Cast and Creatives Game of Thrones: The Mad King Close Eddard Stark Michael Abubakar Previous RSC includes: Macbeth, King John, The Whip Theatre credits include: Teeth ‘N’ Smiles (Duke of York’s Theatre), Three Sisters (Shakespeare’s Globe), Roots and The Tragedy of Macbeth (Almeida Theatre), Oresteia, Hamlet (Park Avenue Armory), The Glass Menagerie (Arcola Theatre / Watford Palace Theatre), The Whip Hand (Traverse Theatre), Cadaver Police In The Electrocution Afterlife (Tron Theatre), Invisible Army (Terra Incognita), Dream On (BBC Arts), Romeo and Juliet, Death of a Salesman,Ghosts (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), Blood Lines (The Arches), Der Rosenkavalier (Scottish Opera House) Film credits include: Wonka, Artemis Fowl, Long Night at Blackstone Television credits include: Bad Sisters (AppleTV+), Crime (Buccaneer Media / BritBox), Annika (Alibi), Grantchester (Kudos / ITV), Motherland, Doctors, Horrible Histories (BBC), News Crack (Electric Ray), Trust Me (Red Production Company) Short Film credits include: An Admin Worker at the End of the World (Brother Brother), Supernova Princess Elia Martell Elizabeth Ayodele This is Elizabeth’s RSC debut Theatre includes: The Duchess of Malfi (Trafalgar Theatre), Standing at the Sky's Edge (National Theatre / Gillian Lynne Theatre), Small Island (National Theatre), Playboy of the West Indies (Birmingham Rep), Richard Curtis' Christmas Actually (Royal Festival Hall), How to Save the Planet When You’re a Young Carer and Broke (Boundless Theatre), Hot in Here, Steel Magnolias (UK Tours) Film includes: Me, You, Us, Them (TerraNova Productions), Walk Out to Winter (Sky Cinema) Workshops include: Wake, Amy, Amy, Amy: The Amy Winehouse Musical, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder, How to Save The Planet When You're a Young Carer and Broke Ser Jaime Lannister Maxim Ays This is Maxim’s RSC debut Television includes: Rivals (Disney+), Boarders, Doctor Who, Still So Awkward (BBC), Grantchester, Sanditon, The Larkins (ITV) Film includes: Truth & Treason Benjen Stark Miles Barrow Previous RSC includes: Pericles Theatre includes: Romeo and Juliet (Almeida Theatre), The Lorax (Old Vic), Fiddler on the Roof (Playhouse Theatre) Television and Film includes: Shardlake (Disney+), The Peripheral (Amazon), Tetris (Apple TV), The Ark (X), Jingle Jangle (Netflix), Marriage (BBC) Howland Reed Islam Bouakkaz This is Islam’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Queen Margaret (Royal Exchange Theatre), Hamlet For Young Audiences (National Theatre) Television includes: Afterlife (Netflix), The Letter for the King, Wednesday (Netflix) Training: ArtsEd Brandon Stark Luke Brady Previous RSC includes: As You Like It Theatre includes: Hercules (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Assassins (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Prince of Egypt (Dominion Theatre, West End), The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare’s Globe), Sweeney Todd (Adelphi Theatre / Chichester Festival Theatre), Vernon God Little (Young Vic Theatre), The Fantasticks (The Duchess Theatre), Taratula in Petrol Blue (Aldeburgh Music, Suffolk), Nightfall (Edinburgh Festival) Television includes: Miracle Workers, Fresh Meat Film includes: Murder On The Orient Express Catelyn Stark Marty Breen This is Marty’s RSC debut Theatre includes: The Playboy of the Western World (National Theatre), Three Sisters (Gaiety Theatre), BITCH (also writer) (Dublin Fringe Festival / Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Dublin Fringe Best Performer / Spirit of Fringe Awards 2024, Edinburgh Fringe Theatre Award 2025), Little Women, The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Lyric, Belfast), The Tempest (Kilkenny Arts Festival), Spokesong, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (winner Best Ensemble ITTA), A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Rough Magic Theatre Company), Piaf, Once Before I Go (Gate Theatre, Dublin) Television includes: Blue Lights, Doctors (BBC), Good Boy, The Doireann Project (RTÉ), FBI: International (CBS), Say Nothing (FX), Vikings: