Full cast for the 50th Anniversary West End revival of David Hare’s rebel play TEETH ‘N’ SMILES
Joining the previously announced Rebecca Lucy Taylor, AKA Self Esteem, as Maggie, are Michael Fox as Arthur, Phil Daniels as Sarrafian, Bill Caple as Nash, Michael Abubakar as Wilson, Samuel Jordan as Smegs, Jojo Macari as Peyote, Noah Weatherby as Inch, Joseph Evans as Randolph, Aysha Kala as Laura, Christopher Patrick Nolan as Snead and Roman Asde as Anson. Gregor Milne, Damien James, Levi Heaton, Guy Amos and Daniel Crespin complete the company.
Directed by Daniel Raggett, TEETH ‘N’ SMILES will play at the Duke of York’s Theatre for 12 weeks only from 13 March – 6 June 2026.
Tickets on sale now teethnsmilesplay.com
What is it about?
Before the New York Dolls. Before Debbie Harry. Before Kurt Cobain. There was Maggie Frisby.
Once the roaring voice of 60s counterculture, now broke and disillusioned, a band’s youthful dreams of anarchic rebellion collapse into bitterness. Amidst the wreckage, lead singer Maggie tears through the night fuelled by booze, fury, and a voice that refuses to die.
50 years after David Hare’s trailblazing play set The Royal Court alight, TEETH ‘N’ SMILES is ready to burn things down all over again.
The Creative Team
Written by David Hare
Directed by Daniel Raggett
Music by Nick Bicât and lyrics by Tony Bicât, with new additional music and lyrics by Rebecca Lucy Taylor
Set design is by Chloe Lamford
Costume design by Alex Mullins
Lighting design by Matt Daw
Sound design by Ben and Max Ringham
Music supervision by Liam Godwin.
Casting by Bryony Jarvis-Taylor CDG
Associate Director – George Jibson.
Additional Cast Information
Michael Fox’s theatre credits include The Land of the Living and Kerry Jackson, both at the National Theatre, Farewell Mister Haffmann and Clybourne Park, both at the Park Theatre, The Fear of 13 at the Donmar Warehouse, Othello at Riverside Studios, All in a Row and A Lie of the Mind, both at the Southwark Playhouse, and An Enemy of the People at Chichester Festival Theatre.
Phil Daniels can most recently be seen in the BBC/Sister Pictures series Waiting for the Out, as well as HBO’s House of the Dragon, Inside No. 9 and Boat Story. Phil’s extensive stage credits include, most recently, Marianne Elliot’s production of Cock in the West End, as well as A Very Very Very Dark Matter at the Bridge Theatre, King Lear at Chichester Festival Theatre, and This House and Dealers Choice, both at the National Theatre.
Rebecca Lucy Taylor, AKA Self Esteem, returns to the stage following her hugely successful run playing Sally Bowles in the multiple Olivier Award-winning Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club in London’s West End, where her time on stage was extended due to popular demand.
One of the UK’s most exciting breakout stars of the past decade, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, emerged from cult favourite status to mainstream hero following the huge success of her empowering, truth-telling 2021 single ‘I Do This All The Time’. Her hugely acclaimed albums Prioritise Pleasure and last year’s A Complicated Woman have garnered her an Ivor Novello Award and Album of the Year accolades from the Guardian and Sunday Times, alongside Mercury Prize, BRIT Award, Sky Arts and NME Award nominations. She released her first book, also titled A Complicated Woman, on 30 October via Octopus Books / Hatchette. Taylor marked the book’s release by co-curating the London Literature Festival at the Southbank on 1 November.
Bill Caple’s theatre credits include Takeaway at the Liverpool Everyman, Dear England at the National Theatre and Cilla the Musical for Bill Kenwright Ltd. Bill’s theatre credits whilst training include Catastrophe Bay, Pride and Prejudice, Macbeth, Absolute Scenes, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Doll’s House, Chicken Soup with Barley, Girl from the North Country, and Meet Me at Dawn.
