Simon-Anthony Rhoden and Everal A Walsh join Headlong's UK tour of Fences
by Best of Theatre Staff on Tuesday 21 July 2026, 11:27 am in Cast Changes and Announcements
Headlong have announced further casting for their new UK touring production of Fences, with Simon-Anthony Rhoden and Everal A Walsh joining the previously announced Ray Fearon and Madeline Appiah in August Wilson's landmark drama.
Headlong have announced further casting for their brand-new production of August Wilson's Fences, which tours the UK this autumn. Simon-Anthony Rhoden (Gone, The Harder They Come) joins the company as Gabriel, with Everal A Walsh (Small Island, Through It All Together) as Jim Bono.
They join the previously announced Ray Fearon (Othello, Fleabag) as Troy, Madeline Appiah (Tina Turner The Musical) as Rose, Michael Ahomka-Lindsay (Choir Boy, Cabaret) as Lyons and Josh Tedeku (Boarders, Supacell) as Cory.
Fences is directed by award-winning director Daniel Bailey (Red Pitch), in a co-production with Leeds Playhouse, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and HOME Manchester that marks the first major revival of the American blockbuster in over a decade.
From August Wilson, one of America's most influential 20th-century writers, this landmark play is a story of ambition for our time, exploring masculinity, motherhood, music and the abiding hope for a different future. Troy Maxson has cheated death once, but the past keeps closing in.
The production opens at Leeds Playhouse from Friday 11 to Saturday 26 September, before touring to Oxford Playhouse (Wednesday 30 September – Saturday 3 October), Lyric Hammersmith Theatre (Tuesday 6 – Saturday 31 October), HOME Manchester (Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 November) and Nottingham Playhouse (Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 November).