Valhalla (MGM) Film includes: Power Ballad, The Machine, Baltimore, Hecuba Other: Founding member of Broad Strokes Improv, an award-winning women and non-binary improvised theatre troupe, national and international tours Training: The Lir Academy, Ireland Owen Merryweather / Ensemble Sebastian Charles This is Sebastian’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Next Chapter Gala 2026 (National Theatre), The Company of Wolves (New Vic Theatre), The Walk (Good Chance and Handspring Puppet Company, UK, Ireland, Europe, USA and Mexico), Life of Pi, Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (West End), War Horse (National Theatre / UK Tour), Sleeping Beauty (English National Ballet), A Clockwork Orange (Park Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (National Theatre’s River Stage / Latitude), Gobsmacked The Show (UK / Hong Kong), Club Red (Highly Sprung Performance Company), 60 Hugs (Frantic Assembly) Television includes: Half Moon Investigations, Doctors (BBC) Training: East 15 Acting School Prince Lewyn Martell / Ensemble Adrian Christopher This is Adrian’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Palace Theatre, West End), War Horse, The Emperor Jones (National Theatre), Guess Who’s Coming To Tea (Theatre Royal Stratford East), 4th Great Year (Jermyn Street Theatre), Whose Lie Is It Anyway? (UK Tour), Junior's Story (Nottingham Playhouse), The Dining Room (Cochrane Theatre) Film includes: The Little Mermaid, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, The Mummy, 28 Days Later Television includes: Professor T, Law And Order, Footballer's Wives (ITV), Cobra: Rebellion (Sky), Doctors, Eastenders, Judge John Deed, Torchwood, My Hero, Holby City, Babyfather (BBC), Lucky Man (Sky 1), The Bill (Thames/ITV), The Last Detective (Granada/ITV) Training: Guildford School of Acting Ensemble / Swing Ronan Cullen This is Ronan’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Life Of Pi (Simon Friend Entertainment), Lost & Found (Factory International), In The Night Garden Live! (Minor Entertainment), Bones (Park Theatre), Gnomus: Caretaker of The World (Puppets With Guts), Fulfillment (SharkLegs Theatre / National Tour), Romeo & Juliet (Curious Pheasant Theatre / National Tour) Television includes: Harry Potter (HBO, Warner Bros), Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything (Sky Comedy) Film includes: How To Train Your Dragon 2 Training: East 15 Acting School Qarlton Chelsted / Ensemble Fred Davis Previous RSC includes: The BFG Theatre includes: The Shitheads (Royal Court), There’s a Bear on My Chair (Southbank Centre), Life of Pi (The Sheffield Crucible Theatre / Schoenfeld Theatre / International Tour / A.R.T, Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor), Ocean at the End of the Lane (National Theatre), Dido and Aeneas (Bodø Concert Hall, Norway), Peter Pan and Running Wild (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), The Hartlepool Monkey (UK Tour), Running Wild (UK Tour), The Tempest (Petersfield Shakespeare Festival Open Air), Pass it on Renew Project, Rattigan’s Nijinsky (Chichester Festival Theatre) Television includes: Project Hail Mary (Amazon + MGM), Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared (Channel 4) Film includes: Jurassic World: Dominion, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Gyre & Gimble Puppet Making Tutorial Other: Associate Artist with Gyre and Gimble Training: Chichester Festival Theatre Oberyn Martell Edem-Ita Duke This is Edem-Ita's RSC debut Television includes: Dear England, Mr Loverman (BBC), Vera (ITV), War of the Worlds (Canal+/Fox) Film includes: Venice at Dawn Training: London College of Music Ensemble Simi Egbejumi-David This is Simi’s RSC debut Theatre includes: The Deal (Gecko Theatre x Dream Awake), Stomp (Yes/No Productions Ltd), Stig of the Dump (Tabard Theatre), Around the World in 80 Days (Kenny Wax Family Entertainment & Simon Friend) Trained at: East 15 Acting School Cersei Lannister / Ensemble Daisy Franks This is Daisy's RSC debut Theatre includes: Rocket Girl (UK Tour), Life of Pi (Wyndham's Theatre / UK and International