Michael Abubakar’s theatre credits include Macbeth and King John/The Whip for the RSC, Three Sisters at Shakespeare’s Globe, Roots and The Tragedy of Macbeth, both at the Almeida Theatre, Oresteia and Hamlet, both at the Park Avenue Armory, The Glass Menagerie at the Arcola Theatre/Watford Palace Theatre and The Whip Hand at the Traverse Theatre.
Samuel Jordan’s theatre credits include Standing at The Sky’s Edge at Sheffield Theatres, the National Theatre and in the West End.
Jojo Macari’s theatre credits include The Past is a Tattooed Sailor at the Old Red Lion Theatre, Desperate Measures, and A Level Playing Field, both at the Jermyn Street Theatre.
Noah Weatherby trained at Guildhall. His theatre credits include Mary Page Marlowe at The Old Vic and Lord of the Flies at the Marlowe Theatre.
Joseph Evans’s theatre credits include Cyrano at The Park Theatre, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, and Galapagos both at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Aysha Kala’s theatre credits include The Father and The Assassin, The Motive and the Cue, and The Welkin, all at the National Theatre, Scandaltown at the Lyric Hammersmith, Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike at Theatre Royal Bath, An Adventure at the Bush Theatre, Frogman at Shoreditch Town Hall, Obsession at The Barbican, Punk Play and Farragut North, both at The Southwark Playhouse, Djinns of Eidgah at the Royal Court, Kadija is 18 at the Finborough Theatre, Much Ado About Nothing at the RSC, Merchant of Venice, and Blood Wedding at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
Christopher Patrick Nolan’s many theatre credits include Macbeth and Edward II, both at the RSC, Beautiful Thing at Theatre Royal Stratford East, The Plough and the Stars and War Horse at the National Theatre, 1984 for Headlong at the Almeida Theatre, in the West End in the US and in Melbourne, The Seagull at the Royal Court and on Broadway, Macbeth at the Chichester Festival Theatre, in the West End, at BAM and on Broadway, Twelfth Night at Chichester Festival Theatre, AC/DC and Alice Trilogy, both at the Royal Court, Stones In His Pockets in the West End, Molly Sweeney at Theatre Clwyd and on a National Tour), The Changeling and Of Mice and Men, both at the Southwark Playhouse, Antigone at the Sheffield Crucible and on a National Tour), Cardenio at Shakespeare’s Globe, Cloud Nine at the Lyric Hammersmith and King Lear at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Roman Asde trained at LAMDA. His theatre credits include Bacchae at the National Theatre, Romeo & Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe and Gigi and Dar at the Arcola Theatre.
Gregor Milne’s theatre credits include Fiddler On The Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Sunset Boulevard for The Jamie Lloyd Company, Girl From The North Country, and Bandstand, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Sondheim on Sondheim, La La Land, and The Vote at ArtsEd.
Damien James’s theatre credits include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at the Ambassadors Theatre and Southwark Playhouse, Aladdin: The Rock ‘N’ Roll Panto at Leeds City Varieties, Sappho: The Poetess at The Other Palace, Fun At The Beach Romp-Bomp-A-Lomp!! at the Southwark Playhouse, the UK tour of Luna Loves Library Day The Musical, Cinderella at the Lyric Hammersmith, Ordinary People at the Hazlitt Theatre, Red Riding Hood: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto at the Liverpool Everyman, Othello and Camelot at The Watermill, The Play That Goes Wrong at the Duchess Theatre and on a UK Tour, and Romeo and Juliet at Stockwell Playhouse.
Levi Heaton’s television credits include Vera, Emmerdale, The Limehouse Golem, and He Kills at Night. In addition to her acting career, Levi has been a backing vocalist and dancer for Self Esteem since 2018, performing both across the UK and internationally.
Guy Amos trained at The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. His previous stage work includes Dido, Queen of Carthage, Thomas Tallis and The Malcontent, all at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Daniel Crespin’s theatre credits include These Words That’ll Linger at the Pleasance Theatre, Macbeth for the Young Shakespeare Company, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Duke’s Theatre and on a UK Tour, Macbeth and Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde, both for the Dickens Theatre Company and on UK Tours, Romeo & Juliet for the Butterfly Theatre Company, Albany Theatre and on a European Tour, Hansel & Gretel for Insane Root, and Ulster American at LAMDA.
