Cast for The Talented Mr Ripley tour revealed

Lead casting has been revealed for the stage adaptation of The Talented Mr Ripley – which will tour the UK for the first time in 2025, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of Patricia Highsmith’s novel.

The production opens at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham on 4 September, with an official press night scheduled for 10 September.

The novel, well known thanks to the hit 2000 film adaptation starring Matt Damon, Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow, and more recently through a 2024 Netflix series with Andrew Scott, follows Tom Ripley, a man who becomes dangerously entangled in a mission involving a wealthy acquaintance from Italy.

Set to star will be Ed McVey and and Maisie Smith, taking on the roles of Ripley and Marge respectively until the end of the year.

The play is a Faction production, adapted and directed by Mark Leipacher. Producers Jack Maple and Thomas Hopkins are behind the tour, with design by Holly Piggott, lighting by Zeynep Kepekli, sound by Max Pappenheim and casting by Marc Frankum. Further casting is to be announced.

You can see the initial list of tour dates here, while ambitions are in place to bring the show to the West End.

See tour dates.