Tour), Dinosaur World Live (USA and Canada Tour) Film includes: Pigeons, The Spriggan, This Is The Night Mail, Leave Your Husband Commercials includes: Domino's Yodel, Vinted - Unrisky Business, Durex - Naturals, Pringles Socials Trained at: East 15 Acting School Queen Rhaella Targaryen / Lady Shella Whent Mariah Gale Previous RSC includes: Comedy of Errors, Anthony and Cleopatra, The Grain Store, Silence, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Wendy and Peter Pan, Morte D’Arthur, As You Like It, Love’s Labours Lost. Theatre includes: The Bleeding Tree (Southwark Playhouse), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure (Shakespeare’s Globe), Twelfth Night (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Three Sisters (Young Vic), Waiting For Lefty (Two Lines Productions), Afterplay (The Coronet), Eden (Hampstead Theatre), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Manchester Royal Exchange), Proof (Menier Chocolate Factory), Gruesome Playground Injuries (The Gate), Pitchfork (Disney), Musik (The Arcola), The Sea (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Vernon God Little (Young Vic), ’Tis Pity She’s A Whore (Southwark Playhouse), The Lost Child (Chichester Festival Theatre), Stealing Sweets and Punching People (The Latchmere) Television includes: Grantchester, I May Destroy You, Broadchurch, Dr Who, The Great, Death Comes to Pemberley, New Tricks, Grantchester, Father Brown, Lucky Man, The Hollow Crown, Skins, The Diary of Anne Frank, Oliver Twist Film includes: Hamlet, Rare Beasts, Abraham’s Point, Hercules 3D Short films include: Abide With Me, Diabolical!, Red Egg and Ginger Radio includes: Brian Guillivers Travels Awards: Ian Charleson Award (First Prize and Special Commendation), Time Out Live Award, Critics Choice Award Other: Mariah is an Associate Artist at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare's Globe Training: Mariah trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Grand Maester Pycelle Richard Hansell Previous RSC includes: A Patriot For Me, Two Gentlemen Of Verona Theatre includes: All My Sons (Wyndham’s Theatre), The 47th (Old Vic), The Point Of It (RADA New Writing Festival), Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Young Vic / Apollo), A View From the Bridge (The Young Vic / West End / Broadway), Lazarus (Kings Cross Theatre), Macbeth (Trafalgar Studios), The Madness of King George III (Apollo), As You Like It, The Tempest (Old Vic / Brooklyn Academy of Music), Troilus and Cressida (Shakespeare’s Globe), Crown Matrimonial (ACT), Tonight at 8.30 (Chichester Festival Theatre), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, School For Scandal, Hamlet (New Ambassadors / English Touring Theatre), Richard II (Pleasance London), Othello (Glasgow Citizens Theatre) Television includes: Anne, Traces, And Then There Were None, Downton Abbey, Spooks, The Royal, Miracle Landing On The Hudson, E=MC2 Film includes: Stella, The Secret Garden, Shine, The Wolfman, Hamlet Ser Barristan Selmy Daniel Hawksford Previous RSC includes: Troilus and Cressida, Cymbeline, The School of Night, The Taming of the Shrew Theatre includes: Nye (National Theatre / Wales Millennium Centre), Macbeth (ETT / Lyric Hammersmith), Richard III (Rose Theatre, Kingston / Liverpool Playhouse) Dmitry (Marylebone Theatre), A Pretty Sh*tty Love, Romeo and Juliet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Arms and the Man, Memory, Troilus and Cressida (Theatr Clwyd), Swansea’s Three Day Blitz (Grand Theatre Swansea), Crouch Touch Pause Engage (National Theatre of Wales / Out of Joint), Illiad (National Theatre of Wales), The Distance (Revival) (Sheffield Crucible / Orange Tree), The Distance (Orange Tree), Praxis Makes Perfect (National Theatre of Wales / Neon Neon), Macbeth (Pontardawe Arts Centre), Macbeth, The Bible (Shakespeare’s Globe), The Dark Philosophers (National Theatre of Wales / Told by an Idiot), Dancing at Lughnasa (Birmingham Rep), Judgement Day (Almeida Theatre), King Lear (South Bank), Memory (Theatr Clwyd / Pleasance Theatre), The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other, Much