Tamsin Greig has joined the cast performing rehearsed readings of Shakespeare’s Women in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse on 7 January 2024. Directed by Jude Kelly, this will be the world premiere of a new play by Lorien Haynes.
Tamsin Greig is an award-winning actor of stage and screen. Her recent theatre work includes Peggy For You (Hampstead Theatre), Talking Heads Live: Nights In The Garden of Spain (Bridge Theatre), and A Kind of Alaska/Landscape (Harold Pinter Theatre). Recent film work includes Tamara Drewe (Nominated BIFA Best Supporting Actress) and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. And recent television work includes The Amazing Mr Blunden, Diary of Anne Frank, Inside No.9, Episodes (BAFTA Best Comedy Performance nomination) and Friday Night Dinner (BAFTA Best Comedy Performance nomination).
Tamsin joins the company which also includes Savannah Lee Birdsong, Kevin Daniels, Lilac Emery-Haynes, Nathan Foad, Hudson Harden Scheel, Lorien Haynes, Sophie Linfield, Perdita Weeks, and Miss Yankey, with more cast members to be announced soon.
Dark comedy Shakespeare’s Women transports ten of Shakespeare’s women from the 16th century to 2024; placing them in the same domestic abuse support group where centuries may have passed, but little has changed. As they eat biscuits and talk, the play explores each woman’s darkest secrets and asks what would happen if we met these protagonists today. The matinee performance will be followed by a Q&A with Jude, Lorien, company members and a representative from Refuge. Refuge is the largest specialist domestic abuse organisation in the UK, helping survivors overcome the physical, emotional, financial and logistical impacts of abuse and rebuild their lives free from fear.
