PRODUCTION AND CASTING UPDATES

BURNT BY THE SUN
BURNT BY THE SUN by Peter Flannery, from the screenplay by Nikita Mikhalkov and Rustam Ibragimbekov, opens in the Lyttelton Theatre on 3 March, directed by Howard Davies. The cast is led by Michelle Dockery, Ciarán Hinds and Rory Kinnear, with: Duncan Bell, Skye Bennett, Anna Burnett, Anna Carteret, Rowena Cooper, Marcus Cunningham, Holly Gibbs, Michael Grady-Hall, Colin Haigh, Harry Hepple, Floss Hoffmann, Stephanie Jacob, Anne Kavanagh, Victoria Lennox, Tim McMullan, Stuart Martin, Pamela Merrick, Charlotte Pyke, Roger Ringrose, Tony Turner and Hattie Webb.

DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE
The full cast for James Macdonald’s production of DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE by Christopher Marlowe, playing in the Cottesloe from 24 March, is: Obi Abili, Jake Arditti, Mark Bonnar (as Aeneas), Sian Brooke, Gary Carr, Alan David, Susan Engel, Freddie Hill, Anastasia Hille (as Dido), Stephen Kennedy, Kyle McPhail, Thomas Patten, Siobhan Redmond (as Venus), Ryan Sampson, Ceallach Spellman and Theo Stevenson.

DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN
Nonso Anozie plays Elesin, the King’s horseman, in Rufus Norris’s production of Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman, playing in the Olivier from 24 March until 13 June, part of the Travelex £10 Tickets season. He is joined by: David Ajala, Medina Ajikawo, Sarah Amankwah, Claire Benedict, Robert Eugene, Derek Ezenagu, Karlina Grace, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Hazel Holder, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Tony James-Andersson, Jenny Jules, Gemma McFarlane-Edmond, Coral Messam, Lucian Msamati, Rex Obano, Anthony Ofoegbu, Demi Oyediran, Daniel Poyser, Jason Rowe, Seun Shote, Giles Terera and David Webber.

TIME AND THE CONWAYS
The cast for Rupert Goold’s production of TIME AND THE CONWAYS by J B Priestley, opening in the Lyttelton Theatre on 5 May, includes Francesca Annis as Mrs Conway, Mark Dexter, Lisa Jackson, Lydia Leonard, Hattie Morahan, Alistair Petrie, Paul Ready, Adrian Scarborough and Fenella Woolgar.