Tuesday
Sadie Sink
will make her
London
stage debut as Juliet in a new production of
Romeo & Juliet
directed by
Robert Icke
.
Noah Jupe
will make his professional theater debut as Romeo, and rehearsals start in late January with creative work by
Hildegard Bechtler
,
Jon Clark
, and
Tom Gibbons
.
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