The full cast has been revealed for a new revival of Hugh Whitemore’s Breaking the Code, which explores the life and legacy of Alan Turing.
This co-production between Royal & Derngate, Northampton, Landmark Theatres and Oxford Playhouse, in association with Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse and HOME, will be directed by Jesse Jones as part of the Made in Northampton season.
For the first time, the production will feature a new epilogue by Neil Bartlett, reflecting on Turing’s Royal pardon in 2013 and the development of Turing’s Law.
Breaking the Code opens at Royal & Derngate on Tuesday 16 September, running until Saturday 27 September, before touring to Barnstaple, Oxford, Peterborough, Liverpool and Manchester.
Mark Edel-Hunt (Leopoldstadt, West End) will take on the role of Alan Turing. He is joined by Niall Costigan (The Railway Children, Hull Truck Theatre) as Mick Ross, Joseph Edwards (The Red Shoes, RSC) as Christopher Morcom & Sixth-Former, Peter Hamilton Dyer (The Promise, Chichester Festival Theatre) as Dillwyn Knox, Carla Harrison-Hodge (Cyrano de Bergerac, Jamie Lloyd Company) as Pat Green, Susie Trayling (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, West End) as Sara Turing/Smith, and Joe Usher (Falkland Sound, RSC) as Ron Miller & Nikos.
The creative team includes set and costume design by Jonathan Fensom (The Two Popes, Royal & Derngate), lighting design by Johanna Town (The Comedy About Spies, Mischief/West End), and sound design and composition by Robin Colyer (The King’s Speech, Watermill Theatre).
Movement direction is by Gerrard Martin, casting by Hannah Miller, and voice & dialect coaching by Gemma Boaden.
“Mastermind. Code breaker. Maverick. Arguably one of the most important and inquisitive minds of the twentieth century,” reads the production’s description. “Alan Turing is famed for cracking the Enigma code at Bletchley Park, effectively securing victory for the Allied forces in WWII.”
“From triumph to tragedy, get to know a human being who loved, lost and never stopped asking questions in a quest for truth and understanding in this new production of Hugh Whitemore’s Breaking the Code.”
Listings and ticket information can be found here
