David Tennant as Richard II, Rupert Everett as Oscar Wilde & More Set for BAM 2016 Season

U.K. stage and screen favorites David Tennant and Rupert Everett are among the names set for Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2016 winter/spring season. Tennant will reprise his performance as the title role of Richard II in King and Country: Shakespeare Great Cycle of Kings, a presentation of the four history plays by the bard in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Everett will also reprise his Olivier-nominated performance as Oscar Wilde in The Judas Kiss.

King and Country: Shakespeare Great Cycle of Kings is comprised of Richard II, Henry IV (Parts I and II) and Henry V. Directed by Gregory Doran, the histories will play in repertory at BAM from March 24, 2016 through May 1, following a previous engagement at the Barbican in the U.K. In addition to Tennant as Richard II, the cast will include Antony Sher as Falstaff, Jasper Britton as Henry IV and Alex Hassell as Hal.

Neil Armfield will direct David Hare’s The Judas Kiss, which will run from May 11 through June 12. The play explores two pivotal moments in Wilde’s life. In addition to Everett, the cast includes Alister Cameron, Tom Colley, Cal Macaninch and Charlie Rowe. The production premiered at the Hampstead Theatre and transferred to the West End in 2013.

BAM’s theatrical season kicks off on January 16 with Charles Mee’s The Glory of the World, directed by Actors Theatre of Louisville artistic director Les Walters. The season will also include Lev Dodin’s adaptation of Chkhov’s The Cherry Orchard, the world premiere of Rimbaud in New York, written and directed by Steve Cosson and Daniele Finzi PAsca’s La Verità.