (Liv) Barr is a Casting Director based in the North West. She was recently appointed Casting Director (Consultant) at the Royal Exchange Theatre and regularly works with other northern-producing theatres.

• Natalie Grady

  Accent Coach

• Ryan McVeigh

  Assistant Director

  Ryan McVeigh

  Assistant Director

  Ryan is a Northern Irish theatre director and dramaturg based in Bolton. He is the resident Assistant Director at the Octagon Theatre. Ryan is also the founder of Taboo Theatre, a new theatre company giving rise to underrepresented voices and raising awareness of taboo topics present in our society for the stage.
  

• Ngozi Ugochukwu

  Observer Director