Cast and Creatives As You Like It Close Celia Fisayo Akinade This is Fisayo's RSC debut Theatre includes: Slave Play (Noel Coward Theatre), The Crucible, Antony & Cleopatra, Barber Shop Chronicles (National Theatre), The Glow (Royal Court Theatre), The Antipodes (National Theatre), Shipwreck (Almeida), The Way Of The World, St Joan, The Vote (Donmar Warehouse), Pigs and Dogs, The Crossing Plays (Royal Court Theatre), The Tempest (The Globe), Barbarians (Young Vic), As You Like It (New Wolsey Theatre) Film includes: Goodbye June, The Personal History of David Copperfield, The Girl With All The Gifts, The Isle Television includes: Showtrial, Foundation, Dangerous Liaisons, Heartstopper, Atlanta, Martin's Close, Silent Witness, A Very English Scandal, In The Dark, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Ordinary Lies, Cucumber, Banana, Fresh Meat Orlando Elliot Barnes-Worrell Previous RSC includes: Richard II Theatre includes: The Collection, The Lover (Bath Ustinov Theatre), Man and Superman (Winner of the Ian Charleson Award), Small Island (National Theatre) Television includes: Black Mirror (Netflix), Schooled (Channel 4), The Killing Kind, Jericho (ITV), Van Der Valk (Company Pictures), Doctor Who (BBC) Film includes: VS., The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle, Ready Player One Le Beau Giles Cooper This is Giles’ RSC debut Theatre includes: Henry V, The Duchess of Malfi, The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Shakespeare’s Globe), This House, People, After The Dance (National Theatre), Rafts & Dreams, Think Global, F**k Local (Royal Court), Great Expectations (Royal Exchange Manchester and English Touring Theatre), The Witches (Wyndhams Theatre and Birmingham Rep), Twelfth Night (Bolton Octagon), Toast (The Other Palace), The Talented Mr Ripley (Royal & Derngate Theatre), Trilby (Finborough Theatre), Dreams of Violence (Out of Joint / Soho Theatre), A Touch of the Sun (Salisbury Playhouse), A Princess Undone (National Tour), Full Circle (Triumph), Across Oka (Manchester Royal Exchange), As Is (Arion Productions), Steve (Seven Dials Playhouse), The Night Baker (Ventnor Festival) Television includes: The Man Who Fell To Earth (CBS), Consenting Adults (BBC), Hollyoaks (Channel 4), City Country Kiss (ZDF) Film includes: Prima Facie, The Lady In The Van, Pride, Apollo And The Continents, The Nun Ensemble Jamal Franklin This is Jamal’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Midsummer Mechanicals (The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse), Pinocchio, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Globe), Buff (The Curve), Little Shop of Horrors (The Crucible), Limp Wrist & The Iron Fist (Brixton House), The Big Life (Theatre Royal Stratford East), On Railton Road (Museum of the Home), King Lear (The Duke of York’s Theatre) Television includes: Ruby Speaking (ITV) Film includes: NT Live: King Lear, Giddy Stratospheres. As Writer, Director and Performer: White Noise Trained at: University of Northampton Rosalind Jonathan Groff This is Jonathan's RSC debut Jonathan Groff has most recently appeared on Broadway in Just In Time, a jukebox musical inspired by the life of American singer Bobby Darin. In addition to earning Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Drama League Award nominations for his performance, he also serves as a producer on the show. Previously, he earned the Tony Award for his portrayal of Franklin Shephard in the celebrated, award-winning revival of Merrily We Roll Along. The production was filmed by Radical Media and acquired by Sony Pictures Classics and released theatrically at the end of last year. The film, like the stage production, is directed by Maria Friedman and produced by Sonia Friedman. Theatre includes: Just In Time (Circle in the Square Theatre), Merrily We Roll Along (Hudson Theatre and New York Theatre Workshop), Hamilton (Richard Rodgers Theatre / The Public Theater), Deathtrap (Noël Coward Theatre), Spring Awakening (Eugene O’Neill Theatre / Atlantic Theater), In My Life (Music Box Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (Westside Theatre Upstairs), The Submission (Lucille