WILTSHIRE CREATIVE AND MERCURY THEATRE COLCHESTER
ANNOUNCES FULL CAST FOR
RACHEL WAGSTAFF AND DUNCAN ABEL’S ADAPTATION OF THE DA VINCI CODE
Wiltshire Creative and Mercury Theatre Colchester today announces full cast for Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel’s stage adaptation of Dan Brown’s best-selling thriller novel The Da Vinci Code. Chelsea Walker – making her Salisbury Playhouse debut – directs Sherry Baines (Sister Sandrine), Joe Bannister (Robert Langdon), Philip Bretherton (Teabing), Richard Clews (Jaques Sauniere), Joshua Griffin (Remy/Philip/The Clerk), Georgia-Mae Myers (Sophie Neveu), Louise Mai Newberry (Collet/Vernet/Volunteer), Anthony Ofoegbu (Bezu Fache) and Joe Pitts (Silas).
The production opens at Salisbury Playhouse on 15 April, with previewsfrom 10 April. and runs until 3 May, ahead of its run at the co-producing venue, Mercury Theatre Colchester, from 7 – 24 May.
Chelsea Walker said today, “I’m thrilled to be directing The Da Vinci Code for Wiltshire Creative and the Mercury Theatre, Colchester. This brilliant adaptation captures perfectly the fast-paced thrill and intrigue of Dan Brown’s bestseller. We’ve assembled an excellent cast and creativeteam to bring it to life onstage and we can’t wait to share it with audiences.”
Wiltshire Creative and Mercury Theatre Colchester present
THE DA VINCI CODE
Adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel
From the novel by Dan Brown
Thursday 10 April – Saturday 3 May 2025
Director: Chelsea Walker; Designer: Alys Whitehead;
Sound and Composition Designer: Alexandra Faye Braithwaite;Lighting Designer: Ryan Day;
Video Designer: Daniel Denton;Casting Director: Arthur Carrington
Dan Brown’s best-selling thriller novel comes alive in a way you’ve never seen before, in this electrifying stage adaptation written by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel, the same writers who adapted the smash hit The Girl on the Train which played at Salisbury Playhouse in 2023.
Professor Robert Langdon and fellow cryptologist Sophie Neveu embark on a pulse-pounding quest across Europe. When a brutal murder in the Louvre Museum uncovers hidden clues within Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpieces, the duo must unravel a web of intrigue that could alter the course of history…
Uncover the twists and turns of ancient secrets, relentless rivals and coded messages in a quest to protect a secret that could change the world forever.
Chelsea Walker is an award-winning director, having won the Sir Peter Hall Director Award in 2017. She has twice been a finalist for the JMK Directors Award, winning the runner-up prize in 2016, has twice been nominated for an Off West End Best Director Award and twice nominated for a UK Theatre Award. Her directing credits include All’s Well That EndsWell (Shakespeare’s Globe), Visit From An Unknown Woman, This Much I Know, Yous Two (Hampstead Theatre), On The Beach (Sheffield Theatres), Missing Julie (Theatre Clwyd), Hedda Gabler (Sherman Theatre), Cougar, Low Level Panic (Orange Tree Theatre), P’yongyang, Chicken Dust (Finborough Theatre), Klippies (Southwark Playhouse), A Streetcar Named Desire (UK tour) and Lean (Tristan Bates Theatre).
Sherry Baines returns to Salisbury Playhouse to play Sister Sandrine, Marie and Docent – she previously appeared in One Last Push, How The Other Half Loves, and Before The Party. Her other theatre credits include The Mousetrap (St Martin’s Theatre), Other People, Countdown (The Other Palace), Much Ado About Nothing (Stafford Festival Shakespeare), I am a Camera (Southwark Playhouse) and A Small Family Business (Theatr Clwyd). Her television credits include Doctors, A Touch of Frost, Ralph & Katie, The A Word and Call the Midwife.
Joe Bannister plays Robert Langdon. His theatre credits include Trouble in Mind, As You Like It, The Confessions (National Theatre), The Lion in Winter (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Much Ado About Nothing (Cambridge Arts Theatre), Chariots of Fire (Gielgud Theatre/Hampstead Theatre), Titus Andronicus, The Witch of Edmonton, The Arden of Faversham, The Roaring Girl (RSC), Wild Honey (Hampstead Theatre), Hobson’s Choice (Vaudeville Theatre), Ramona Tells Jim (Bush Theatre) and The Watsons (Chichester Festival Theatre/Menier Chocolate Factory). His television credits include Lockerbie, Screw, This England, Finding Alice, The Singapore Grip, Curfew and Howards End.
