News: Danny John-Jules and Nigel Harman to star in The Da Vinci Code

Nigel Harman and Danny John-Jules have been announced to join the cast of The Da Vinci Code, based on Dan Brown’s best-selling novel.

The stage production will tour venues across the UK from 10 January to 12 November 2022, with a national press night taking place on Thursday 27 January at the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield.

Cast includes Olivier Award-winner Nigel Harman as Robert Langdon, Red Dwarf star Danny John-Jules as Sir Leigh Teabing and newcomer Hannah Rose Caton as Sophie Neveu.

This cast will play at venues in Bromley, Nottingham, Sheffield, Bath, Plymouth, Clywd, Coventry, Hull, Wolverhampton, Brighton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Newcastle.

New casting will be announced for Southampton, Richmond, Woking, Leicester, Norwich, York, Shrewsbury, Dartford, Birmingham, Cardiff, Milton Keynes, Aberdeen, Salford, Leeds, Malvern, Belfast, Guildford, Northampton, Swindon, Liverpool and Bradford.

The Da Vinci Code sees the curator of the Louvre brutally murdered, and alongside his body reveal a series of baffling codes. Follow the pulse-racing journey as Professor Robert Langdon and fellow cryptologist Sophie Neveu, attempt to solve the riddles, leading to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci and beyond, deep into the vault of history. In a breathless race through the streets of Europe, Langdon and Neveu must decipher the labyrinthine code before a shocking historical secret is lost forever.

The show is adapted for the stage by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel, and is directed by Luke Sheppard, with set and costume design by David Woodhead, video design by Andrzej Goulding, composition and sound design by Ben and Max Ringham, lighting design by Lizzie Powell and casting direction by Stuart Burt CDG.

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