Birmingham Rep is delighted to announce the full casting of the first ever UK tour of The Talented Mr Ripley, which brings the iconic psychological thriller, which inspired the acclaimed movie and Netflix series, to life on The Rep stage from Monday 22nd – Saturday 27th September.
This tour marks the 70th anniversary of Patricia Highsmith’s gripping novel, the source material for the 2000 Oscar nominated film starring Matt Damon as Tom Ripley, Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf and Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge Sherwood, the 2024 Netflix adaptation starring Andrew Scott and the stage adaptation.
Joining the previously announced Ed McVey (The Crown, Netflix) as Tom Ripley and Maisie Smith (Eastenders, BBC) as Marge Sherwood, will be Bruce Herbelin-Earle (Free Reign, Netflix; The Boys in the Boat, Warner Bros) as Dickie Greenleaf.
Also joining the cast will be Christopher Bianchi (Othello, Tobacca Factory; Aesop’s Fables, Bristol Old Vic) as Herbert Greenleaf/Roverini, Cary Crankson (Death of England, National Theatre & Soho Place Theatre; A View From The Bridge, West End) as Freddie Miles/Alvin McCarron, Leda (Antigone, UK Tour) as Cleo/Dottie and Jason Eddy (Othello, Royal Shakespeare Theatre; The Rat Trap, Off-Broadway) as Peter/Fausto.
The cast is completed by Lachlan McCall (A Christmas Carol and The Merry Wives of Windsor, OVO Theatre), Hollie Sullivan (The Mousetrap, UK Tour; Private Lives, Vienna’s English Theatre)and Aldous Ciokajlo-Squire (Doctor Who, BBC/Disney+; Everything Now, Netflix).
“I never wanted to murder anyone. It was necessary.”
Step into a world of deception, desire, and deadly ambition.Tom Ripley is a nobody – until he’s offered an unexpected opportunity: travel to Italy and bring home the wealthy and carefree Dickie Greenleaf. But as Tom is drawn into Dickie’s glittering world of privilege, his obsession takes a dark turn. What begins as an innocent invitation spirals into a web of lies, identity theft, and murder.
Set against the sun-drenched backdrop of 1950s Italy, this gripping stage adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley brings Patricia Highsmith’s iconic novel to life in a thrilling new production. With razor-sharp dialogue, psychological intensity, and a chillingly charismatic antihero, this is Ripley as you’ve never seen him before.How far would you go to be someone else?
The Talented Mr Ripley is a The Faction production (Macbeth, Stephen Joseph Theatre; My Last Duchess, film commissioned by The Lowry) adapted and directed by Mark Leipacher (Mary Stuart, New Diorama, UK tour and international; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Wilton’s Music Hall/Theatre Royal Bath Ustinov/UK tour), with set and costume design by Holly Pigott (Fleabag, Wyndham’s Theatre), associate set and costume design by Ellen Farrell, lighting design by Zeynep Kepekli (The Little Mermaid, Bristol Old Vic), sound design by Max Pappenheim (The Night of the Iguana, Noel Coward Theatre) and casting by Marc Frankum CDG (The Woman in Black, Fortune Theatre).
he Talented Mr Ripley comes to The Rep from Monday 22nd – Saturday 27th September 2025.
To book simply visit Birmingham Rep at birmingham-rep.co.uk or call the Box Office on 0121 236 4455 (Monday to Friday from 12pm to 6pm. Saturdays 12pm to 6pm, or 4pm if there is no evening performance scheduled).