Game of Thrones: The Mad King Reveals Full Stage Cast and First Portrait

The archetypal photograph and afloat formed for Game of Thrones: The Mad King was revealed Saturday by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The prequel signifier show, announced successful February, opens Saturday, August 8, astatine the Royal Shakespeare Theatre successful Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and closes Saturday, September 5, 2026.

The merchandise besides marks the 30th day of the archetypal work of George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones, the archetypal caller successful 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 last years earlier the events of the novels” and “reveals a legendary section of Westerosi history,” according to the authoritative property release.

Left to right, the representation includes Tanisha Spring arsenic Ashara Dayne, Elizabeth Ayodele arsenic Princess Elia Martell, Mariah Gayle arsenic Queen Rhaella Targaryen, Callum Woodhouse arsenic Lord Robert Baratheon, Michael Shaeffer arsenic King Aerys II Targaryen, Harmony Rose-Bremner arsenic Lyanna Stark, Luke Brady arsenic Brandon Stark, Noah Ritter arsenic Prince Rhaegar Targaryen and Michael Abubakar arsenic Eddard Stark.

Here is the formed of George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones: The Mad King successful alphabetical order:

Michael Abubakar (Eddard Stark), Elizabeth Ayodele (Princess Elia Martell), Maxim Ays (Ser Jaime Lannister), Miles Barrow (Benjen Stark), Islam Bouakkaz (Howland Reed), Luke Brady (Brandon Stark), Marty Breen (Catelyn Stark), Sebastian Charles (Owen Merryweather / Ensemble / Puppeteer), Adrian Christopher (Prince Lewyn Martell / Ensemble / Puppeteer), Ronan Cullen (On-stage Swing / Puppeteer), Fred Davis (Qarlton Chelsted / Maester / Ensemble / Puppeteer), Edem-Ita Duke (Oberyn Martell), Simi Egbejumi-David (Ensemble / Puppeteer), Daisy Franks (Cersei Lannister / Golda Whent / Ensemble / Puppeteer), Mariah Gale (Queen Rhaella Targaryen / Lady Shella Whent), Richard Hansell (Grand Maester Pycelle), Daniel Hawksford (Ser Barristan Selmy), Lewis Howard (Ensemble / Puppeteer), April Nerissa Hudson (Ensemble / Puppeteer), Tom Larkin (Lord Whent / Wisdom Rossart / Ensemble / Puppeteer), Chelsea Marie (Ensemble / Puppeteer), Kel Matsena (Ser Arthur Dayne), Shaun Yusuf McKee (Ser Gerold Hightower / Ensemble / Puppeteer), Alexander Newland (Lord Rickard Stark), Hughie O’Donnell (Lord Varys), Huw Parmenter (Ser Oswell Whent), Noah Ritter (Prince Rhaegar Targaryen), Harmony Rose-Bremner (Lyanna Stark), Kate Rowsell (On-stage Swing / Puppeteer), Michael Shaeffer (King Aerys II Targaryen), Tanisha Spring (Ashara Dayne), Tom Stacy (On-stage Swing / Puppeteer), Matt Tait (Ensemble / Puppeteer), Tzarina-Nassor (Ensemble / Puppeteer), Marcello Walton (Ser Jonothor Darry / Lord Tywin Lannister) and Callum Woodhouse (Lord Robert Baratheon).

In summation to Dominic and Duncan, the play’s originative squad 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.