Cast announced for As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe

Full casting has been announced for As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe this summer.

Directed by Ellen McDougall (Watch on the Rhine, Donmar; Insurrection: A Work in Progress, Royal Opera House), the production runs from 18 August – 29 October.

Making up the cast are Isabel Adomakoh Young as Orlando, Emmanuel Akwafo as Amiens, Jessica Alade as Pheobe, Alex Austin as Jaques, Nina Bowers as Rosalind, Stephanie Jacob as Adam / Corin, Mika Onyx Johnson as Silvius, Tonderai Munyevu as Duke Senior, Jessica Murrain as Oliver, Tessa Parr as Touchstone, Dale Rapley as Duke Frederick, Hannah Ringham as Audrey and Macy-Jacob Seelochan as Celia.

The Forest of Arden. Rosalind and Celia are on the run and in disguise; Orlando is pinning his impassioned attempts at poetry to branches; Oliver is seeing fantastical visions of strange beasts.

From the loyal love between family to the sudden love of strangers, and from the vicious love between enemies to the desperate love of remorse, journey into the forest as we embark on a transformative adventure. Who knows what – or who – we might find?

The creative team includes associate director Indiana Lown-Collins, composer Michael Henry, costume design by Max Johns, costume supervisor Jackie Orton, designer Wills (Paul Williams), fight direction by Kev McCurdy, Globe associate – Movement Glynn Macdonald, movement direction by Bambi Jordan Phillips, text associate Marina Caldarone, text dramaturg Madeline Sayet and voice Tess Dignan

Director Ellen McDougall says: “As You Like It is full of love, transformation, and community, and it will be a joy to bring it to life in the open-air Globe this summer. I am so excited to be working with a brilliant company of actors, makers, and artists and can’t wait for audiences to come and enjoy those warm summer evenings with this joyous and exhilarating play.”

For more information and tickets, visit shakespearesglobe.com