Wiltshire Creative and Mercury Theatre Colchester have announced the full cast for Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel’s stage adaptation of Dan Brown’s best-selling thriller novel The Da Vinci Code. Chelsea Walker, making her Salisbury Playhouse debut, directs this highly anticipated production.
The cast includes Sherry Baines as Sister Sandrine, Joe Bannister as Robert Langdon, Philip Bretherton as Teabing, Richard Clews as Jacques Sauniere, Joshua Griffin as Remy/Philip/The Clerk, Georgia-Mae Myers as Sophie Neveu, Louise Mai Newberry as Collet/Vernet/Volunteer, Anthony Ofoegbu as Bezu Fache, and Joe Pitts as Silas.
The production opens at Salisbury Playhouse on 15 April, with previews from 10 April, and runs until 3 May. It will then move to the co-producing venue, Mercury Theatre Colchester, from 7 to 24 May.
Chelsea Walker said, “I’m thrilled to be directing The Da Vinci Code for Wiltshire Creative and the Mercury Theatre, Colchester. This brilliant adaptation captures perfectly the fast-paced thrill and intrigue of Dan Brown’s bestseller. We’ve assembled an excellent cast and creative team to bring it to life onstage and we can’t wait to share it with audiences.”
The Da Vinci Code is adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel, from the novel by Dan Brown. The creative team includes designer Alys Whitehead, sound and composition designer Alexandra Faye Braithwaite, lighting designer Ryan Day, video designer Daniel Denton, and casting director Arthur Carrington.
Dan Brown’s best-selling thriller novel comes alive in this electrifying stage adaptation. Professor Robert Langdon and fellow cryptologist Sophie Neveu embark on a pulse-pounding quest across Europe. When a brutal murder in the Louvre Museum uncovers hidden clues within Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpieces, the duo must unravel a web of intrigue that could alter the course of history.
Uncover the twists and turns of ancient secrets, relentless rivals, and coded messages in a quest to protect a secret that could change the world forever.
