Ian McDiarmid and More Set to Star in A LIFE OF GALILEO - Full Casting Announced!

Full casting, including Ian McDiarmid as lead, has been announced for Mark Ravenhill's new translation of Bertolt Brecht's A Life of Galileo. It will play the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from January 31, 2013 through March 30.

The cast also includes Gethin Anthony as Cardinal Bellarmin, Matthew Aubrey as Andrea, Adam Burton as Vanni, Jake Fairbrother as Ludovico, Joel Gillman as Little Monk, Nia Gwynne as First Scholar, Paul Hamilton as Federzoni, Siu Hun Li as Very Thin Monk, Joan Iyiola, Youssef Kerkour as Philosopher/Monk, Chris Lew Kum Hoi as Cosimo de Medici, Susan Momoko Hingley as Ballad Singer's Wife, Patrick Romer as Very Old Cardinal/Senator, James Tucker as Bursar, Martin Turner as Sagredo/Cardinal Inquisitor, Philip Whitchurch as Cardinal Barberini/Ballad Singer and Sadie Shimmin as Mrs. Sarti.

Roxana Silbert will direct. The play will feature production design by Tom Scutt, music and sound by Nick Powell, movement by Struan Leslie and lighting by Rick Fisher.