Philip Bretherton returns to Salisbury Playhouse to play Teabing, he previously appeared in How The Other Half Loves and Before the Party. His other theatre credits include Tony’s Last Tape (Omnibus Theatre), Twilight Song (Park Theatre), The National Joke, Skylight (Stephen Joseph Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing (Stafford Festival Shakespeare), Somewhere in England, The God of Carnage, As You Like It, Blackthorn, Pygmalion, Noises Off, Blithe Spirit (Theatre Clwyd), The League of Youth, Breaking the Silence (Nottingham Playhouse), Life After Scandal (Hampstead Theatre), Who’s Afraid of Virigina Woolf?, Six Degrees of Separation (Royal Exchange Theatre). His television credits include Coronation Street (as series regulars Ian Davenport, Robert Weston and Rod), As Time Goes By (as series regular Alistair Deacon), Footballers’ Wives (as series regular Stefan Hauser), Casualty (as series regular Andrew Bower), Real Women, Wing and a Prayer, Holding On Doctors, Young Dracula, The Londoners; and for film, The Fifth Estate and Dark Floors.
Richard Clews returns to Salisbury Playhouse to play Jaques Sauniere, he previously appeared in Waiting for Godot and Journey’s End. His other theatre credits include The Secret Garden (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), The Taming of The Shrew, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Wendy & Peter Pan (RSC), The Country Wife (Southwark Playhouse), Babette’s Feast (Coronet Theatre), King Lear (Duke of York’s Theatre/Chichester Theatre), The Government Inspector (Birmingham Rep/UK tour) Dr Faustus, God of Soho, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Timon of Athens (Shakespeare’s Globe) and Rebecca (UK tour). His television credits include The Trip, The Last Kingdom, Altantis and A Touch of Frost; and for film, The Trip to Greece.
Joshua Griffin plays Remy/ Philip/The Clerk. His theatre credits include Atlantis (Theatr Clwyd), Henry V (Shakespeare’s Globe/ UK tour), Dear Elizabeth (Gate Theatre), The Mousetrap (St Martin’s Theatre). His television credits include Doctors and Father Brown; and for film, Reach, Boys on Film 23: Dangerous to Know and Magic Mike’s Last Dance.
Georgia-Mae Myers plays Sophie Neveu. Her theatre credits include All’s Well That Ends Well, Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare’s Globe), Frankenstein (UK tour), Dismissed (Soho Theatre), Wars of The Roses, Henry VI: Rebellion (RSC) and There May be a Castle (Little Angel Theatre).
Louise Mai Newberry plays Collet, Vernet and Volunteer. Her theatre credits include Metamorphosis (UK tour/Lyric Hammersmith), The Whitby Rebels (Stephen Joseph Theatre), The Good Person of Szechwan (Sheffield Theatres/Lyric Hammersmith), The Climbers (Theatre by the Lake), The Smeds and The Smoos (UK tour), Romeo and Juliet (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Pericles (Shakespeare at Tobacco Factory Theatre), Plenty (Chichester Festival Theatre), All’s Well That End’s Well (Shakespeare’s Globe), King Lear (Orange Tree Theatre), Lampedusa (Soho Theatre/Citizens Theatre), The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie (Arcola Theatre), Any Means Necessary (Nottingham Playhouse), The Snow Dragon (UK/US tour), The Gruffalo (UK/Ireland tour), Not The End Of The World (Bristol Old Vic) and Transmission (Birmingham Rep). Her television credits include Doctor Who, Blacklist and Goal!;and for film, her credits include My One and Only, Fluid and Christie.
Anthony Ofoegbu plays Bezu Fache. His theatre credits include Conundrum (Young Vic Theatre), Barber Shop Chronicles (National Theatre/UK, US and Canadian tour), Circle Mirror Transformation (HOME Manchester), The Lion and The Jewel (Barbican), The Beatification of Area Boy (Leeds Playhouse/international tour), Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus (RSC/Barbican Theatre) and Death and the King’s Horseman (National Theatre). For television, his credits include Spooks, Moonfleet and Meet the Adebanjos; and for film, his credits include Escape and DarkGame.
Joe Pitts plays Silas. His theatre credits include The Wind and The Rain (Finborough Theatre) and Spring Awakening (Almeida Theatre). His television credits include FBI: International, The New Look and Bodies.
LISTINGS INFORMATION
WILTSHIRE CREATIVE
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Salisbury Playhouse, Main House,Malthouse Lane, Salisbury SP2 7RA
THE 39 STEPS
Salisbury Playhouse
Runs until 8 MarchTickets from £12
Age Guidance: 10+
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Mercury Theatre Colchester
11 – 29 March
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Octagon Theatre Bolton
16 April – 10 May
THE DA VINCI CODE
Salisbury Playhouse
10 April – 3 May
Tickets from £12
Age Guidance: 14+
BSL/ Captioned performance Tuesday 29 April at 7:30pm
Audio Described & Touch Tour Thursday 1 May at 2:15pm and 7:30pm
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Mercury Theatre Colchester
07 – 24 May
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