First look: Henry V with Kit Harington at Donmar Warehouse

First look photos of Henry V at the Donmar Warehouse have been revealed.

Donmar Associate Director Max Webster’s production of Shakespeare’s Henry V is currently running to 9 April 2022.

The cast is led by Kit Harington as Henry V with Jude Akuwudike (King of France/ Archbishop of Canterbury/Sir Thomas Erpingham), Seumas Begg (Jamy/Grey/Gloucester), Claire-Louise Cordwell (Bardolph/Bates), Kate Duchêne (Exeter/Constable of France), Olivier Huband (The Dauphin/Ely), Melissa Johns (Mistress Quickly/Williams/Macmorris) and David Judge (Nym/Mountjoy).

They’re joined by Danny Kirrane (Pistol/Westmoreland), Anoushka Lucas (Katherine/Gower), Adam Maxey (Orléans/Bedford), Steven Meo (Llewellyn/Falstaff), Marienella Phillips (Alice/Cambridge/Salisbury), Joanna Songi (Scroop/Rambures/Harfleur/Governor/York/Burgundy) and Millicent Wong (Chorus/Boy) with Gethin Alderman, Diany Bandza and Thomas Dennis.

Shakespeare’s ever popular play is a thrilling study of nationalism, war and the psychology of power.

Kit Harington leads the cast in an exciting modern production directed by Donmar Associate Director Max Webster, exploring what it means to be English and our relationship to Europe, asking: do we ever get the leaders we deserve?

The creative team features designer Fly Davis, lighting designer Lee Curran, sound designer Carolyn Downing, casting director Anna Cooper CDG, video designer Andrzej Goulding, movement director Benoit Swan Pouffer, music by Andrew T Mackay, costume supervisor Lisa Aitken, fight director Kate Waters, dialect coach Fabien Enjalric, military consultant Tom Leigh and resident assistant director Dadiow Lin.

For more information and tickets, visit donmarwarehouse.com