2nd prize, Ian Charleson Awards 2022 (William Robinson)

Son or pawn? Lover or manipulator? Brother or usurper? Britannicus is a chilling portrait of a dictator’s rise to power.

Agrippina – desperate to cling onto power – has ensured her son, Nero, is the Roman Emperor, in place of his adopted brother and the rightful heir. Nero’s own obsessions turn a once virtuous ruler into an oppressive tyrant. His path to power is paved with deceit, corruption and cruelty.

Writer Jean Racine
Translator & Adaptor Timberlake Wertenbaker
Director Atri Banerjee
Designer Rosanna Vize
Lighting Lee Curran
Music & Sound Jasmin Kent Rodgman
Movement Jenni Jackson
Assistant Director Kwame Owusu
Assistant Designer Tomás Palmer
Associate Lighting Designer Lauren Woodey
Casting Nadine Rennie
Company Stage Manager Richard Pattison
Deputy Stage Manager Melody Wright
Assistant Stage Manager Wen-Hsin Chiang
Photography Marc Brenner

Cast Shyvonne Ahmmad | Nigel Barrett | Nathaniel Curtis | Hanna Khogali | Helena Lymbery | William Robinson