Kenneth Branagh returns to the West End to direct and play the title role in William Shakespeare’s King Lear, for 50 performances only.

Completing the cast is a company of RADA graduates, in a production with set and costume design from Jon Bausor, associate direction by Lucy Skilbeck, projection design by Nina Dunn, lighting design by Paul Keogan, sound design and composition by Ben and Max Ringham, choreography by Aletta Collins, casting by Lucy Bevan CDG and Emily Brockmann, and fight direction by Bret Yount.