Lortel Theatre), The Bacchae (The Public Theater), The Singing Forest (The Public Theater), Prayer for My Enemy (Playwrights Horizons), Hair (Delacorte Theater) Television includes: Mindhunter (Netflix), Looking, The Normal Heart (HBO), Hamilton (Disney+) and Glee (Fox) Film includes: Merrily We Roll Along, A Nice Indian Boy, Knock at the Cabin, The Matrix Resurrections, Frozen I and II, American Sniper, The Conspirator, Taking Woodstock Touchstone Greg Haiste Previous RSC includes: The Comedy of Errors, Troy Story, Festive Tales Theatre includes: Fawlty Towers (West End / Tour), Guy Fawkes (York), Quiz (Chichester / West End), Nell Gwynn (Globe / West End), Richard II (Globe), 39 Steps (West End), Peter and the Starcatcher, A Christmas Carol (Royal and Derngate), Lysistrata, (Rose, Kingston) Relatively Speaking, Black Comedy (Watermill), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Peter Hall / Rose Theatre), The Play What I Wrote, The Missionary's Position (Tour), Low Pay, Don't Pay (Salisbury Playhouse / Told by an Idiot), The Lady in the Van, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Hamlet, The Accrington Pals (West Yorkshire Playhouse), The Madness of George III (Birmingham Rep / West Yorkshire Playhouse), The Tempest (Southwark Playhouse), Away and Europe (Traverse) Television includes: Ghosts, Miss Scarlet and the Duke, This England, Pennyworth, Timewasters, Home Fires, The Emily Atack Show, Jane Hall, Emmerdale, Eastenders Film includes: The Fantastic Four: First Steps, The Current War, The Time of Our Lives, Starfish Short Film includes: One Drop, Pops, Ken Loach's Star Wars, Les Chuckle Brothers Radio includes: Writers' Guild Award winning Radio 4 comedy Fags, Mags and Bags Other: Greg is also a regular volunteer for theatre mentoring charity 'Scene and Heard', which won the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service Trained: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Listen to Greg talking to actor Paul Chahidi as part of our Interval Drinks podcast series. Listen now Gwilym / Syr Osian Steffan Harri This is Steffan's RSC debut Theatre includes: Girl From The North Country (Old Vic / Gielgud Theatre / Toronto), Les Miserables (Sondheim Theatre), Spamalot (Playhouse Theatre), Shrek The Musical (National Tour), Llwyth / Tribe (Sherman Theatre / Theatr Cymru) Television includes: Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes (Disney +) Trained at: Guildford School of Acting Vocal Captain & Ensemble Steffan Hughes This is Steffan's RSC debut Theatre includes: The Corn is Green (National Theatre), Branwen (Wales Millennium Centre / Frân Wen), Sweeney Todd (Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod), Tosca (Welsh Proms) Television includes: Lost Boys & Fairies (BBC Wales), Steeltown Murders, BBC Children in Need (BBC), Britain's Got Talent, This Morning (ITV) Other: Steffan has toured internationally in concert, performing for the likes of HRH Prince William, Dame Shirley Bassey and Catherine Zeta-Jones, sharing the stage with singers including Katherine Jenkins and Alfie Boe. He is the Creative Director of the musical theatre group Welsh of the West End, which has gained over 20 million views online and has since performed at iconic venues including the Royal Albert Hall and the London Palladium. The group also wowed audiences internationally by reaching the live semi-finals of ITV's Britain's Got Talent. Steffan is also a member of the Classical Brit Award-winning vocal group Only Men Aloud. He performs regularly on the Welsh-language television channel S4C and is a presenter on both BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru. Corin / Hymen / a Lord at Court / a Lord in Arden Rhys Parry Jones This is Rhys' RSC debut Theatre includes: Not (The Other Place), Idle They Yammer (The Other Room), Triptych (De Oscuro), Cyrano De Bergerac, The Grapes of Wrath (Theatr Clwyd), The Chimes (Chapter Arts Centre) Television includes: The Party (World Productions), Pembrokeshire Murders (World Productions / Severn Screen), The Crown (Netflix), A Very English Scandal (BBC), House Of The Dragon (HBO), Outlander (Starz), Stella (Sky1), Pobol y Cwm, Hinterland (BBC / S4C), Tree on a Hill, 35 Diwrnod, Teulu, Y Goleudy, Y Pris (S4C) Film includes: Out There, Patagonia, Ironclad Voice work includes: Digby Dragon, SpongeBob SquarePants Radio includes: The Concierge Charles the Wrestler / Silvius Edward Judge This is Edward's RSC debut Theatre includes: Dear Martin (Arcola Theatre), Gentlemen (Arcola Theatre), Of Mice and Men (Birmingham Rep / UK Tour), Manor (National Theatre), The Play That Goes Wrong (West End / UK Tour), The History Boys (Sheffield Crucible), Avenue Q (Theatre Royal Bath / UK Tour), Spring Awakening (The Lyric Theatre Hammersmith / West End) Television includes: Ted Lasso (Apple TV), You, Me And The Apocalypse, The Rising (Sky), Cursed (Netflix), The First Team, Sherlock, Doctors, Holby City, The Sarah Jane Adventures (BBC), Galavant (ABC) Film includes: Wicked Little Letters, Tom & Jerry, Iron Sky The Coming Race First Lord in Arden / Ensemble Gareth Kennerley This is Gareth’s RSC debut Theatre includes: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Globe), The Hamlet Project (Trish Wadley Prods), The Bear (Play in the Park), Great Expectations (Mercury Theatre), Trouble In Butetown (Donmar Warehouse), Othello, The Corn Is Green (National Theatre), The Tragedy Of Macbeth (Almeida Theatre), The Importance Of Being Earnest (Play in the Park), Crystal Clear (The Old Red Lion), Harry Potter And The Cursed Child (West End), House and Garden (Watermill Theatre), 5 Guys Chillin' (King's Head Theatre), Stand Up Diggers All (Pentabus), Rush, Pavement (Theatre West), The Comedy Of Errors, Richard II (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory / Northcott Theatre), Carmen (Stephen Joseph / New Vic), Sweeney Todd (Dundee Rep), Compression (Brockley Jack), Doctor Faustus, The School For Scandal (Greenwich Theatre), War Horse (National Theatre / West End), Saint Joan (National Theatre), Fiddler On The Roof (Sheffield Crucible / West End), Under Milk Wood (Kiln Theatre), The Pendulum (Jermyn Street Theatre), Arden Of Faversham (White Bear), King Lear (Creation Theatre) Television includes: Dirty Business (Channel 4), Professor T (ITV) Film includes: My Policeman Radio includes: Tumanbay Jaques Richard McCabe Previous RSC includes: A Tender Thing, Twelfth Night (RSC / Duke of York’s), King John, Othello, Timon of Athens, Three Hours After Marriage, The White Devil, The Winter’s Tale, The School of Night, The Silent Woman, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Titus Andronicus, Troilus and Cressida, The Taming of the Shrew, Doctor Faustus, The Churchill Play, Hyde Park, The New Inn, Misalliance, Imperium Theatre includes: The Audience (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre / Gielgud), Fortunes Fool (Old Vic), A Little Hotel on the Side (Theatre Royal Bath), Yes Prime Minister (Tour / West End), Critic, Inspector Hound (Chichester), Bingo (Chichester / Young Vic), Scapino (Chichester Festival Theatre), Amadeus (London Sinfonia Orchestra / Compass Theatre), Doctor Faustus (Young Vic), Hamlet (Birmingham / Elsinore / National Tour), The Tempest (Birmingham Rep), Beau Brummell (Theatre Royal, Bath / Haymarket), The Merry Wives of Windsor, Way of the World, Absolute Hell (National Theatre), She’s In Your Hands, As You Like It (Royal Exchange Manchester), Yeomen of the Guards (London Coliseum), Television includes: Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams, Indian Summers (Channel 4), Doc Martin, The Great Fire, Gunrush, Lewis, Grantchester, Bramwell, Foyle's War, Trial & Retribution, The Vice (ITV), Collateral, Wallander, Peaky Blinders, The Game, Legacy, A History of the World Backwards, To the Ends of the Earth, Inspector Lynley Mysteries (BBC), Harlots (ITV / Hulu), Poldark, Spooks, Warriors – Napoleon, Death in Paradise, A Prince Amongst Men, Waking The Dead (BBC), Doctor Thorne (ITV / Hattrick), Best of Men (Whitby Davison), The Minor Character (Sky Arts), Borgia (Etic Films), Whistleblowers (ITV), Jane Eyre, Midsomer Murders (Bentley Productions), Family (ABC), Killer Net (La Plante), Under The Sun (Carlton Television), Anatomy of a Scandal, The Pentaverate, The English