The Tempest with Sigourney Weaver begins performances at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

The Tempest has its first performance tonight.

Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Avatar) is making her West End debut as Prospero in Jamie Lloyd’s new production, which runs until 1 February 2025.

Jude Akuwudike joins her to play Alonso, with Jason Barnett as Stephano, Selina Cadell as Gonzalo, Mathew Horne as Trinculo, Mara Huf as Miranda, Forbes Masson as Caliban, WhatsOnStage Award nominee Mason Alexander Park as Ariel, James Phoon (Bridgerton) as Ferdinand, Oliver Ryan as Sebastian and Tim Steed (Jack Absolute Flies Again) as Antonio.

Listen to Park discussing their experience in rehearsals here:

On the creative side, the show has set and costume design by Soutra Gilmour, lighting design by Jon Clark, sound design and co-composition by Ben and Max Ringham, co-composition by Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante, movement by Fabian Aloise, associate direction and text editing by Jonathan Glew, casting by Stuart Burt, musical direction by Giles Deacon, intimacy coordination by Ingrid Mackinnon, associate costume design by Anna Josephs, props supervision by Fahmida Bakht and production management by Lloyd Thomas.

You can hear Park discussing the show in our dedicated podcast here.

Following this, Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell will play sparring lovers Benedick and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing from 10 February to 5 April 2025.