Ado About Nothing (National Theatre), Acqua Nero (Sgript Cymru), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The City of London Sinfonia), Jackets (Young Vic), The Pull of Negative Gravity (Colchester Mercury / 59E59 Theatre New York), Romeo and Juliet (Exeter Northcott Theatre), Lunch (Islington King’s Head Theatre) Television includes: Hard Cell (Netflix), Halo (Showtime / Amblin), Hollyoaks (Channel 4), Father Brown, Doctors, Hetty Feather, Waking the Dead (BBC), Colditz (Granada) Film includes: Pelican Blood, Little White Lies Training: Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts Ensemble Lewis Howard This is Lewis' RSC debut Theatre includes: The Ocean At The End Of The Lane (Noel Coward Theatre / UK Tour), War Horse (Lyttelton Theatre / UK and International Tour), Al Adeyat (Artists In Motion), Swivelhead (Pleasance), Cider With Rosie (Minack Theatre), Hamlet (Riverside Studios) Ensemble April Nerissa Hudson This is April’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Grease (Blackpool Grand Theatre), Sunshine on Leith, The Great Gatsby (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland, Robin Hood & The Major Oak, Home Girl, Treasure Island, The Little Mermaid (Derby Theatre), Good for a Girl (Birmingham Rep / Tour), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Front Room Productions), Freeman (Belgrade Theatre), WANTED! (National Tour) Television includes: Man Like Mobeen (Netflix), Doctors (BBC) Lord Whent / Wisdom Rossart / Ensemble Tom Larkin This is Tom’s RSC debut Theatre includes: The Dream Of A Ridiculous Man (UK Tour), Life Of Pi (Wyndham’s Theatre), Bury The Dead (Finborough Theatre), Demons (Splitmoon Theatre Company), An Inspector Calls (UK Tour), Warhorse (UK / International), 55 Days (Hampstead Theatre), Peter Pan (US Tour), The Emperor Self (The Arcola), Robin Hood (Cambridge Touring Theatre), Tomten (Little Angel), The Boy With The Cuckoo-Clock Heart (Edinburgh), The Tail Of The Big Bad Wolf (Boxmoor Playhouse) Trained at: Drama Centre London Ensemble Chelsea Marie This is Chelsea’s RSC debut Acting and Stunt work includes: The Forstyes (ITV), Mallory Towers (BBC), Monster Hunters: Outlanders (CapCom), Cryptoblades Kingdoms (Riveted Games / The Mill), Wars of the Roses, Dragon Slayer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Kome Entertainment) Other: Chelsea is currently under NDA with Disney+, Netflix, LucasFilm, Dreamworks, Amazon MGM Studios and AAA Video Game with Pixel Toys for her performances in both Film/TV and Games Training: East 15 Acting School Ser Arthur Dayne Kel Matsena Previous RSC includes: Hamlet, Pericles (RSC / Chicago Shakespeare Theatre). As Movement Director: Edward II Theatre includes: Dear England (National Theatre / West End), Kabel (Sadlers Wells / Matsena Productions / Apollo Stages New York). As Movement Director: The Hunt (St Ann’s Brooklyn / Almeida Theatre). As Director: Boy-ish (Wales Tour), The Herds (Venice Biennale / Matsena Productions), Shades Of Blue (Sadlers Wells / Matsena Productions), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama) Television includes: Galwad (Sky Arts), The Light (Channel 4), Brothers in Dance: Anthony & Kel Matsena (BBC. BAFTA Cymru Winner) Film includes: Mad Heidi, Are You Numb Yet? Radio includes: Galapagos, Fahrenheit 451 Ser Gerold Hightower / Ensemble Shaun Yusuf McKee This is Shaun’s RSC debut Theatre includes: The Motive and the Cue (National Theatre / Noel Coward Theatre), Robin Hood: The Legend. Rewritten (Regents Park Open Air Theatre), War Horse (West End / UK Tour), Ariodante (DNO), The Magic Flute (Complicité) Television includes: Prisoner 951, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, Why Heartbreak Hurts So Much, Eastenders (BBC), Professor T (ITV), The Witcher (Netflix), Secret Invasion (Marvel), Brittania (Vertigo) Film Includes: The King’s Man, No Time to Die, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Dolittle, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Nzu, This Is Not A Love Song, Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV, My Name is Jo Lord Rickard Stark Alexander