Game (Netflix), A Very British Scandal (Amazon), The Long Night (HBO) Film includes: The Little Stranger, Goodbye Christopher Robin, Mindhorn, Eye In The Sky, Cinderella, Invisible Women, Epithet, The Duchess, Nightwatching, The Constant Gardener, Vanity Fair, Tulse Luper Suitcase Film 2, Master and Commander, Notting Hill, Persuasion, Gladiator II, Savage House, 1917, SAS: Red Notice, The Duke, Einstein And Eddington, Rangoon Other: Richard received the Tony for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play, the Outer Critics Circle for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play and the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role all for The Audience Amiens Luke McCall This is Luke’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Les Miserables, The Phantoms Concert (Tour), Love Never Dies (Asia Tour), Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre, London), The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre, London), The Man of La Mancha (London Coliseum), Titanic the Musical (International Tour) Television includes: Noson Lawen, Heno, Prynhawn Da, Llwyfan (S4C), BBC Proms in the Park (BBC) Trained: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, received the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Scholarship Phoebe Tim Preston This is Tim’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Hamlet, First Light (Chichester Festival Theatre), Lose Yourself (Sherman Theatre Cardiff), Peter Pan (Regents Park Open Air Theatre) Television includes: The Seven Dials Mystery, One Day (Netflix), My Lady Jane (Amazon), Sneakerhead (UKTV), Masters of the Air (Apple TV), Bang 2 (S4C), Four Lives, Warren (BBC) Film includes: Purge of Thrones Oliver Caleb Roberts This is Caleb’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Tina the Musical (West End), Passing Strange the Musical, She Ventures and He Wins (Young Vic), Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare’s Globe), The Mountaintop (Lyceum), 13 Going on 30, Cinderella (Winner Black British Theatre Award, West End), I Think We Are Alone (Frantic Assembly), Richard III (Headlong Theatre), King Lear (Chichester Festival Theatre / West End) Television and Film includes: A Very English Scandal (BBC), Petrichor (Pavillion Works) Trained: The Brit School and Guildhall School of Music and Drama Adam / Audrey Gareth Snook This is Gareth’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Our Town (Welsh National Theatre), The Divine Mrs S (Hampstead Theatre), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (UK Tour), Bagdad Cafe, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Open Air Theatre), Wise Children (Old Vic), Romantics Anonymous (Sam Wanamaker), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare’s Globe), Fiddler on the Roof (Chichester Festival Theatre), Pacifists Guide to the War on Cancer (National Theatre / Complicite), Casa Valentina (Southwark Playhouse), Assassins, Company (Donmar Warehouse / Noel Coward), Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s), Aspects of Love (Prince of Wales), Les Miserables (Palace), Cats (New London), Sunset Boulevard, Made in Dagenham (Adelphi), Dino in The Rink (Cambridge), The Hired Man (Astoria), Guys and Dolls (Prince of Wales / National Theatre), Girlfriends (Playhouse), Closer Than Ever (Jermyn Street, Criterion / Vaudeville), My Fair Lady (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), The Full Monty, Martin Guerre (National Tour), Hey! Mr Producer (Lyceum Theatre), Ragtime (St David’s Hall, Cardiff) Concerts include: Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert, Who Could Ask For Anything More - A Celebration of Ira Gershwin (Royal Albert Hall) Television includes: Death Valley Taboo, Emmerdale, Law and Order: UK, Pulaski, That Uncertain Feeling, The Bill, Ten Glorious Years, Company and French and Saunders Film includes: Paddington 2, Les Miserables Trained: Central School of Speech and Drama Duke Frederick / Duke Senior Gary Wilmot This is Gary’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Cats, A Midsummer Nights Dream (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), A