First look rehearsal images released for Othello, opening at The Watermill on 16 September, adapted by Karla Marie Sweet, co-directed by Paul Hart and Anjali Mehra.
The production will feature a fusion of modern and soulful music underscoring the action and performed in the theatre’s inimitable style by a company of actor musicians breathing new life into Shakespeare’s classic text.
Kalungi Ssebandeke (The Duchess of Malfi – Almeida, Blood Knot – The Orange Tree) will play ‘Othello’, Sophie Stone (Emillia – West End, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – National Theatre), will play ‘Iago’ and Molly Chesworth (Call the Midwife – BBC, Macbeth – Watermill) will play ‘Desdemona’. Laura Andresen Guimarães (Just So – The Watermill, Swallows and Armenians – Cumbria Opera Group)will play ‘Bianca’, Damien James (Camelot – Watermill, The Play That Goes Wrong – West End and UK tour) will play ‘Montano, Ediz Mahmut (Rumi – London Coliseum, Carousel – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) will play ‘Roderigo’, Yazdan Qafouri (The Wicker Husband – Watermill, I Came By – Netflix) will play ‘Cassio’, Benedict Salter (Lone Flyer – The Watermill, A Christmas Carol – Derby Theatre) will play ‘The Duke of Venice / Lodovico’, Augustina Seymour (Pictures of Dorian Grey – Jermyn Street, King Lear – Shakespeare’s Globe) will play ‘Brabanzia’, and Chioma Uma (Kiss Me Kate! – Watermill, Doctor Who Time Fracture – Immersive LDN) will play ‘Emilia’.
Othello will play at The Watermill from Friday 16 September until Saturday 15 October.