Newland This is Alexander’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Leopoldstadt (Wyndham’s Theatre), Grapes of Wrath (West Yorkshire Playhouse / National Tour), Blow up the Liffey Bridges! (Grand Canal Theatre), Private Scenes in Public Places (Betsy Trotwood), Tape (Scream Gallery), Five Blue Haired Ladies on a Green Park Bench (Lincoln Theatre), The Last Valentine (Almeida), Hansel and Gretel (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Romeo and Juliet (Theatre Royal Plymouth), Downside Up (National Tour) Television includes: The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Channel 5), Coronation Street, Wire in the Blood (ITV), Casualty, Silent Witness, Eastenders, Mersey Beat, Manchild (BBC), The Tunnel (Cannel +), Cast Offs, Men Only (Channel 4), Murphy's Law (Tiger Aspects), Call Red (Thames Television), Touch of Frost (Yorkshire Television), Cracker (Granada Television) Film includes: Exit to Stage, Incomplete, Tiny Vessels, Beyond the Rave, The Baby Juice Express, Running Time, One Man and His Dog Lord Varys Hughie O'Donnell This is Hughie’s RSC debut Theatre includes: King Lear (The Shed / West End), Into the Woods (The Bridge Theatre / The Cockpit) Film includes: Fight or Flight, The Last Disturbance of Madeleine Hyde Television includes: The Seven Dials Mystery Radio includes: Exit Game, In Moderation, War of Words, Medici: Bankers, Gangsters and Popes, 50 Berkeley Square, Microserfs, Sibelius the Storyteller Training: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Ser Oswell Whent Huw Parmenter This is Huw’s RSC debut Theatre includes: The Motive and the Cue (National Theatre / West End), Jekyll and Hyde (National Theatre), Anything is Possible if You Think About it Hard Enough (Southwark Playhouse), The Lovely Bones (Birmingham Rep), The Mirror Crack’d (Wales Millenium Centre / Salisbury Playhouse), Jam Jars (Tristan Bates), After Orlando (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Desert Rats, Slow Falling Bird, The Late Wedding, The Ballad of Lost Dogs (Chaskis Theatre), Dark Tourism (Park Theatre), Rebel Rebel (Theatre 503), Pride and Prejudice (Kenton Theatre), Basket Case (UK Tour), Hearing the Song (Orange Tree) Television includes: Vikings (MGM/Amazon), Killing Eve (BBC) Film includes: Prima Facie, Elden Ring, Close Audio includes: Baldur’s Gate III, Final Fantasy Tactics, Assassin's Creed, Elden Ring Training: Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama Prince Rhaegar Targaryen Noah Ritter This is Noah’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Please Please Me (Kiln Theatre) Film includes: The Running Man Training: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Lyanna Stark Harmony Rose-Bremner Previous RSC includes: Hamnet Theatre includes: The Years (Almeida / West End), The Seagull (Edinburgh Lyceum / Chichester Festival Theatre), NW Trilogy (Kiln Theatre), Protest (National Theatre of Scotland) Theatre while training includes: The Importance of Being Earnest, Close Quarters, Keffiyeh / Made In China, As You Like It, A Bold Strike Of Wife, The Theban Triology (RADA) Television includes: Death In Paradise, Long Story Short: Pineapple, Logan High (BBC), Fifteen-Love (World Productions / Amazon) Training: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Ensemble / Swing Kate Rowsell This is Kate’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Life of Pi (UK and International Tour), The Hatchling (Queen’s Platinum Jubilee / World Premier), Peter Rabbit’s Easter Adventure (Histrionic Productions), The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show (MEI Theatrical / UK Tour), Darlings (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Janus (Shoe Box Theatre) Other: Kate was Associate Puppetry and Movement Director for Life of Pi in South Korea Training: University of the West of England King Aerys II Targaryen Michael Shaeffer This is Michael’s RSC debut Theatre includes: London Road, The Grapes of Wrath and Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors, Table, The Threepenny Opera (National Theatre), Tom Fool (Orange Tree), Maryland (Stratford East), A