Cast and Creatives Wendy & Peter Pan Close Skylights / Swing Shadow John Sodiq Akanmu This is John’s RSC debut Film includes: Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Spy Assassin, The Last Tree as Kash, Hustle, Hello Au Revoir, Humans Trained at: The BRIT School in Performing Arts, Identity School of Acting, LA Acting Studios (Los Angeles), and the University of Portsmouth Shadow Joe Anthony This is Joe’s RSC debut Theatre whilst training includes: Spring Awakening, Sister Act (recipient of the Ian Fleming scholarship) Trained at: Arts Educational School Shadow James Berkery This is James’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Wendy & Peter Pan (Leeds Playhouse), The Last Ship (USA Tour) Television and Film includes: Black Mirror – Eulogy, Joy, Enola Holmes 2, Been So Long, Will, House of the Dragon, Napoleon, The Winter King Choreographer and Movement Director work includes: The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard, Censor, Toni_with_an_i, M3GAN, A Christmas Carol, The Deep (Eastern Angles Centre), Penny (Pleasance), Armadillo (The Yard), Hamlet (Petersfield Shakespeare Festival), Shadow Kingdoms (Theatre503) Associate Choreographer and Movement Director work includes: Girl From The North Country (Old Vic & West End), Billy Elliot (Curve, Leicester), Wendy & Peter Pan (Leeds Playhouse), The Last Ship (USA & Canada Tour) Shadow Kazmin Borrer This is Kazmin’s RSC debut Theatre includes: The Parent Agency (Storyhouse, Chester), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (UK Tour), Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (UK Tour and Los Angeles), Salome (London Coliseum, ENO), Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (Insideout Productions, The Tron Theatre) Film & television includes: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Little Red Hoodie Trained at: Arts Educational School Shadow Lili-Evangeline Bryden This is Lili-Evangeline’s RSC debut Theatre whilst training includes: Confessions, Made in Dagenham Film includes: The Conjuring: Last Rites Television includes: My Friend Jane, Britain's Got Talent Trained at: London College of Music Mrs Darling Lolita Chakrabarti Previous RSC includes: Hamnet (Swan Theatre/West End) Theatre includes: Summer 1954 (Bath Theatre Royal/Tour), The Hunt (St Ann’s Warehouse, New York), Hamlet (RADA), Fanny & Alexander (Old Vic), John Gabriel Borkman (Donmar Warehouse), Free Outgoing (Royal Court) Television includes: Silo, Screw, Born to Kill, Vigil, Showtrial, The Wheel of Time, The Casual Vacancy, Delicious, Beowulf, Jekyll and Hyde, Riviera, Criminal Playwright credits include: Red Velvet, (Tricycle Theatre, London/St Ann’s Warehouse, New York/West End), Life of Pi (Sheffield Crucible/West End/Boston/Broadway/UK, US & International Tour). Other writing credits include: Hymn (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre/Almeida), Invisible Cities (MIF/ Brisbane Festival). As Dramaturg: Sylvia (Old Vic), Message in a Bottle (Peacock Theatre/US Tour) Shadow / Doctor / Crocodile Harrison Claxton This is Harrison’s RSC debut Performance includes: Exit (European Tour), Olion (Pontio), Boy-ish (Matsena Productions), Sir Elton John and Olly Alexander performance at the 2021 Brit Awards Screen credits: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Silent Twins, Red, White and Royal Blue Music videos include: Kylie Minogue, Paloma Faith, Nemo Choreography work includes: Carreg Ateb, A Triumph of Art (commissioned by The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, artist Jeremy Deller and director of Fran Wen, Gethin Evans) Martin the Cabin Boy Joe Hewetson This is Joe’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Fine, Thanks, My Neighbours Are Kind of Weird (Edinburgh Fringe Festival) Television includes: W1A, Sex Education, Too Much, Game of Thrones Film includes: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Peter's Shadow Christopher Jeffers This is Christopher’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Closure (Theatre Royal Windsor), The Bodyguard (Dominion