Theatre Royal Haymarket confirm further casting for ‘The Score’

The production opens next month starring Brian Cox and Nicole Ansari-Cox…

Further cast members joining legendary stage and screen actor Brian Cox as Johann Sebastian Bach and Nicole Ansari-Cox as Bach’s wife Anna in Oliver Cotton’s play The Score were announced this week.

Joining Brian and Nicole are Peter De Jersey as Voltaire, Juliet Garricks as Emilia, Stephen Hagan as Frederick, Jamie Wilkes as Carl, Christopher Staines as Quantz, Toby Webster as Benda, Matthew Romain as Graun and James Gladdon as Helstein. The production also features Geoffrey Towers, Jordan Kilshaw and Rebecca Thornhill.

Spring 1747, Potsdam, Prussia. Johann Sebastian Bach reluctantly visits the court of Frederick II, Europe’s most ambitious and dangerous leader. The two men could hardly be more different. As the Age of Enlightenment dawns, they stand in opposite camps.

Bach is deeply religious, Frederick is an atheist. Bach loathes war, Frederick revels in it. Bach studies scripture, Frederick reads military history. Frederick remains in awe of Bach’s genius however and has mischievously prepared a musical conundrum that he hopes will baffle the composer and amuse his court.

The explosive events of the following days could not have been predicted by either man.

The Score, directed by Trevor Nunn and originally presented at Theatre Royal Bath will run from Thursday 20 February to Saturday 26 April 2025 at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Tickets via trh.co.uk