Very Expensive Poison, Girl from the North Country, All About My Mother (Old Vic), How to Hold Your Breath, Friday Night Sex (Royal Court), The Iliad, Little Revolution, Mr Burns (Almeida), The Vote (Donmar Warehouse), Godchild (Hampstead Theatre), Of Mice and Men (Colchester Mercury), The Beautiful Game (Cambridge Theatre), Oliver! (London Palladium) Television includes: Grace (ITV), Bodies (Netflix), The Sixth Commandment, SAS Rogue Heroes, The Salisbury Poisonings, The ABC Murders, Bodyguard, Rellik, Taboo, New Tricks, SS-GB, Luther, Parade’s End (BBC), Karen Pirie, Trauma, Vera 7, Grantchester, Foyle’s War, Mrs Biggs (ITV), Chernobyl, Game of Thrones (HBO), Oasis (Amazon), The Last Panthers (Sky), Black Mirror: The Waldo Moment (Channel 4) Film includes: The Night House, Clayface, Shelter, Molly Vs The Machines, Kraven the Hunter, All the Old Knives, Star Wars: Rogue One, London Fields, Trance, London Road, Anna Karenina, Broken, Kingdom of Heaven and Jesus Christ Superstar Training: Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama Ashara Dayne Tanisha Spring This is Tanisha’s RSC debut Theatre includes: American Psycho (Almeida), A Christmas Carol (Old Vic), Moulin Rouge (Piccadilly Theatre), Groundhog Day (Old Vic), The Prince of Egypt (Dominion Theatre), Shuck 'n' Jive (Soho Theatre), Making Porn (Above the Stag), Caroline or Change (The Playhouse Theatre), Big Fish (The Other Palace), One Love (Birmingham Rep), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Aldwych Theatre) Television and Film includes: Ted Lasso (Apple TV), Once an Old Lady... Other Credits: Lights EP - Kitchen Party Ensemble / Swing Tom Stacy This is Tom’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Life of Pi (Wyndham’s Theatre / UK Tour, Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor), The Magic Flute (Welsh National Opera), Circus 1903 (Cirque du Soleil), War Horse (National Theatre / UK and International Tour), Dinosaur World Live (Asia / Australia Tour),The Marked (Theatre Témoin / UK Tour), Olympic Opening Ceremony (London Olympic Games), Gnomus (Puppets with Guts), I Am Beast (The Pleasance / UK Tour), Tiny Tempest (Brighton Dome), Dig and Delve (Half Moon Theatre), Twelfth Night (Dionysia Productions), Earthquakes In London (Greenwich Theatre), Machinal (Rose Theatre), A Servant to Two Masters (Komedia Brighton), Karamazoo (OnO Theatre Company / UK Tour), Henry V (Chichester Festival Theatre) Other: Tom has also performed alongside comedian Romesh Ranganathan in Romesh and Friends Directing includes: Resident Movement & Puppetry Director for Life of Pi (Asia Tour), Fata Morgana (The Efteling), Puppetry Director for The Paddington Bear Experience (London) Associate Movement & Puppetry Director for Coven (Kiln Theatre), Unfortunate: The Musical (The Other Palace), The Lion Inside (UK / Asia Tour) Training: Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama Ensemble Matt Tait This is Matt's RSC debut Theatre includes: Animal Farm (Fiery Angel), The Wider Earth (Dead Puppet Society), All My Sons (Rose Theatre Kingston), Reel Life (St James Theatre / Theatre Royal Bath), Dancing at Lughnasa (Lyric, Belfast), The Ancient Secret of Youth and The Five Tibetans (Octagon, Bolton), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, War Horse (West End / National Theatre), Transports (Analogue) Television includes: One Day, The Capture, Doctors, War of the Worlds, Guerrilla, Drunk History, Cyderdelic Film includes: Captain America Ensemble Tzarina-Nassor This is Tzarina-Nassor’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Piaf (Watermill Theatre), Mrs Caliban (Kandinsky Theatre Company) Theatre while training includes: As You Like It, Coriolanus Training: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Ser Jonothor Darry / Lord Tywin Lannister Marcello Walton Previous RSC includes: Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, The Heart of Robin Hood Theatre includes: The Talented Mr Ripley (Faction Theatre / UK and International Tour), Macbeth (Propeller Theatre), The Three Musketeers (Rose Theatre, Kingston), Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe), The