Rehersals have started for Women, Beware the Devil, which debuts at the Almeida Theatre next month.
Written by Lulu Raczka (Antigone) and directed by Rupert Goold (Tammy Faye), the cast includes Leo Bill (The Duchess of Malfi), Carly-Sophia Davies (Spring Awakening), Aurora Dawson-Hunte (Sex Education), Ioanna Kimbook (Daddy), Nathan Laryea (Spring Awakening), Lydia Leonard (Wolf Hall), Alison Oliver (Conversations with Friends) and Lola Shalam, in her professional debut.
Set in England, 1640, a war is brewing, rumours are flying, a household is in crisis… and the Devil’s having some fun.
For Lady Elizabeth nothing is more important than protecting her family’s legacy and their ancestral home. When that comes under threat, she elicits the help of Agnes, a young servant suspected of witchcraft. But Agnes has dark dreams of her own for this house.
The creative team also includes set designer Miriam Buether, costume designer Evie Gurney, lighting designer Tim Lutkin, sound designer and composer Adam Cork, casting director Amy Ball, costume supervisor Peter Todd and assistant director Dubheasa Lanipekun.
Women, Beware the Devil runs at the Almeida Theatre from February 11-25.