Stefan Dennis, George Rainsford and more set for The King’s Speech stage play tour

The touring cast has been revealed for The King’s Speech.

Directed by Loveday Ingram, the tour will commence in 2027, following a run at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester from 9 October to 7 November 2026.

Adapted by David Seidler from his Academy Award-winning screenplay, The King’s Speech follows the future King George VI as he seeks the help of Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue to overcome his stammer in the lead-up to a pivotal wartime radio broadcast.

The tour will begin at Oxford Playhouse on 13 January 2027 and continue through to the end of June, with a full set of dates below.

Casting includes Stefan Dennis as Lionel Logue, George Rainsford as Bertie (King George VI), Rosanna Miles as Queen Elizabeth, Lucy Bromilow as Myrtle Logue / Wallis Simpson, Tim Hudson as King George V / Winston Churchill, Ian Kirkby as Archbishop Cosmo Lang and Mark Hammersley as David / King Edward VIII / Stanley Baldwin.

The production has set and costume design by Adam Wiltshire, lighting design by Hector Murray, music and sound design by Elizabeth Purnell and casting by Marc Frankum.

The tour schedule is as follows: Oxford Playhouse (from 13 January), Belgrade Theatre, Coventry (week commencing 18 January), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham (25 January), Theatr Clwyd (1 February), Darlington Hippodrome (8 February), Grand Theatre, Blackpool (15 February), Theatre Royal Bath (22 February), Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford (1 March), His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen (8 March), Nottingham Playhouse (15 March), Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne (29 March), Curve, Leicester (5 April), Churchill Theatre, Bromley (12 April), Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton (19 April), Palace Theatre, Southend (26 April), Salisbury Playhouse (3 May), New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich (10 May), Theatre Royal Winchester (17 May), Royal and Derngate, Northampton (24 May), Sands Centre, Carlisle (31 May), Cambridge Arts Theatre (7 June), Theatre Royal Windsor (14 June) and Liverpool Playhouse (21 June).