FULL CAST ANNOUNCED
FOR THE UK TOUR OF
THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY
FROM 4 SEPTEMBER
The producers are delighted to announce the full cast for the first ever UK tour of THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, opening at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, on 4 September.
Joining previously announced Ed McVey (The Crown, Netflix) as Tom Ripley and Maisie Smith (Eastenders, BBC) as Marge Sherwood will be Bruce Herbelin-Earle (Free Reign, Netflix; The Boys in the Boat, Warner Bros) as Dickie Greenleaf, Christopher Bianchi (Othello, Tobacco Factory; Aesop’s Fables, Bristol Old Vic) as Herbert Greenleaf/Roverini, Cary Crankson (Death of England, National Theatre & Soho Place Theatre; A View From The Bridge, West End) as Freddie Miles/Alvin McCarron, Leda (Antigone, UK Tour) as Cleo/Dottie and Jason Eddy (Othello, Royal Shakespeare Theatre; The Rat Trap, Off-Broadway) as Peter/Fausto. The cast is completed by Lachlan McCall (A Christmas Carol and The Merry Wives of Windsor, OVO Theatre), Hollie Sullivan (The Mousetrap, UK Tour; Private Lives, Vienna’s English Theatre)and Aldous Ciokajlo-Squire (Doctor Who, BBC/Disney+; Everything Now, Netflix).
2025 marks the 70th anniversary of Patricia Highsmith’s iconic, gripping novel, the source material for the 2000 Oscar nominated film starring Matt Damon, Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow, the 2024 Netflix adaptation starring Andrew Scott and the stage adaptation.
THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY is a The Faction production (Macbeth, Stephen Joseph Theatre; My Last Duchess, film commissioned by The Lowry) adapted and directed by Mark Leipacher (Mary Stuart, New Diorama, UK tour and international; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Wilton’s Music Hall/Theatre Royal Bath Ustinov/UK tour).
“I never wanted to murder anyone. It was necessary.”
Step into a world of deception, desire, and deadly ambition.
Tom Ripley is a nobody – until he’s offered an unexpected opportunity: travel to Italy and bring home the wealthy and carefree Dickie Greenleaf. But as Tom is drawn into Dickie’s glittering world of privilege, his obsession takes a dark turn. What begins as an innocent invitation spirals into a web of lies, identity theft, and murder.
Set against the sun-drenched backdrop of 1950s Italy, this gripping stage adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley brings Patricia Highsmith’s iconic novel to life in a thrilling new production. With razor-sharp dialogue, psychological intensity, and a chillingly charismatic antihero, this is Ripley as you’ve never seen him before.
How far would you go to be someone else?
THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY is adapted and directed by Mark Leipacher, with set and costume design by Holly Pigott (Fleabag, Wyndham’s Theatre), associate set and costume design by Ellen Farrell, lighting design by Zeynep Kepekli (The Little Mermaid, Bristol Old Vic), sound design by Max Pappenheim (The Night of the Iguana, Noel Coward Theatre) and casting by Marc Frankum CDG (The Woman in Black, Fortune Theatre).
THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY is produced by Jack Maple and Thomas Hopkins and created by The Faction (Macbeth, Stephen Joseph Theatre; My Last Duchess, film commissioned by The Lowry).
Website: TheTalentedMrRipleyPlay.com
Instagram & Facebook: @RipleyOnStage
2025 TOUR LISTINGS
4 – 13 September Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
15 – 20 September Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
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22 – 27 September Birmingham Rep
6 – 11 October New Victoria Theatre, Woking
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13 – 18 October Oxford Playhouse
27 October – 1 November Theatre Royal Brighton
3 – 8 November Bristol Old Vic
10 – 15 November Richmond Theatre
17– 22 November Salford Lowry
2026 touring dates to be announced