Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has announced the full cast for the stage adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s much-loved novel Noughts & Crosses. Adapted by Dominic Cooke and directed by the theatre’s Associate Artistic Director, Tinuke Craig, the production runs from 28 June to 26 July 2025, with the press night on Tuesday, 8 July at 7.45pm.
The cast includes Alec Boaden (Jude), Amanda Bright (Jasmine), Corinna Brown (Sephy), Halle Brown (Lola & Juno), Michael Cusick (Mr Stanhope & Peter), Elle Davies (Shania & Leila), Eddie Elliott (Mr Corsa & Collins & Jack), Emma Jane Goodwin (Sarah Pike), Kate Kordel (Meggie), Jessica Layde (Minerva), Wela Mbusi (Mr Pingule & Governor), Habib Nasib Nader (Kamal), Yolanda Ovide (Dionne & Clerk), Helena Pipe (Reporter & Kelanie & Joannie), Richard Riddell (Ryan), Ben Skym (Colin & Morgan), Noah Valentine (Callum), and Chanel Waddock (Lynette).
Tinuke Craig, Director, said: “I’m so excited to be working with this wonderful cast on this deeply loved story. The company is a thrilling mix of new graduates, seasoned theatre performers, and accomplished television actors making their stage debut, and each actor is bringing their own unique perspective and playful energy to Malorie Blackman and Dominic Cooke’s characters. I can’t wait to get started!”
A Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production, Noughts & Crosses is based on the novel by Malorie Blackman and adapted by Dominic Cooke. The creative team includes RC Annie (Fight Directors), Phillippe Cato (Associate Director), Tinuke Craig (Director), Hazel Holder (Voice Coach), Ingrid Mackinnon (Movement & Intimacy Director), Max Pappenheim (Sound Designer), Joshua Pharo (Lighting Designer), Colin Richmond (Set & Costume Designer), Jacob Sparrow (Casting Director), and DJ Walde (Composer).
Widely considered one of the 21st century’s greatest novels, Malorie Blackman’s best-selling Noughts & Crosses, a bittersweet love story with echoes of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, is revived for the London stage in this brand-new production.
By a secluded beach, Callum and Sephy meet in secret; life-long friends living on separate sides of a divided world. When Callum, from a Nought family, is accepted to Sephy’s prestigious Cross school, will it bring them closer, or will the hate and fear that surrounds them drive them apart?
Dominic Cooke’s “excellent adaptation” (The Independent) of this epic story set against the political backdrop of a deeply divided society is directed by Associate Artistic Director Tinuke Craig (A Raisin in the Sun) in her Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre debut.
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
