Exclusive Rehearsal Pics: Simon Lipkin, Sally Scott and cast prepare for As You Like It

Rehearsal pics have been released showing the cast in preparation for As You Like It, which plays at the Southwark Playhouse this Autumn to mark the Bard's 450th birthday.

Sally Scott (Sense and Sensibility, Boeing Boeing) plays feisty leading lady Rosalind, Harry Livingstone (The Glass Menagerie) her would-be lover Orlando and Simon Lipkin (Rock of Ages, I Can't Sing!) plays Touchstone. Joining them is Kaisa Hammarlund (A Little Night Music) as Celia, Joanna Hickman as Phebe and Samuel Townsend as Silvius. Completing the cast are Dominic Gerrard, Richard Albrecht, Minal Patel and Steven Crossley.

The production is directed by Derek Bond (Floyd Collins), with design by Emma Bailey, a score by Jude Obermüller and lighting by Sally Ferguson.

As You Like It opens at the Southwark Playhouse on 18 September and runs until 18 October.