Full cast announcement for As You Like It

We are very excited to reveal the full cast for this year's Stafford Festival Shakespeare production! They're going to make it a very special show...

Esther Biddle

Pheobe

 Esther trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and Bristol University. Her theatre credits include Beauty and The Beast (Clwyd Theatr Cymru) The Witches of Eastwick (The Watermill) Hansell and Gretel (Margate Theatre Royal) Animal Farm (Clwyd Theatr Cymru) The Comedy Of Errors (Stafford Festival Shakespeare) and Chess (UK No.1 Tour)

  








John Challis

Jacques

John is best known for his role as 'Boycie' in Only Fools and Horses. After years of planning 'Boycie' and 'Marlene' starred in their own series The Green Green Grass which had four successful series on BBC1.

Shirley Darroch

Audrey 

Shirley recently won a Manchester Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Her theatre credits include Mama Morton in Chicago (Oldham Coliseum: Voted No.6 in Guardian's critics choice 2013) Wicked Witch of The West in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Hull Truck Theatre) and Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors (Birmingham Rep)

 









Jennifer Greenwood

Celia

Jennifer trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and is returning to Stafford Festival Shakespeare, having played Hermia in last year's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her theatre credits include Fairy Nuff in Jack and The Beanstalk (Swindon Wyvern) The Night Queen in The Night Queen (Belgrade Theatre Coventry) Lady MacDuff in Macbeth (Redgrave Theatre) Teacher in Health Wealth (Old Vic New Voices) She is also co-founder and one third of of the comedy cabaret group Three Little Maids.

James Haggie

Le Beau / Silvius

The highly talented actor and musician makes a welcome return to Stafford Festival Shakespeare following his brilliant comic performances as Balthasar in 2012's Romeo and Juliet and Flute in 2013's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Graham Kent

Duke Senior / Duke Frederick 

Graham makes a welcome return to SFS following his critically acclaimed performances in Romeo and Juliet and The Merry Wives of Windsor. His West End credits include Miss Saigon (Drury Lane) playing the lead role of engineer on several occasions, Aladdin (Shaw Theatre) and TinTin in Tibet (Barbican). Graham's film credits include: Disney's 'The Muppets Most Wanted' and the 20th Century Fox Film 'From Hell'.

 








Daniel Lloyd

Amiens

Alongside his succesful acting career Daniel is also a professionally signed guitarist and singer / songwriter. His recent film credits include Disney's 'The Muppets Most Wanted'.

 







Joshua Manning

Oliver

Joshua trained at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Prior to his time there he studied Theatre and Music at the University of Glasgow. His theatre credits include Feste in Twelfth Night (Drayton Theatre) Kent in King Lear (The Rose Bankside) and his Television credits include Krrk Krrspltx in Intergalatic Kitchen (BBC)

Alex Parry

Charles / Jacques de Bois 

Alex's theatre credits include Tom: the Story of Tom Jones (Theatr Na N'Og) Jackie: The Musical (Gardyne Theatre Dundee) and Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (UK Tour). His Television credits include: Torchwood, Dirk Gently (BBC) and Alex provides most of the voices in Channel 4's Empire Square.

Eric Potts

Touchstone

Eric's recent theatre credits include Les Dawson/Ada in Cissie and Ada (National Tour) Danny in Brassed Off, Major Wyndham-Pitts in A Little Local Difficulty, Al in April in Paris and Oliver Hardy in Laurel and Hardy.

 








Tom Radford

Orlando 

Tom's theatre credits include Othello (National Theatre)  The Robbers, Thebes, Hamlet, Mary Stuart, Twelfth Night and Miss Julie (The Faction) The Wizard of Oz (Hull Truck) Twelfth Night and Masters Are You Mad? (Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre) and The Shoemaker's Holiday (RSC Summer Festival)

Georgina White 

Rosalind

Georgina trained at RADA. She was recently seen as Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream for Stafford Festival Shakespeare. Her other theatre credits include Blonde Bombshells of 1943 (New VIc Theatre, Oldham Coliseum) The Wind In The Willows (West Yorkshire Playhouse) Forever Young (Nottingham Playhouse, New Wolsey Theatre) The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Theatre Royal, Northampton) Up On The Roof (UK Tour) and Oklahoma! (Peacock Theatre, London/UK Tour)

 



 







Johnson Willis
 
Adam / Corin

This is Johnson's third production at Stafford Festival Shakespeare having been in Twelfth Night and Comedy of Errors. He is an Associate Member of Clwyd Theatr Cymru where productions include Silas Marner, Twelfth Night, King Lear, The Cherry Orchard and Animal Farm. Other productions include Mother Courage (Manchester Library Theatre) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (English Shakespeare Company)

As You Like It opens at Stafford Castle on Sunday 29th June and runs until Saturday 12th July. Tickets are on sale now and you can book yours by clicking here or by calling our box office on 01785 254653.