Initial cast announced for 1536 at Almeida Theatre

Emmie Newitt 17 February, 2025, 16:30

Ava Pickett’s Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning play will receive its world premiere in London at the Almeida Theatre, a home for new work that asks big questions.

1536 almeida theatre cast Liv Hill, Siena Kelly and Tanya Reynolds. Headshots provided by production.

Initial casting has been announced for 1536.

Running at the Almeida Theatre from 13 May, the cast includes Liv Hill (The Doctor, Adelaide Festival), Siena Kelly (That Is Not Who I Am, Royal Court) and Tanya Reynolds (White Rabbit Red Rabbit, @sohoplace).

Lyndsey Turner (Chimerica) will direct the play set in the year of Anne Boleyn’s death. Fiendishly smart and funny, 1536 asks whether female solidarity can survive in a world where barbarism and misogyny are state sanctioned.

1536 will play at the Almeida Theatre from 13 May through to 7 July 2025.