Hayley Atwell cut an elegant figure as she and co-star Tom Hiddleston attended the opening night of Shakespeare’s The Tempest at London’s Theater Royal Drury Lane on Thursday.
The actress, 42, appeared on the carpet in a Chloé wool-blend lace-up jacket and matching wide-leg pants.
The beauty added inches to her frame in a pair of black platform heeled boots and carried her essentials in a Chloé Penelope tote bag which retails from £1,425.
To complete her look, Hayley accessorized with a pair of gold-toned teardrop earrings and styled her brunette tresses in loose waves.
Meanwhile, her co-star Tom, 43, looked incredibly dapper in a blue suit as he posed up a storm on the carpet alongside Hayley and British director Jamie Lloyd.
As he smiled for the cameras, Tom completed his look with a pair of brown leather Chelsea boots.
Hayley Atwell, 42, cut an elegant figure while attending the opening night of Shakespeare’s The Tempest at London’s Theater Royal Drury Lane on Thursday.
She was also accompanied by her co-star Tom Hiddleston, 43, who looked incredibly dapper in a blue suit.
Sigourney Weaver made her West End debut as Prospero in a new production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, while Tom and Hayley star in Much Ado About Nothing.
The two plays are part of a Shakespeare season by The Jamie Lloyd Company at the Theater Royal Drury Lane.
They are the Bard’s first plays to be performed at the theater since Peter Brook’s production of The Tempest, starring John Gielgud in 1957.
Each play is directed by Jamie, who previously staged Romeo and Juliet, starring Marvel actor Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers in the lead roles, in the capital.
Alien actress Sigourney, 74, plays storm-creating wizard Prospero in the new staging of Shakespeare’s classic The Tempest, in a role typically played by a man.
Production opened on December 19 and will run through February 1, 2025.
Meanwhile, Tom and Hayley play Benedick and Beatrice, enemies and lovers, in Much Ado About Nothing, which runs until April 5, 2025.
Loki star Tom said earlier this year: “Working with Jamie Lloyd on Harold Pinter’s Betrayal was one of the most satisfying and meaningful experiences of my acting life.”
The actress, 42, walked the carpet wearing a lace-up wool-blend jacket by Chloé and matching wide-leg pants.
The beauty added inches to her frame in a pair of black platform heeled boots and carried her essentials in a Chloé Penelope tote bag which retails from £1,425.
To complete her look, Hayley accessorized with a pair of gold-toned teardrop earrings and styled her brunette tresses in loose waves.
“I couldn’t be more excited to have had the opportunity to collaborate with him again, this time on one of Shakespeare’s most joyful and affectionate works: Much Ado About Nothing.”
“It is an honor to have been invited by Andrew Lloyd Webber to bring Shakespeare back to the Theater Royal Drury Lane, in a season opposite Sigourney Weaver in The Tempest, and to work with the great Hayley Atwell for the first time.”
Captain America actress Hayley added: “I’m delighted to be joining Jamie Lloyd’s company for the third time in my career.”
“His bold, electric direction, combined with the warmth and wit of one of Shakespeare’s most celebrated comic duos, is a truly exciting opportunity and one I hope will delight our audiences.”
Meanwhile, her co-star Tom, 43, looked in high spirits as he posed up a storm on the carpet alongside Hayley.
The duo was also joined by British director Jamie Lloyd, who cut a casually chic figure in a brown textured ensemble.
The trio stopped on the carpet to take several snaps ahead of Sigourney Weaver’s West End debut.
The American actress plays Prospero in a new production of William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest that runs until February 1 (Sigourney pictured in May).
While Tom (pictured in May) stars in Much Ado About Nothing alongside Hayley. The production opened on December 19 and will run until April 5.
The two plays are part of a Shakespeare season by The Jamie Lloyd Company at the Theater Royal Drury Lane (Hayley pictured in April).
“I look forward to working with my talented friend Tom Hiddleston and bringing The Bard back to the Theater Royal Drury Lane.”
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, owner of the theatre, previously said: “When I was nine I was taken to the Theater Royal Drury Lane to see Peter Brook’s legendary production of The Tempest with John Gielgud as Prospero.”
‘It made a deep impression on me. At the final performance, Gielgud broke Prospero’s cane and pronounced that Shakespeare would never again be performed at the Theater Royal, as it would be “lost to musicals.”
—Since I have owned the Teatro Real I have been determined to prove him wrong. It is therefore a great joy that Jamie Lloyd is bringing Shakespeare back to the Lane and even more wonderful that the first of two Shakespeare plays is The Tempest.’