Theatre/International Tour), Starlight Express (Germany, 25th Anniversary Cast), Man in the Mirror (International Tour), Fame: The Musical (UK & Ireland Tour) Television includes: Waterloo Road, Riot Women, Smoggie Queens, The Other One, Father Brown, We Might Regret This, Doctor Who, Domino Day, A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou, Coronation Street, The 4 O’Clock Club, Bridgerton Film includes: Blitz, A Prancer Tale, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Netflix), Rocketman, Cruella, Death on the Nile, The Amateur Other: As a dancer, Christopher has performed at Disneyland Paris, The Brit Awards, and worked on Netflix’s KAOS, as well as appearing in a range of commercials and modelling campaigns. Smee Scott Karim This is Scott’s RSC debut Theatre includes: London Tide, Othello, Dara, Great Britain (National Theatre), The Flea (Yard Theatre), 2.22 A Ghost Story (Lyric Theatre), Chasing Hares (Young Vic), The Invisible Hand (Kiln Theatre), Oklahoma!, The Country Wife (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Arrival, The Invisible (Bush Theatre), Young Marx (Bridge Theatre) Television includes: The Game, Halo, Dracula, The Dumping Ground, The Great, Electric Dreams: Crazy Diamond, Britannia Shadow Alexander Kranz This is Alexander’s RSC debut Theatre includes: & Juliet (UK Tour), Mahamaya Electronic Devices (Sadler’s Wells), To Wong Foo: The Musical (Hope Mill Theatre) Theatre whilst training: Kipps, The Witches of Eastwick Trained at: Urdang Peter Pan Daniel Krikler This is Daniel’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Fiddler on the Roof (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre/Barbican), Austenland (Savoy Theatre), Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet (Donmar Warehouse), The Motive and The Cue, The Normal Heart (National Theatre), The Book Thief (Leicester Curve), The Secret Life of Bees (Almeida Theatre), The Tempest, Macbeth (Guildford Shakespeare Company), Fighting Irish (Belgrade Theatre), Pippin (Charing Cross Theatre), 4000 Miles, Present Laughter (Old Vic), Unicorns, Almost (Bristol Old Vic), Homos, Or Everyone In America (Finborough Theatre), Pink Mist (Bristol Old Vic/UK Tour), Jersey Boys (Dodger Productions), Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre), Bare: A Pop Opera (Union Theatre), Loserville (Garrick Theatre/West Yorkshire Playhouse) Theatre whilst training: A Serious Case of The Fuckits, The Heresy of Love Film and Television includes: The Halcyon Trained at: Central School of Speech and Drama, Laine Theatre Arts Slightly Max Lauder This is Max’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Romeo and Juliet, Treasure Island, Tipping The Velvet (Richard Burton Company) Film includes: From Sidney With Love Trained at: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Swing Shadow Meg Matthews This is Meg’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Grease (Secret Cinema), Alice in Wonderland (Immersion Theatre), Humbug (Truman Brewery), The Brave & The Waves (Dockyard Chatham), Wonder Boy (Bristol Old Vic), Green Shoots (York Theatre Royal), Guardians of the Galaxy (Wembley Park) Film includes: Custody, Echo’s of the Lost, Once a Ranger, Tooth-Fairy V, Viking Revenge, Confession. Shockwaves Television includes: McDonald & Dodds Trained at: ArtsEd Tink Charlotte Mills Previous RSC includes: Wendy & Peter Pan, The Winter’s Tale Theatre includes: Doncastrian Chalk Circle (National Theatre/CAST Doncaster), Love’s Labour’s Lost, Much Ado About Nothing, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Gabriel (Globe), The Country Wife (Chichester Festival Theatre), Abigail’s Party (Theatre Royal Bath Productions), Merlin (Royal and Derngate), Therese Raquin (Theatre Royal Bath), Jerusalem (Royal Court/West End/Broadway), By Jeeves (Landor Theatre), Billy Liar (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Old Vic 24 Hour Plays (Old Vic), Theatre EP (Hightide/Latitude), Paradise Lost (Southwark Playhouse), Iphigenia (Crucible Theatre) Television includes: Small