Man For All Seasons (National Tour / West End), Something Rotten (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), The Artist (Plymouth Theatre Royal), The Wizard of Oz (Palladium / National Tour), Old Friends (Gielgud), Peter Pan (Palladium), Wicked (Apollo Theatre), Anything Goes (Barbican), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Jack & The Beanstalk, Pantoland at the Palladium, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, Dick Whittington, Wind in the Willows (Palladium), Prince of Egypt (Dominion), Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear (National Theatre), Little Miss Sunshine (Arcola), Flowers for Mrs Harris (Chichester Festival Theatre), Big - the Musical (Theatre Royal Plymouth / Bord Gais - Dublin), End of the Rainbow, Oklahoma, Arthur Saville’s Crime, Chicago, Half A Sixpence, Oliver, Confusions, Travels With My Aunt (National Tour), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre / National Tour), The Pajama Game (Shaftesbury Theatre), Radio Times (The Watermill / National Tour), A Bowl Of Cherries (Charing Cross Theatre), The Invisible Man (Menier Chocolate Factory), The Wizard of Oz (Royal Festival Hall), Santa Claus The Musical, The Wizard of Oz (Mayflower), HMS Pinafore (NSC, Regents Park), The Pirates of Penzance (NSC, Regents Park / National Tour), The Goodbye Girl (The Albery), Copacabana (National Tour / Prince of Wales Theatre), One For The Road (Bristol Old Vic), Carmen Jones (Old Vic), Me and My Girl (Adelphi Theatre) Screen includes: Death in Paradise, Would I Lie To You, Midsomer Murders, House of Games, The Grinch, Showstoppers, Cue Gary, The 6’ O’Clock Show, The Saturday Gang, Copycats, So You Wanna Be Top, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon, The Bob Monkhouse Show, Don Black - Diamonds Are Forever, One Drop (Short Film) Previous Next Cast Celia Fisayo Akinade Orlando Elliot Barnes-Worrell Le Beau Giles Cooper Ensemble Jamal Franklin Rosalind Jonathan Groff Touchstone Greg Haiste Gwilym / Syr Osian Steffan Harri Vocal Captain & Ensemble Steffan Hughes Corin / Hymen / a Lord at Court / a Lord in Arden Rhys Parry Jones Charles the Wrestler / Silvius Edward Judge First Lord in Arden / Ensemble Gareth Kennerley Jaques Richard McCabe Amiens Luke McCall Phoebe Tim Preston Oliver Caleb Roberts Adam / Audrey Gareth Snook Duke Frederick / Duke Senior Gary Wilmot Creatives Director Daniel Evans Set Designer Anisha Fields Costume Designer Colin Richmond Lighting Designer Ryan Day Composer, Arranger & Music Supervisor Theo Jamieson Sound Designer Paul Groothuis Movement Director Michela Meazza Fight Director Kev McCurdy Dramaturg Dr Will Tosh Casting Director Charlotte Sutton CDG US Casting Consultant Jim Carnahan Voice Patsy Rodenburg and Paula Stephens Associate Director Louise Shephard Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon 26 Sep - 7 Nov 2026 Book Tickets Running time: To be confirmed About the play Cast and creatives Behind the Scenes Related events Assisted Performances More Less About the play Cast and creatives Behind the Scenes Related events Assisted Performances Company Stage Manager Katie Thackeray | Deputy Stage Manager Alice Barber | Assistant Stage Manager Lucy Napier The RSC Acting Companies are generously supported by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation In This Section About the play Tony Award-winning Jonathan Groff makes his RSC debut as Rosalind in Shakespeare’s most sweet-natured comedy, where love is love – no matter where it falls. Read More Behind the Scenes Head behind the scenes of As You Like It with Jonathan Groff and Daniel Evans. Find out more Related events Find out more about our production of As You Like It and how it was created, with our series of events. Find out more Assisted Performances Find out about our assisted performances for As You Like It. Find out more Learning Information and Resources for teachers and learners on As You Like It Find out more Merchandise Buy now Past productions There's a rich history of performing this comedy by Shakespeare at the RSC - from the early 20th century to the present day. Read More You may also like