First look at Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel in Born With Teeth rehearsals – as show completes cast

Liz Duffy Adams’ Born With Teeth will have its West End premiere this summer – and rehearsal images have been released.

The two-hander, directed by Daniel Evans, imagines the relationship between Marlowe and Shakespeare at a time of political danger and artistic rivalry. The play is set in the winter of 1591, where the two writers meet in secret, developing a tense and complex connection against a backdrop of conspiracy and surveillance.

The production will star Ncuti Gatwa as Christopher Marlowe and Edward Bluemel as William Shakespeare. Matt Pettifor is the understudy Willam Shakespeare and Justice Ritchie is the understudy Christopher Marlowe.

The production has design by Joanna Scotcher, lighting design by Neil Austin, sound design by George Dennis, video design by Andrzej Goulding, movement direction by Ira Mandela Siobhan and casting by Charlotte Sutton.

The play will run at Wyndham’s Theatre, a Delfont Mackintosh venue, for an 11-week season from 13 August to 1 November 2025.

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