King Lear

Kieran Bew
Edmund

Kieran returns to the Almeida having previously appeared at the Almeida in Michael Attenborough’s productions of Reasons To Be Pretty and The Knot of the Heart. He has recently completed the run of After Miss Julie at the Young Vic.

Theatre includes: The House of Special Purpose (Chichester Festival Theatre); Richard II (Old Vic).

Television inlcudes: Whitechapel; Inspector George Gently; Waking The Dead; Silent Witness; Personal Affairs; Crusoe; The Street; Whistleblower; Spooks.

Film includes: 1234; Green Street.

Michael Byrne
Fool

Michael’s extensive theatre credits include The Chairs for the Gate, Burial at Thebes for Nottingham Playhouse, Death and the Maiden and New World Order for the Royal Court, Entertaining Strangers for the National Theatre and most recently, Molly Sweeney also for the Gate Theatre.

Television includes: Coronation Street; Empire; Waking the Dead; Silent Witness.

Film includes: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; Braveheart; Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Phoebe Fox
Cordelia

Phoebe graduated from RADA in 2010 and was nominated for the 2011 Evening Standard Outstanding Newcomer award. Her theatre credits include There is a War for the National Theatre, The Acid Test for the Royal Court and Sixty-Six Books for the Bush.

Television includes: Black Mirror; New Tricks; Coming Up.

Ian Gelder
Kent

Ian's extensive theatre credits include Henry IV Parts I and II, His Dark Materials and Stuff Happens for the National Theatre as well as The Crucible, Titus Andronicus and Richard III for the RSC.

Television includes: Game of Thrones; Absolutely Fabulous; Psychoville; Silent Witness.

Film includes: Pope Joan; Little Dorritt; The Fool.

Jenny Jules
Regan

Jenny returns to the Almeida having previously performed in Michael Attenborough’s productions of The Homecoming and Big White Fog and Indhu Rubasingham's production of Ruined for which she won the Critics’ Circle Best Actress Award for her performance as Mama Nadi. She has also worked extensively for the Tricycle Theatre in productions including Fabulation, Gem of the Ocean, Walk Hard, The Colour of Justice and The Great White Hope. She can currently be seen in Moon on a Rainbow Shawl at the National Theatre. 

Television includes: Vexed; Casualty; Judge John Deed; Golden Hour; A Respectable Trade.

Film includes: A Short Stay in Switzerland; Octane; Up ‘N’ Under; Spiders and Flies.

Jonathan Pryce
King Lear

A Tony and Olivier award-winning actor, Jonathan made his Almeida debut playing Martin in Edward Albee’s The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? His extensive theatre credits includes The Caretaker for Liverpool Everyman, Trafalgar Studios and the Adelaide Festival, Glengarry Glen Ross at the Apollo Theatre and My Fair Lady at the National Theatre and the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Theatre includes: A Reckoning for (Soho Theatre); Oliver (London Palladium); Miss Saigon (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Hamlet (Royal Court); Measure for Measure (RSC); Comedians (Old Vic). 

Television includes: Cranford; Hysteria; Victoria and Albert.

Film includes: Pirates of the Caribbean; Tomorrow Never Dies; What a Girl Wants; Evita; Unconditional Love; Brazil; Carrington.

Zoe Waites
Goneril

Zoe was previously at the Almeida in Thea Sharrock’s production of Mrs Klein and Howard Davies’ production of The Play About The Baby. She has previously been directed by Michael Attenborough at the Royal Shakespeare Company in The Prisoner’s Dilemma, Othello and Romeo and Juliet. 

Theatre includes: Hobson’s Choice (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield); Bird Song (Comedy Theatre); Hedda Gabler (Theatre Royal Bath). 

Television includes: The Other Boleyn Girl; Love In a Cold Climate; Unknown Soldier.