Prophets, Doctors, Casualty, Dodger, Malpractice, Protection, The Moorside, Doctor Thorne, A Very Royal Scandal, Behind Her Eyes, Letter for the King, Agatha Raisin, The Bastard Executioner Film includes: Wilhelm Tell, Daddy Issues (Short), The Apology (Short), I’m Here (Short) Michael Darling Kwaku Mills Previous RSC includes: Edward II Theatre includes: Underdog: The Other Other Bronte (National Theatre/Northern Stage), The Art of Illusion (Hampstead Theatre), King Lear (Globe), Queer Upstairs (Royal Court Theatre), Perspective (National Theatre), Hay Fever (Salisbury Playhouse), Candida (Orange Tree Theatre), Dark Sublime (Trafalgar Studios), Good Dog (Watford Palace Theatre/UK tour), The End of Eddy (Unicorn Theatre/UK tour) Television includes: Extraordinary, Urban Myths: The Trial of Joan Collins, The Other One, I Hate You Film includes: The Trouble With Jessica Trained at: RADA Tom Darling Alexander Molony Previous RSC includes: Macbeth Theatre includes: Bodies (Royal Court Theatre), South Pacific (Cadogan Hall) Film includes: Peter Pan & Wendy, The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales Television includes: The Reluctant Landlord, Claude, Raa Raa The Noisy Lion Tootles Kyle Ndukuba This is Kyle's RSC debut Theatre includes: Romeo & Juliet (Belgrade Theatre/Bristol Old Vic/Hackney Empire) Television includes: Grace, Ellis Trained at: LAMDA Doc Swain Guy Rhys Previous RSC includes: Wendy & Peter Pan Theatre includes: Moby Dick (Royal Derngate/Simple 8), Macbeth (English Touring Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing, Rock Paper Scissors (Sheffield Crucible), Mother Courage (Headlong/Royal Exchange Theatre), Arturo Ui, St Joan (Donmar Warehouse), Pomona (Orange Tree/National Theatre/Royal Exchange Theatre), 24 Hours Of Peace, A View From The Bridge, Bird (Royal Exchange Theatre), Beyond These Walls (Northern Broadsides), Aesop’s Fables, Grimm Tales, Not Now Bernard, My Father Odysseus, Jason & The Argonauts (Unicorn), Star Cross’d (Oldham Coliseum), Rafta Rafta (Bolton Octagon), A Streetcar Named Desire (Theatr Clywd), The Ramayana, Murmuring Judges, Transmissions (Birmingham Rep), The Allotment (New Perspectives/Edinburgh), The PowerBook, Mother Courage (National Theatre), Hijra (Leeds Playhouse), Mrs Dalloway (Arcola), Romeo & Juliet (Chichester Festival Theatre) Television includes: Brassic 7, The Witcher: Blood Origin, The Ipcress File, The First Team, MotherFatherSon, The Crimson Field, Holby City, Outlaws, Sorted, Doctors, Dalziel & Pascoe, Disability Benefits, Fallout, No Angels, Emmerdale, Fat Friends, The Last Detective, A&E, Big Bad World 2, The Bill Film includes: The Festival, Mary, Queen Of Scots, How To Build A Girl Radio includes: Still Here, Restless Dreams, Relativity, Schreber, Zola: Sex, Blood & Money, Kukutis In The Dark Trained at: Drama Centre Wendy Hannah Saxby This is Hannah’s RSC debut Theatre includes: The Crucible (Globe), Some Demon (Arcola Theatre/Bristol Old Vic), Julius Caesar, Playhouse Creatures, Earthquakes in London (Richard Burton Theatre Company) Television includes: Gentleman Jack 2, Holby City, Doctors, Shakespeare & Hathaway, Malory Towers Film includes: The First Two Trained at: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Knock Bone Jones Hadley Smith This is Hadley’s RSC debut Theatre includes: As Actor: The Three Musketeers (The New Vic), Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet (Dickens Theatre Rep), War of The Roses Live (KOME Entertainment), Wendy & Peter Pan (Leeds Playhouse), The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, King Arthur (Gods and Monsters Rep), The Jungle Book (The Madinat Theatre, Dubai), Richard III (Combat Veteran Players), Glitter Punch (Kings Head Theatre), The Frozen Roman (National Tour), Brilliance (UK Tour). As Fight Director: Kynren - An Epic Tale of England (Eleven Arches), Jitney (Leeds Playhouse), The Three Musketeers (Immersion Theatre), Macbeth (YSC) Screen includes: Emmerdale, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Last Leg, Silence Is Golden, The Hordes of Khan - Sabaton, The