Seagull, Abandonment, Beautiful Thing (Theatre Royal, York), The Wicked Lady (New Vic, Stoke on Trent), Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet (Regent’s Park), Jamaica Inn (Salisbury Playhouse), The Three Musketeers, A Chorus of Disapproval, The Beggar’s Opera (Bristol Old Vic) Television includes: The Split, Outlander, Dracula, The Bill, The Last Detective, Murder in Suburbia, When in Rome, My Hero, Sherlock Holmes, Rick Mayal Presents Dirty Old Town, Crusades, Peak Practice. Web series includes: Kannada Short film includes: Nuisance Lord Robert Baratheon Callum Woodhouse This is Callum’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Filthy Business (Hampstead Theatre), The Devil May Care (The Southwark Playhouse) Television includes: All Creatures Great and Small (Channel 5), The Durrells (ITV/PBS) Film includes: Monster Island, Raven’s Hollow Previous Next Cast Eddard Stark Michael Abubakar Princess Elia Martell Elizabeth Ayodele Ser Jaime Lannister Maxim Ays Benjen Stark Miles Barrow Howland Reed Islam Bouakkaz Brandon Stark Luke Brady Catelyn Stark Marty Breen Owen Merryweather / Ensemble Sebastian Charles Prince Lewyn Martell / Ensemble Adrian Christopher Ensemble / Swing Ronan Cullen Qarlton Chelsted / Ensemble Fred Davis Oberyn Martell Edem-Ita Duke Ensemble Simi Egbejumi-David Cersei Lannister / Ensemble Daisy Franks Queen Rhaella Targaryen / Lady Shella Whent Mariah Gale Grand Maester Pycelle Richard Hansell Ser Barristan Selmy Daniel Hawksford Ensemble Lewis Howard Ensemble April Nerissa Hudson Lord Whent / Wisdom Rossart / Ensemble Tom Larkin Ensemble Chelsea Marie Ser Arthur Dayne Kel Matsena Ser Gerold Hightower / Ensemble Shaun Yusuf McKee Lord Rickard Stark Alexander Newland Lord Varys Hughie O'Donnell Ser Oswell Whent Huw Parmenter Prince Rhaegar Targaryen Noah Ritter Lyanna Stark Harmony Rose-Bremner Ensemble / Swing Kate Rowsell King Aerys II Targaryen Michael Shaeffer Ashara Dayne Tanisha Spring Ensemble / Swing Tom Stacy Ensemble Matt Tait Ensemble Tzarina-Nassor Ser Jonothor Darry / Lord Tywin Lannister Marcello Walton Lord Robert Baratheon Callum Woodhouse Creatives Creator George R. R. Martin Adaptor Duncan Macmillan Director Dominic Cooke Puppetry and Movement Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell (Lume) Set Designer Chloe Lamford Costume Designer Georgia McGuinness Lighting Designer Jon Clark Composer Will Stuart Sound Designer Tom Gibbons Casting Director Amy Ball CDG Fight Director Bethan Clark Intimacy Director Ingrid Mackinnon Voice and Text Jeannette Nelson Dialect Hazel Holder Associate Director Emily Raymond Associate Puppetry and Movement Director Scarlet Wilderink Period Dance Consultant Francesca Roche Creative Consultant Ti Mikkel Director's Consultant Lenore Gallegos Associate Puppetry Designer Oli Simonon Associate Set Designer Machiko Weston Associate Costume Designer Alex Berry Associate Lighting Designer Lucía Sánchez Roldan Associate Sound Designer Alex Twiselton Assistant Director Bellaray Bertrand-Webb About the play Cast and Creatives Related Events Accessibility Information and Assisted Performances FAQs More Less About the play Cast and Creatives Related Events Accessibility Information and Assisted Performances FAQs Young Performers sharing the role of Prince Viserys Targaryen - Griffin Ashton, Henry Gray and Beckett Mitchell The RSC Acting Companies are generously supported by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation In This Section About the play Game of Thrones: The Mad King, a new play based on the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin, adapted by Duncan Macmillan and directed by Dominic Cooke. Find out more Related Events Find out more about our production of Game of Thrones: The Mad King and how it was created, with our series of events. Find out more Accessibility Information and Assisted Performances Find out about accessibility information and assisted performances for Game of Thrones: The Mad King. Find out more FAQs Read our Frequently Asked Questions for Game of Thrones: The Mad King. Find out more You may also like