The full cast has been announced for The Talented Mr Ripley, adapted and directed by Mark Leipacher, with set and costume design by Holly Pigott. The Talented Mr Ripley opens its UK tour at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, on September 4.
Step into a world of deception, desire, and deadly ambition.
Tom Ripley is a nobody – until he’s offered an unexpected opportunity: travel to Italy and bring home the wealthy and carefree Dickie Greenleaf. But as Tom is drawn into Dickie’s glittering world of privilege, his obsession takes a dark turn. What begins as an innocent invitation spirals into a web of lies, identity theft, and murder.
Set against the sun-drenched backdrop of 1950s Italy, this gripping stage adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley brings Patricia Highsmith’s iconic novel to life in a thrilling new production. With razor-sharp dialogue, psychological intensity, and a chillingly charismatic antihero, this is Ripley as you’ve never seen him before.
How far would you go to be someone else?
Joining previously announced Ed McVey (The Crown) as Tom Ripley and Maisie Smith (Eastenders) as Marge Sherwood will be Bruce Herbelin-Earle (The Boys in the Boat) as Dickie Greenleaf, Christopher Bianchi (Othello) as Herbert Greenleaf/Roverini, Cary Crankson (Death of England) as Freddie Miles/Alvin McCarron, Leda (Antigone) as Cleo/Dottie and Jason Eddy (The Rat Trap) as Peter/Fausto. The cast is completed by Lachlan McCall (The Merry Wives of Windsor), Hollie Sullivan (The Mousetrap) and Aldous Ciokajlo-Squire (Everything Now).
This year marks the 70th anniversary of Patricia Highsmith’s iconic, gripping novel, the source material for the 2000 Oscar-nominated film starring Matt Damon, Jude Law, and Gwyneth Paltrow, as well as the 2024 Netflix adaptation starring Andrew Scott and this new stage production.
The Talented Mr Ripley is a The Faction production, adapted and directed by Mark Leipacher. For tour dates and tickets, visit the official website.
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