19:00
Fri 13 Nov
Production
King Lear
Royal Exchange TheatreManchester
Duration: 180 min
Upcoming dates
November 2026
On stage and behind it
Cast
- Voice, Dialect and Shakespeare Consultant
- Sofia Jones
- Cordelia
- Isobel Akuwudike
- Ned
- Harry Clarke
- Cornwall
- Ed Coleman
- Regan
- Lisa Diveney
- Kent
- Jason Done
- Captain
- Rupert Hill
- Doctor and Edmund's Lover
- Grace Jabbari
- Albany and Brawn
- Nicholas Karimi
- France and Curan
- Gabin Kongolo
- Guen and Agna
- Jessica Mannion
- Elias
- Ryan Pope
- Oswald and Burgundy
- Anwar Russell
- Goneril
- Nadine Shah
- Gloucester
- Jonathan Slinger
- Edmund
- Paddy Stafford
- King Lear
- David Threlfall
- Edgar
- Tom Varey
Direction
- Director and adaptor
- Matthew Dunster
- Associate Director
- Emma Baggott
- Movement Director
- Charlotte Broom
- Casting Director
- Amy Ball CDG
- Birkbeck Assistant Director
- Lauren Tranter
Text
- Playwright
- William Shakespeare
- Director and adaptor
- Matthew Dunster
Music
- Composer
- Nadine Shah
Design
- Set Designer
- Anna Fleischle
- Costume Designer
- Cat Fuller
- Lighting Designer
- Lucy Carter
- Sound Designer
- Holly Khan
- Video Designer
- Mark Thomas
- Associate Set Designer
- Cat Fuller