Mexico City .- Romeo and Juliet have new faces on the theatrical stageand this time, the star of Spider-Man, Tom Holland, joins the theatrical production playing the main character of William Shakespeare’s play. Next to him will be the actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, as her co-starin it Duke of York Theater in London’s West End.
The direction will be by Jamie Lloydand the list will include prominent actors such as Freema Agyeman, Michael Balogun, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Tomiwa Edun, Mia Jerome, among others.
“ I can’t wait to get started and I know that together we will create something truly special”. For its part, Amewudah-Rivers shared his excitement at joining the teamdescribing it as “a dream” and expressing his excitement at bringing this story to life with Holland.
The production is described as a “vibrant new vision of Shakespeare’s immortal story about wordsmiths, rhymes, lovers and fighters.” The season is scheduled to begin on May 23, 2024 and will extend until August 3.
Who is Francesca Amewudah-Rivers?
Francesca Amewudah-Rivers is a British actress of Ghanaian descent which is giving a lot of talk. As we anticipated, recently it was chosen to play Juliet in a new adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, alongside Tom Holland.
Has worked on projects with Shakespeare’s Globe, Actors Touring Company y el National Theatreamong others
Her role as Juliet will be your great opportunity to make the leap to international fame. In 2022 He co-wrote the short film Medea and composed its soundtrack. That year alsoHe did composition work for the short film Minutes, according to his IMDb.
