Step into a world of deception, desire and deadly ambition as The Talented Mr Ripley complete with a star-studded cast, comes to Eastbourne’s Devonshire Park Theatre 30 March – 4 April. See this great thriller live on stage! Just 30 mins down the road form Brighton and what a show it is.
Starring Ed McVey (The Crown, Netflix) as Tom Ripley, Maisie Smith (Eastenders, BBC) as Marge Sherwood and Bruce Herbelin-Earle (Free Reign, Netflix) as Dickie Greenleaf with Christopher Bianchi (Othello, Tobacco Factory) as Herbert Greenleaf/Roverini, Cary Crankson (Death of England, National Theatre) as Freddie Miles/Alvin McCarron, Leda (Antigone, UK Tour) as Cleo/Dottie and Jason Eddy (Othello, Royal Shakespeare Theatre) as Peter/Fausto. The cast is completed by Lachlan McCall (A Christmas Carol, OVO Theatre), Hollie Sullivan (The Mousetrap, UK) and Aldous Ciokajlo-Squire (Doctor Who, BBC/Disney+).
2025 marks the 70th anniversary of Patricia Highsmith’s gripping novel, the source material for the 2000 Oscar nominated film starring Matt Damon, Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow, the 2024 Netflix adaptation starring Andrew Scott and the stage adaptation.
“I never wanted to murder anyone. It was necessary.” Step into a world of deception, desire, and deadly ambition. Tom Ripley is a nobody – until he’s offered an unexpected opportunity: travel to Italy and bring home the wealthy and carefree Dickie Greenleaf. But as Tom is drawn into Dickie’s glittering world of privilege, his obsession takes a dark turn. What begins as an innocent invitation, spirals into a web of lies, identity theft, and murder.
Set against the sun-drenched backdrop of 1950s Italy, this gripping stage adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley brings Patricia Highsmith’s iconic novel to life in a thrilling new production. With razor-sharp dialogue, psychological intensity, and a chillingly charismatic antihero, this is Ripley as you’ve never seen him before. How far would you go to be someone else?
Book now for The Talented Mr Ripley at Eastbourne’s Devonshire Park Theatre, Monday 30 March – Saturday 4 April, nightly performances at 7.45pm and Wednesday and Saturday 2.30pm matinees. See Eastbournetheatres.co.uk or call 01323 412000
