Rhea Norwood and James Corrigan now have their company: twelve more actors join them in Hampstead Theatre's revival of Tom Stoppard's Jumpers, which begins previews on 25 November.
Rhea Norwood plays Dorothy and James Corrigan plays George in Jumpers, as Hampstead Theatre names the full cast for Blanche McIntyre's production of the Tom Stoppard comedy. It runs on the Main Stage from 25 November 2026 to 23 January 2027, with press night on Monday 7 December.
Norwood is best known to screen audiences from the Netflix series Heartstopper, and her stage credits include Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club. Corrigan, whose credits include A Doll's House at the Almeida Theatre, takes on the harried philosopher at the centre of the play.
Tim McMullan, whose credits include Woman In Mind at the Duke of York's Theatre, is Archie, and Jude Akuwudike, part of the RSC company of Kyoto, is Crouch. Jason Thorpe, already known to Hampstead audiences from Fatherland, plays Inspector Bones, while Scarlett Stitt, whose credits include Cara and Kelly Are Best Friends Forever for Life at Soho Theatre, plays the Secretary.
Eight more actors make up the troupe of jumpers: Joshua Arkey, Alex Anthony Fevrier, Nick Godfrey, Alex Houston, Laura Kenyon, Ocean Navarro, Dominic Owen and Miguel Torres Umba.
Stoppard wrote the play in 1972, and it mixes a murder mystery, a marriage under strain and a great deal of philosophy. The Radical Liberals have just swept to power and Britain has landed a man on the moon. George, a professor of moral philosophy, is trying to finish a paper asking whether man is good, bad or indifferent, while his wife Dotty, a former musical star who rarely leaves home, throws a riotous election-night party with a band and acrobats. Fed up with the noise, he phones the police without giving his name. When officers turn up the following morning, it is not about his complaint: someone was killed at the party, and Dotty is the chief suspect.
London has not seen Jumpers for more than 20 years. The revival is the latest in Hampstead's series of Stoppard productions, after Indian Ink, The Invention of Love, Rock 'n' Roll and Hapgood, all of which broke box-office records for the theatre. McIntyre directed The Invention of Love in that series, and her other Hampstead productions include The Assembled Parties and Letters from Max.
The set and costumes are designed by Robert Innes Hopkins, with lighting by Guy Hoare, sound by George Dennis, music by Tim Sutton and video by Ian William Galloway. Tim Claydon is movement and circus director, casting is by Anna Cooper and Jess Barton is assistant director.
Jumpers is booking now at Hampstead Theatre. Evening performances begin at 7.30pm, with 2.30pm matinees on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; preview tickets start at £25, and under-30s and students pay £10 throughout the run.