Viking Revenge Trained at: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Hadley is also a Fight Director and qualified Stage Combat Instructor with BADC Captain Hook / Mr Darling Toby Stephens Previous RSC includes: Hamlet,A Midsummer Night's Dream, All's Well That Ends Well, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Measure for Measure, Cheapside, Tamburlaine, The Pilate Workshop, Wallenstein, Unfinished Business Theatre includes: Corruption(Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center), The Forest (Hampstead Theatre), The Real Thing (The Old Vic), Private Lives (Gielgud), Danton's Death, Oslo (National Theatre/Harold Pinter) Film includes: Die Another Day, Mārama TV includes: Jane Eyre, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Black Sails, Lost in Space, A Cruel Love, The Split: Barcelona, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Tiger Lily Ami Tredrea Previous RSC includes: Hamlet Hail To The Thief Theatre includes: London Tide, The Crucible (National Theatre), The Good Person of Szechwan (Sheffield Crucible Theatre), The 47th (Old Vic) Television includes: Black Mirror, Prime Target, My Lady Jane, Three Body Problem Film includes: Strangers Trained at: LAMDA Murt the Bat 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 & International Tour), Macbeth (Propeller Theatre), The Three Musketeers (Rose Theatre, Kingston), Macbeth (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 Series 3, 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 Film includes: Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One, Rise of the Footsoldier 3, Rush, Captain America, Interview With A Hitman, In the Name of Ben Hur, Intimacy, Jesus the Curry King, First Night Short film includes: Nuisance Web series includes: Kannada John Darling Fred Woodley Evans This is Fred’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Outlying Islands (Jermyn Street Theatre) Television includes: Bridgerton Trained at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Curly Tom Xander Previous RSC includes: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Theatre includes: Mean Girls (Savoy Theatre), The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre), Fado (ATG), Out the Box (National Theatre), Magic at the Musicals (Royal Albert Hall), The Show Must Go On: Live! (Palace Theatre and Sky Arts), Yarico (Workshop) Film includes: Seneca: On the Creation of Earthquakes, Jolt Television includes: The Larkins, Holby City Previous Next Cast Skylights / Swing Shadow John Sodiq Akanmu Shadow Joe Anthony Shadow James Berkery Shadow Kazmin Borrer Shadow Lili-Evangeline Bryden Mrs Darling Lolita Chakrabarti Shadow / Doctor / Crocodile Harrison Claxton Martin the Cabin Boy Joe Hewetson Peter's Shadow Christopher Jeffers Smee Scott Karim Shadow Alexander Kranz Peter Pan Daniel Krikler Slightly Max Lauder Swing Shadow Meg Matthews Tink Charlotte Mills Michael Darling Kwaku Mills Tom Darling Alexander Molony Tootles Kyle Ndukuba Doc Swain Guy Rhys Wendy Hannah Saxby Knock Bone Jones Hadley Smith Captain Hook / Mr Darling Toby Stephens Tiger Lily Ami Tredrea Murt the Bat Marcello Walton John Darling Fred Woodley Evans Curly Tom Xander Creatives Director Jonathan Munby Set & Costume Designer Colin Richmond Choreography Lucy Hind Music Shuhei Kamimura Sound Designer Christopher Shutt Lighting Designer Oliver Fenwick Video Designer Taiki Ueda Fight Director Terry King Casting Director Annelie Powell CDG Voice Emma Woodvine Associate Director Eleanor Taylor Butoh Consultant Ikuyo Kuroda Barbican Theatre London 21 Oct - 22 Nov 2025 Book Tickets About the Play Cast and Creatives Assisted Performances More Less About the Play Cast and Creatives Assisted Performances The RSC Acting Companies are generously supported by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation In This Section About the Play Join the us this winter as we return to the Barbican with an exhilarating new take on a beloved classic myth of love, loss, redemption – and pirates. 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