Theatre credits include: Hamlet, King Lear (RSC, Kennedy Centre and Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York; Ian Charleson and UK Theatre Award winner for Best Actor); Racing Demon (Theatre Royal Bath); The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Mouse and his Child (RSC); You For Me For You (Royal Court); … Paapa Essiedu is one of the brilliant young actors in British theatre. I meet Essiedu in the RSC’s Clapham rehearsal room, where preparations are underway for the new production of Hamlet.
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Essiedu is well known for his title role in Hamlet and Edmund in King Lear, both at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Instagram.
ICYMI - Paapa Essiedu appeared on BBC Radio 4's Front Row on Thursday night to discuss #RSCHamlet - coming to #Northampton from Tue 27 - Sat 3 March.
Actor Paapa Essiedu greets me with a warm embrace and the exclamation: “Let’s hug, I’m feeling affectionate from the rehearsals.” Certainly the friendliest reception I’ve received from an interviewee. The Convert [West End] London Young Vic Theatre Production, 2018. cast; paapa essiedu; Paapa Essiedu. He is a prominent actor in the on-going action crime drama TV series Gangs of London. Paapa Essiedu Picture Gallery on BroadwayWorld.com with Paapa Essiedu Photos from stage, special events, red carpets and more. GO BACK.