Bruce Herbelin-Earle, Christopher Bianchi and Cary Crankson are among the cast joining Ed McVey and Maisie Smith for the first ever UK tour of The Talented Mr Ripley, which will visit Richmond Theatre this November.
McVey and Smith were previously announced as playing Tom Ripley and Marge Sherwood, respectively. Herbelin-Earle will play Dickie Greenleaf, with Bianchi as Herbert Greenleaf/Roverini and Crankson as Freddie Miles/Alvin McCarron.
The cast also includes Leda as Cleo/Dottie, Jason Eddy as Peter/Fausto, Lachlan McCall, Hollie Sullivan and Aldous Ciokajlo-Squire.
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 a The Faction production adapted and directed by Mark Leipacher (Mary Stuart), with set and costume design by Holly Pigott (Fleabag), associate set and costume design by Ellen Farrell, lighting design by Zeynep Kepekli (The Little Mermaid), sound design by Max Pappenheim (The Night of the Iguana) and casting by Marc Frankum (The Woman in Black).
The Talented Mr Ripley is produced by Jack Maple and Thomas Hopkins and created by The Faction (Macbeth, My Last Duchess).
The year 2025 marks the 70th anniversary of Patricia Highsmith’s novel, which is 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 plays Richmond Theatre from November 10-15. Tickets here.
Top image: The Talented Mr Ripley cast artwork (image supplied)