Full cast announced for Tom Stoppard’s ARCADIA at The Old Vic

The Old Vic has announced the full cast for the late Sir Tom Stoppard’s contemporary classic Arcadia, directed by Carrie Cracknell, which plays at the venue from 24 January – 21 March.

Premiered at the National Theatre in 1993, this new production of Arcadia will be the first time it has ever appeared on The Old Vic stage.

The cast includes Gabriel Akuwudike as Richard Noakes, Fiona Button as Lady Croom, Angus Cooper as Valentine Coverly, Seamus Dillane as Septimus Hodge, Leila Farzad as Hannah Jarvis, Tim Frances as Jellaby, Holly Godliman as Chloë Coverly, Isis Hainsworth as Thomasina Coverly, William Lawlor as Gus Coverly/ Augustus Coverly, Colin Mace as Captain Brice, RN, Prasanna Puwanarajah as Bernard Nightingale, and Matthew Steer as Ezra Chater.

They are joined by understudies David Buttle, Keziah Hayes, George Lorimer and Lizzie Schenk.

‘Sex, the attraction that Newton left out.’

Brilliant minds, burning hearts and the unstoppable pull between chaos and order.

In a country house, two centuries apart, genius unfolds. A teenage prodigy discovers the mathematics of the universe, as the adults around her fail to hide their passions under reason. In the present day, scholars chase the ghosts of that same household — seeking truth, proof and perhaps each other.

In Artistic Director Matthew Warchus’ final Season all productions take place completely In The Round, forming an intimate seating configuration that surrounds the stage.