Shakespeare's Globe Announces Full Casting For Nick Bagnall's LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST

Shakespeare's Globe has announced full casting for Nick Bagnall's Love's Labour's Lost, opening in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse on Thursday 23 August.

Dharmesh Patel will play Berowne. Dharmesh returns to the Globe after starring in Barrie Rutter's The Captive Queen in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse earlier this year. Other recent theatre credits include Titus Andronicus, Antony and Cleopatra and Julius Caesar (RSC), The Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Tempest (Shakespeare's Globe).

Kirsty Woodward is Princess of France. Kirsty appeared at The Globe in last year's touring production of Tristan & Yseult, and has also appeared in Globe productions of Pericles and The Winter's Tale. Her recent television work includes Bad Move (ITV) and Quacks (BBC).

Paul Stocker will play King of Navarre, returning to the Globe after appearing as Palamon in Barrie Rutter's The Two Noble Kinsmen earlier this summer. Paul's other theatre credits include The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (West End), Coral, A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky(National Theatre Studio) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Regent's Park). Television work includes Doctors, EastEnders and The Rack Pack (BBC).

Jade Williams is Rosaline. Jade has appeared in several Globe productions including Matthew Dunster's Doctor Faustus, Raz Shaw's God of Soho and Jessica Swale's Bedlam. Jade's other recent theatre work includes The Cherry Orchard, The Lower Depths (Arcola) and The Seagull (Chichester, National Theatre).

Tom Kanji will play Dumaine. Tom has appeared in numerous Globe productions including Michael Longhurst's The Winter's Tale, Dominic Dromgoole's Pericles and John Dove's Doctor Scroggy's War. Other recent theatre work includes The Country Wife (Chichester) and The Box of Delights (Wilton's Music Hall). Tom was also part of The Everyman Company 2017.

Leaphia Darko will play Katherine. Leaphia recently starred as Portia in Nicholas Hytner's Julius Caesar at The Bridge Theatre. Other recent theatre credits include Cookies - The Cyberscene Project(Theatre Royal Haymarket) and Mary Stuart (Almeida).

Charlotte Mills is Boyet. Charlotte returns to the Globe stage after appearing in the Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank schools production of Much Ado About Nothing earlier this year. Other recent theatre work includes The Country Wife (Chichester) and Abigail's Party (Theatre Royal Bath). Television includes Moorside (BBC).

Jos Vantyler is Don Armado, also returning to the Globe after appearing in Barrie Rutter's The Two Noble Kinsmen earlier this summer. Jos's other recent theatre work includes For Love or Money and The Merry Wives (Northern Broadsides). Television work includes The Secret Files (BBC) and Here and Now (CBS).