Check Out Jonathan Bailey In Richard II Rehearsals

From Oz To The West End!

Jonathan Bailey - do you ever slow down? The Viscount and Shiz University student has officially started to tackle his next project, Richard II, which opens on 10 February 2025 at London's Bridge Theatre! Directed by Nicholas Hytner (who's major successes as director include Miss Saigon, The History Boys and One Man) Mr Jonathan Bailey will take on the title role, and will be joined by Royce Pierreson as Henry Bolingbroke, Christopher Osikanlu Colquhoun as the Earl of Northumberland, and Olivia Popica as Queen Isabel.

About The Show

Additional cast members include Amanda Root as Green and the Duchess of York, Phoenix Di Sebastiani as Thomas Mowbray and Groom, and Clive Wood as John of Gaunt. Returning to the Bridge Theatre is Michael Simkins, who will play the Duke of York.

The production will feature Bob Crowley's design and Grant Olding's original score.

The story follows the capricious and vain monarch, convinced of his divinity, but failing to see the danger and precarious nature of his claim to the throne. Exiling all those who he sees as a threat, the banishment of Henry Bolingbroke would prove to be his undoing, as eventually Bolingbroke returns quietly to England, intent on recovering his rightful property, and instigates an uprising against the incompetent king, much to the glee of his peers.

Check out the rehearsal images below!