Full cast announced for RSC and Told By An Idiot’s THE THREE MUSKETEERS
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and Told by an Idiot have announced the full cast for The Three Musketeers, a thrilling new take on Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel, adapted and directed by Told by an Idiot Co-founder and Artistic Director Paul Hunter.
Joining the previously announced Ayesha Antoine as Porthos, Patricia Rodríguez as Aramis and Sophie Russell as Athos will be Aitor Basauri (Co-founder and Artistic Director of Spymonkey) as The Plot Teller, Simon Oskarsson (Hadestown, West End) as D’Artagnan, and Laura Rogers (The Ocean at the End of the Lane, National Theatre/West End) as Milady.
Completing the company are Kimmy Edwards as the Abbess and Landlady, Jasmine Elcock as The Queen, Michael Elcock as Rochefort, Matt Gavan as The King, Nick Haverson as Cardinal Richelieu and Jean Claude, Martin Hyder as Monsieur Treville and Landlord, and Natalie Kimmerling as Kitty, David Olaniregun as Buckingham and Tanvi Virmani as Constance, with Greg Bernstein, Kelise Gordon-Harrison and Theo Reece as ensemble.
The production plays in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, from 28 November - 9 January.
It is 1625, or twenty-five past four.
When the innocent D’Artagnan sets off to Paris to become a Musketeer, a life of danger, romance and anarchy lies ahead.
Young King Louis XIII’s loose grip on power and his marriage is a delicious opportunity for the dastardly Cardinal Richelieu and mysterious Milady.
Landing in the centre of this cut-throat world, D’Artagnan races through the streets and the battlefields on the trail of his abducted sweetheart Constance, fighting for honour and dodging the target on his back.
But whenever strife is near, his new pals appear: The Three Musketeers. ‘One for all, and all for one!’
Adapted and directed by Paul Hunter, The Three Musketeers sees Told by an Idiot unleash their trademark visual comedy on Alexandre Dumas’ thrilling classic novel in a theatrical feast full of energy, joy and a raging zest for life.
Joining Paul Hunter on the creative team are set and costume designer Michael Vale, lighting designer Aideen Malone, composer Ian Ross, sound designer Tingying Dong, choreographer Jennifer Jackson, physical comedy consultant Jos Houben, dramaturg Stewart Pringle, and casting director Matthew Dewsbury CDG.