Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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"It's so full of life and joy and humour and tragedy. In that way, it's epic, but it feels very true to life."

Cast members Matthew Broome, Boni Adeliyi, Annie Cordoni and Samuel Armfield share what it's been like working on our production of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, adapted by Marina Carr and directed by Derek Bond.

Find out more about the production, which runs through to Wednesday 1 December: barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2021/event/anna-karenina-by-leo-tolstoy-adapted-by-marina-carr

Trailer music by Dyfan Jones - composer/sound designer

Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
Adapted by Marina Carr

Derek Bond - director
Amy Jane Cook - designer
Jamie Platt - lighting designer
Dyfan Jones - composer/sound designer
Lucy Cullingford - movement director
Dan Light - video designer
Yarit Dor - fight & intimacy director
Jonathan Chan - assistant lighting designer
Emmy Briggs - assistant director

Cast

Anna Karenina – Annie Cordoni
Alexei Karenin – Tom Coleman
Grisha/Seryozha – Connor Porter

Princess Sherbatsky – Lois Pearson
Prince Sherbatsky – Jonny Burman

Dolly – Ema Cavolli
Stiva Oblonsky – Samuel Armfield
Tanya/Women 2 – Sarah Slimani
Masha/Women 1 – Amma-Afi Osei
Doctor/Ambassador/Vanya – Aaron Gill
Nikolai Oblonsky – Séamus McLean Ross

Kitty – Anabella Jennings
Kostya Levin – Kishore Walker

Countess Vronskaya – Boni Adeliyi
Alexei Vronsky – Matthew Broome
Countess Nordston – Julé Michelo
Princess Myakhaya – Maisie Ayres
Tushkevich – Tyreke Leslie
Countess Lydia – Sesley Hope
Dance Master/Turovtsyn – Diyar Bozkurt

Betsy/Dance Captain – Laura Euler-Rolle
Betsy’s Husband – Jake Dunn
Ambassador’s Wife/Assistant Dance Captain – Frankie Hart

Matvei – Tyler-Jo Richardson
Ignat – Os Leanse
Nanny – Isobel Fairchild

See CVs for our final year actors: gsmd.ac.uk/drama/final_year_actors/final_year_actors_2021_22

Production Team

Construction Manager
Charlotte Cross

Scenic Carpenters
Mary Deakes
India Mills

Assistant Carpenters
Issy Jordan
Finley Wellspring

Costume Supervisor
Amy Hill

Wardrobe Manager
Olivia Hilton-Foster

Costume Assistants
Jack Garner-Greene
Sophie Presswell

Production Electrician
Adi Currie

Lighting Programmers
Bradley Halliwell
Ethan Howlett

Production Manager
Emma Horne

Technical Manager
Rosie Roberts

Production Assistants
Stanley Olden
Alex Gasson-Gray

TA/Automation Operator
Jonny Reeks

Head of Flys
Georgie Bottone

Prop Makers
Takiyah Campbell
Kyra Coppini
Ema Cunha

Scenic Art Co-ordinator
Chloe Rushbrook

Scenic Artist
Allegra Totaro-Wainwright

Assistant Scenic Artists
Holly Hooper
Fran Johnson
Levi Meehan-Powell

Video Engineer & Operator
Ben Shepherd

Production Sound Engineer
Sam Ferstenberg

Sound Operators & Mic Runners
Ros Chase
Ashe De Waal
Ben Mills

Sound no.1 (mixer)
Anja Urban

Stage Manager
Kate Buxton

Deputy Stage Manager
Emma Peace

ASM/Book Cover
Sammy Lacey

Assistant Stage Managers
Iben Bering Sørensen
Tom Licence
Beri Valentine

Additional Production Staff
Freelance Staff Stage Management Supervisor
Laura Flowers

See CVs for our final year Production Arts students: gsmd.ac.uk/production_arts/final_year_students/2021_22

The School would like to thank Marcus Hall Props and the Almeida Theatre for lending props for this production.