Cast, dates, and first look artwork revealed for TARTUFFE [REMIXED]

Shehrazade Zafar-Arif 30 June, 2026, 14:29

More details have been revealed about Tartuffe [Remixed], including further casting, dates, and a first look at show artwork. The play will have its world premiere at the Marylebone Theatre.

Artwork of Tartuffe Arrtwork provided by production

Marylebone Theatre, Patrick Myles and David Luff in partnership with Intermission Ensemble have developed a new production of Moliere's classic comedy, written and directed by Darren Raymond, recipient of Shakespeare’s Globe’s prestigious Sam Wanamaker Award 2025, playwright and Artistic Director of award-winning drama charity Intermission Youth and its graduate arm Intermission Ensemble.

Tartuffe, or The Imposter, or The Hypocrite, first performed in 1664, is the story of Orgon, a wealthy man infatuated with a fraudulent holy man Tartuffe, who poses as pious while exploiting Orgon, attempting to take his property, marry his daughter, and seduce his wife. This production will put a modern spin on this deliciously biting comedy, in which the African-Caribbean Afolabi-Williams family gather for the wedding of Oga Afolabi's daughter. But the arrival of the charismatic man of God Tartuffe, who has won Oga's trust, brings further chaos to an even more turbulent time.

In a unique creative union, Rylance will share the stage with Intermission Ensemble, the graduates of Intermission Youth, the award-winning drama charity for which Rylance has long served as a trustee and advocate, allowing the award-winning actor to perform alongside the rising talent nurtured and celebrated by this charity. The production also reunites Rylance and ULTZ, the Olivier Award-winning and Tony-nominated set and costume designer, who have worked on multiple productions together including Jerusalem and Much Ado About Nothing.

Joining Mark Rylance in the titular role will be Intermission Youth graduates Sara Mokonen (The Jungle, Playground Theatre and West End), Black British Theatre Award nominee Christopher Mbaki (Before I Go, Brixton House) and Morenike Onajobi (Taming Who? Arcola Theatre). The cast also features actors with long-standing ties to Intermission, Nakeba Buchanan, Craig Blake (The Harder They Come, Theatre Royal Stratford East), and Blanche Williams, while award-winning Sierra Leonean storyteller and actor Usifu Jalloh (The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives, Arcola Theatre) joins the lineup.