The brand-new stage adaptation of Malorie Blackman's much-loved novel, which Dominic Cooke has adapted, will play at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre from later this month.
Corinna Brown and Noah Valentine in rehearsals for Noughts & Crosses . Photo by Manuel Harlan
Directed by Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s Associate Artistic Director, Tinuke Craig, the cast includes Alec Boaden (Punch, Nottingham Playhouse/ Young Vic) as Jude, Amanda Bright (Cymbeline, Shakespeare’s Globe) as Jasmine, Corinna Brown (Coppelia, New Vic Theatre) as Sephy, Halle Brown (The Crucible, National Theatre/Gielgud) as Lola & Juno, Michael Cusick (A View From The Bridge, Theatre Royal Bath/Theatre Royal Haymarket) as Mr Stanhope & Peter, Elle Davies (Twinbond, Camden People’s Theatre) as Shania & Leila, Eddie Elliot (A Strange Loop, Barbican) as Mr Corsa & Collins & Jack, Emma Jane Goodwin (The Ocean at the End of the Lane, UK & Ireland Tour/West End) as Sarah Pike, Kate Kordel (The Boss Of It All, Soho Theatre) as Meggie, Jessica Layde (Measure For Measure,Donmar Warehouse) as Minerva, Wela Mbusi (My Brilliant Friend, National Theatre) as Mr Pingule & Governor, Habib Nasib Nader (Life Of Pi, Wyndham’s Theatre/Sheffield Theatres) as Kamal, Yolanda Ovide (Alterations, National Theatre) as Dionne & Clerk, Helena Pipe (Blues For An Alabama Sky, National Theatre) as Reporter & Kelanie & Joannie, Richard Riddell (Sing Your Heart Out For The Lads, Chichester Festival Theatre) as Ryan, Ben Skym (Casualty, BBC) as Colin & Morgan, Noah Valentine (Waterloo Road, BBC) as Callum and Chanel Waddock (Bitter Lemons, Park Theatre/Bristol Old Vic/ Edinburgh Festival Fringe) as Lynette.
Noughts and Crosses follows Callum and Sephy, two lifelong friends who meet secretly and come from two separate worlds. When Callum is accepted into Cross School, the prestigious school where Sephy attends, will it bring them closer together, or will the hate and fear surrounding them drive them apart? The novel, which was released in 2001, has echoes of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Creatives for the production include RC Annie (Fight Directors); Phillippe Cato (Associate Director); Tinuke Craig (Director); Hazel Holder (Voice Coach); Ingrid Mackinnon (Movement & Intimacy Director); Max Pappenheim (Sound Designer); Joshua Pharo (Lighting Designer); Colin Richmond (Set & Costume Designer); Jacob Sparrow (Casting Director); DJ Walde (Composer).
Noughts and Crosses will play at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre from 28 June - 26 July 2025.
