Stranger Things star Sadie Sink and Hamnet, The Night Manager and A Quiet Place‘s Noah Jupe are ready for their West End stage debuts in the Robert Icke-directed production of William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Romeo & Juliet.
Ahead of Tuesday’s press night, Empire Street Productions on Monday released first-look photos of the show at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London. Romeo & Juliet is set to play at the venue until Saturday, June 20.
Sink, best known for her role as Max Mayfield in Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things, earned a Critics’ Choice nomination for her role in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, and is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. She started her stage career on Broadway in Annie. Last year, she earned a Tony Award nomination for best actress in a play for her role in John Proctor Is the Villain.
Joining Jupe as Romeo and Sink as Juliet are Jamie Ankrah as Peter, Dylan Corbett-Bader as Benvolio, Eden Epstein as Lady Capulet, Alex Felton as Abraham, Clark Gregg (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) as Capulet, Ada Grey (Chicago Fire) as First Servant, Kasper Hilton-Hille as Friar John/ Mercutio, Aruna Jalloh as Tybalt, John Marquez (Doc Martin) as Friar Laurence, Caroline Moroney as Second Servant, Clare Perkins as Nurse, David Shelley as Apothecary/Montague, Lewis Shepherd as Paris, and Alexander Uzoka as Gregory.
Besides Icke (Oedipus, The Doctor), the creative team includes costume designer Hildegard Bechtler (After the Dance – Olivier Award), lighting designer Jon Clark (The Lehman Trilogy – Tony Award), sound designer Giles Thomas (Kenrex), video designer Ash J Woodward (Paddington The Musical), casting directors Julia Horan and Jim Carnahan (Oedipus), voice coaches Penny Dyer (Hello Dolly!) and Nick Trumble (Player Kings), fight director Kev McCurdy (Les Misérables), movement director Polly Bennett (The Lehman Trilogy), associate director Jack Bradfield (Player Kings), assistant director Neetu Singh (The Cherry Orchard), costume supervisor Sabia Smith (Othello), wigs, hair and make-up supervisor Alice Dawson Whale for Campbell Young Associates (Stranger Things: The First Shadow), props supervisor Lily Mollgaard (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), production managers Kate West and Charlotte Ranson, production dramatherapist Wabriya King, and production physiotherapist Fabi Waisbort.
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