First look: Henry V with Kit Harington at Donmar Warehouse

First look photos of Henry V at the Donmar Warehouse have been revealed.

Donmar Associate Director Max Webster’s production of Shakespeare’s Henry V is currently running to 9 April 2022.

The cast is led by Kit Harington as Henry V with Jude Akuwudike (King of France/ Archbishop of Canterbury/Sir Thomas Erpingham), Seumas Begg (Jamy/Grey/Gloucester), Claire-Louise Cordwell (Bardolph/Bates), Kate Duchêne (Exeter/Constable of France), Olivier Huband (The Dauphin/Ely), Melissa Johns (Mistress Quickly/Williams/Macmorris) and David Judge (Nym/Mountjoy).

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Kit Harington in HENRY V at the Donmar Warehouse. Helen Murray
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Danny Kirrane in HENRY V at the Donmar Warehouse. Helen Murray
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Anoushka Lucas, Jude Akuwudike and Olivier Huband in HENRY V at the Donmar Warehouse. Helen Murray
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The HENRY V company in HENRY V at the Donmar Warehouse Helen Murray
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The HENRY V company in HENRY V at the Donmar Warehouse. Helen Murray

They’re joined by Danny Kirrane (Pistol/Westmoreland), Anoushka Lucas (Katherine/Gower), Adam Maxey (Orléans/Bedford), Steven Meo (Llewellyn/Falstaff), Marienella Phillips (Alice/Cambridge/Salisbury), Joanna Songi (Scroop/Rambures/Harfleur/Governor/York/Burgundy) and Millicent Wong (Chorus/Boy) with Gethin Alderman, Diany Bandza and Thomas Dennis.

Shakespeare’s ever popular play is a thrilling study of nationalism, war and the psychology of power.

Kit Harington leads the cast in an exciting modern production directed by Donmar Associate Director Max Webster, exploring what it means to be English and our relationship to Europe, asking: do we ever get the leaders we deserve?

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The HENRY V company in HENRY V at the Donmar Warehouse. Helen Murray
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Millicent Wong in HENRY V at the Donmar Warehouse. Helen Murray
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David Judge and Kit Harington in Henry V at the Donmar Warehouse. Helen Murray
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Jude Akuwudike, Anoushka Lucas and Kit Harington in Henry V at the Donmar Warehouse. Helen Murray

The creative team features designer Fly Davis, lighting designer Lee Curran, sound designer Carolyn Downing, casting director Anna Cooper CDG, video designer Andrzej Goulding, movement director Benoit Swan Pouffer, music by Andrew T Mackay, costume supervisor Lisa Aitken, fight director Kate Waters, dialect coach Fabien Enjalric, military consultant Tom Leigh and resident assistant director Dadiow Lin.

For more information and tickets, visit donmarwarehouse.com

About the author: Josh Darvill

Josh is Stageberry's editor with over five years of experience writing about theatre in the West End and across the UK. Prior to following his passion for musicals, he worked for more than a decade as a TV journalist.