Michael Sheen and Callum Scott Howells To Star In Major Revival of Amadeus
Michael Sheen and Callum Scott Howells.
Jeremy Herrin (Guess How Much I Love You?, Royal Court Theatre) will direct a major revival of Amadeus for the stage in 2027. It will debut in Cardiff before heading over to the West End for a 16-week season.
Michael Sheen (Nye) will star as embittered court composer Antonio Salieri, alongside Callum Scott Howells (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club), who will play the role of musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Peter Shaffer’s seminal play. Further casting for the production is to be announced.
Amadeus will feature set design by Olivier Award winner Bunny Christie with costume design by Lez Brotherston. Casting is by Sam Jones CDG. Further creative team to be announced.
Vienna, 1820. A respected composer makes a shocking confession.
Antonio Salieri has everything - status, success, and the certainty that he has earned them. Until he meets musical prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Vulgar and childish, but utterly brilliant, Mozart possesses a gift so extraordinary that Salieri believes it can only be divine. And that God has chosen the wrong man.
Faced with a brilliance he cannot rival, Salieri begins a dangerous obsession that threatens to consume them both - channelling his jealousy into a calculated campaign to destroy the man he both worships and despises.
Fuelled by some of the greatest music ever written, Amadeus is an electrifying story of ambition, faith, and the unbearable cost of greatness - where talent battles genius, devotion turns to betrayal, and man dares to challenge God.
Jeremy Herrin says: “I'm delighted to be working on this legendary and beloved play with such fantastic acting talent. Michael Sheen is a master of the stage: surely one of the world's best. I can't wait to see him go toe to toe with Callum Scott Howells who has talent and presence to burn. I'm thrilled that Second Half Productions has the privilege of building the show in Cardiff and bringing Welsh National Theatre's inspiring work to the West End for the first time.”
Amadeus will play at the New Theatre, Cardiff from 9-27 March before playing at the Noel Cowasrd Theatre from 17 April 2027.
