The Mad King Cast and First Look Photo

The Mad King Cast and First Look Photo


The first photo and full cast for Game of Thrones: The Mad King was revealed Saturday by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The prequel stage show, announced in February, opens Saturday, August 8, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and closes Saturday, September 5, 2026.

The release also marks the 30th anniversary of the original publication of George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones, the first novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Adapted by Duncan Macmillan from Martin’s works and directed by Dominic Cooke, Game of Thrones: The Mad King spans “the final years before the events of the novels” and “reveals a legendary chapter of Westerosi history,” according to the official press release.

In addition to Dominic and Duncan, the play’s creative team are Puppetry and Movement Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell (Lume); Set Designer Chloe Lamford; Costume Designer Georgia McGuinness; Lighting Designer Jon Clark; Composer Will Stuart; Sound Designer Tom Gibbons; Casting Director Amy Ball CDG; Fight Director Bethan Clark; Intimacy Director Ingrid Mackinnon; Voice & Text Jeannette Nelson; Dialect Hazel Holder; Associate Director Emily Raymond; Associate Puppetry and Movement Scarlet Wilderink; Period Dance Consultant Francesca Roche; Creative Consultant Ti Mikkel; Director’s Consultant Lenore Gallegos; Associate Puppetry Designer Oli Simonon; Associate Set Designer Machiko Weston; Associate Costume Designer Alex Berry; Associate Lighting Designer Lucía Sánchez Roldan; Associate Sound Designer Alex Twiselton and Assistant Director Bellaray Bertrand-Webb.

Game of Thrones: The Mad King is co-produced with Simon Painter, Tim Lawson, Mark Manuel, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, HBO and Sir Leonard Blavatnik and Danny Cohen for Access Entertainment.




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