Shakespeare’s Globe is delighted to announce the full cast and creative team of Deep Azure in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, running from 7 February – 11 April 2026. Deep Azure is written by late Academy Award-nominated actor and writer Chadwick Boseman and directed by award-winning theatre maker Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu (For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy, New Diorama/Royal Court/Apollo) in his Globe directorial debut.
The cast will comprise Ryn Alleyne as Ensemble/Cover, Maxwell Chartey as Ensemble/Cover, Elijah Cook as Tone, Jayden Elijah as Deep, Aminita Francis as SK Good, Selina Jones as Azure, Justice Ritchie as Roshad, and Imani Yahshua as SK Evil.
Director Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu says: “I am incredibly excited for the brilliant team we have assembled to bring this production together – featuring a cast and crew of both Black British and Black American voices in a play that speaks to both continents in a variety of ways. We have all connected in our love for Chadwick’s vision, his words and the theatrical elements of Hip-Hop & Shakespeare that brim within Deep Azure. I believe, with this cast, we have sampled the future of theatre and Hollywood talent in time to come.”
When her fiancé, Deep, is killed by the police, Azure’s world spirals out of control.
Powered by the spiritual imprint Deep has left on them all, Azure and Deep’s friends – Roshad and Tone – do their best to find peace in the wake of the tragedy. However, the Heavenly MCs of Street Knowledge have other plans for them.
Inspired by the true events of university student Prince Jones, influenced by the poetry of Shakespeare and powered by the pulse of Hip-Hop theatre, Boseman’s cathartic and lyrical epic unfolds in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
Deep Azure’s Associate Director is Marley-Rose Liburd, Hanna Dimtsu is the Associate Movement Director, Candlelight Designer is Azusa Ono, with Conrad Murray and John Pfumojena as Co-Composers, Paul Wills as Designer, Aundrea Fudge as Dialect, Somebody Jones as Dramaturg and Cultural Consultant, Sam Lyon-Behan as Fight Director, Raniah Al-Sayed as Intimacy Director, Tanaka Bingwa as Movement Director, with Voice by John Pfumojena.
See listing for more info and tickets.
- Deep Azure 7 February 2026 – 11 April 2026 | opening night: Tuesday 17 February | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe
- Captioned: 9 March 7.30pm, 17 March 7.30pm, 21 March 7.30pm & 4 April 2pm
- Audio Described: 14 March 2pm & 31 March 7.30pm
- BSL Relaxed: 4 March 7.30pm & 21 March 2pm
