Park Theatre announces casting for MISS BENNETT: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY

Written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, this festive comedy is coming to London following a sell-out run in Chicago, directed by Sarah Meadows and produced by the team behind last year's Christmas hit Dracapella.

The Bennet family reunites at Pemberley for the festive season. Eldest sisters Elizabeth and Jane have found their happily ever afters with Mr Darcy and Mr Bingley, but Mary Bennet seems trapped in the role everyone has always written for her: the awkward sister, the afterthought, the woman everyone overlooks and ignores, destined to be a spinster forever. But when Lord Arthur de Bourgh arrives for the festivities, Mary finds herself facing a future she never thought possible for herself.

Taking on the title role is Chloe Wade, whose screen credits include Emmerdale (ITV), Doctors (BBC) and Upgraded (Amazon Prime Video). Joining her in the cast are Keaton Guimarães-Tolley (Francisco de Nata, Underbelly at Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre; Mother Courage and Her Children, Shakespeare’s Globe) as 'Arthur de Bourgh', Nadi Kemp-Sayfi (Sherlock Holmes, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre; Eastenders, BBC) as 'Elizabeth Darcy', Cash Holland (A Raisin in the Sun, Lyric Hammersmith; Red Eye, ITV) as 'Jane Bingley', Jack Michael Stacey (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, Netflix; Poldark, BBC) as 'Fitzwilliam Darcy', George Rowlands (An Inspector Calls, touring; The Truth About Blayds, Finborough Theatre)  as 'Charles Bingley', Kara Lynch (Finding Emily, Working Title Films; We Live in Time, A24) as 'Lydia Wickham' and Yasmine Meaden (The Crown, Netflix; It’s Gonna Blow!, Pleasance Theatre) as 'Anne de Bourgh'.

Completing the Park Theatre's festive programme will be the world premiere of A Dickens of a Christmas, presented by award-winning theatre company Maybe You Like It. Co-directed by Caleb Barron and Ellie Jay Cooper, it brings together some of the lesser-known festive tales of Charles Dickens.

Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley will run from Wednesday 2 December 2026 to Sunday 10 January 2027, with a press night on Tuesday 8 December. A Dickens of a Christmas will run from Tuesday 15 December 2026 to Saturday 9 January 2027, with a press night on Friday 18 December.

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