Casting update for the highly anticipated Ralph Fiennes season at Theatre Royal Bath.
Theatre Royal Bath has announced further casting for productions in the Ralph Fiennes/Theatre Royal Bath season taking place from June 2025.
GRACE PERVADES: Friday 27 June – Saturday 19 July 2025
The season opens with the world premiere of a new play by David Hare, GRACE PERVADES which sees Ralph Fiennes play opposite Miranda Raison. The play, to be directed by Jeremy Herrin, tells the extraordinary story of Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, the greatest stars of the Victorian stage, and Ellen’s troubled and brilliant children - Edith Craig and Edward Gordon Craig – who made their own profound contribution to the development of British theatre.
The cast is completed by Sharif Afifi, Tom Kanji, Harriet Leitch, Ashley McGuire, Jordan Metcalfe, Jo Mousley, Damian Myerscough, Guy Paul, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Saskia Strallen and Kathryn Wilder.
AS YOU LIKE IT: Friday 15 August – Saturday 6 September 2025
The season continues with William Shakespeare’s timeless comedy AS YOU LIKE IT directed by Ralph Fiennes, starring Olivier Award winner Dame Harriet Walter as Jaques and one of the hottest young stars of stage and screen, Gloria Obianyo, as Rosalind, with further casting to be announced
For Rosalind and Orlando, it is love at first sight, but family feuds are destined to keep the young would-be lovers apart. When Rosalind is banished from the court of Duke Frederick, she runs away with her cousin Celia to the Forest of Arden, where they explore new identities and find that the possibilities for love and connection are infinite.
The cast also includes Imogen Elliott, Paul Jesson, Charlie Rowe and Ethan Thomas.
SMALL HOTEL: Friday 3 October -Saturday 18 October 2025
The final production in the season is SMALL HOTEL, a powerful new drama by Rebecca Lenkiewicz directed by Holly Race Roughan and starring Ralph Fiennes, with further casting to be announced.
Ralph Fiennes plays Larry, an acclaimed TV presenter and celebrity whose life and career are rapidly unravelling. As he is forced to unpick his past and confront his future, we meet a collection of unforgettable characters, including Larry’s troubled twin brother Richard, his unpredictable former lover, actress Marianne, and his domineering mother Athena. Rebecca Lenkiewicz is an acclaimed playwright and screenwriter whose work has been performed all over the world.
Further Information: Theatre Royal Bath