In a promotion from Viscount Bridgerton to the King of England, Jonathan Bailey returns to the stage in 2025 in Nick Hytner's newest production for The Bridge Theatre. Bailey will star as the titular monarch in Richard II, the first of Shakespeare's tetralogy of plays about the wars of succession during the Middle Ages, otherwise known as the 'Henriad'.

In a fractured world hungry for power, the Macbeths seize their chance to rule. But at what cost? This brand new production of Shakespeare's classic at the Lyric lays bare the timeless tale of ambition, chaos and the darkness lurking within us all, as it challenges a society caught in a relentless cycle of destruction.