Enter the world before George R.R. Martin's legendary novels

A long winter thaws in Harrenhal, and spring is promised. At a lavish banquet on the eve of a jousting tournament, lovers meet and revellers speculate about who will contend. But in the shadows, amid growing unease at the bloodthirsty actions of the realm’s merciless Mad King, dissenters from his inner circle anxiously advance a treasonous plot. Far away, the drums of battle sound...

Family bonds, ancient prophecies, and the sacred line of succession will be tested in a dangerous campaign for power. Who will survive? Who will rise?

'Wars aren’t won by those with most cause, but whose story’s best told.'

A sweeping new stage epic from the world of George R. R. Martin, written by Duncan Macmillan and directed by Domonic Cooke. Spanning the final years before the events of the novels, this powerful drama reveals a legendary chapter of Westerosi history

The cast of Game of Thrones: The Mad King comprises Michael Abubakar (Eddard Stark), Elizabeth Ayodele (Princess Elia Martell), Maxim Ays (Ser Jaime Lannister), Miles Barrow (Benjen Stark), Islam Bouakkaz (Howland Reed), Luke Brady (Brandon Stark), Marty Breen (Catelyn Stark), Sebastian Charles (Owen Merryweather / Ensemble), Adrian Christopher (Prince Lewyn Martell / Ensemble), Ronan Cullen (Ensemble/Swing), Fred Davis (Qarlton Chelsted / Ensemble), Edem-Ita Duke (Oberyn Martell), Simi Egbejumi-David (Ensemble), Daisy Franks (Cersei Lannister / Ensemble), Mariah Gale (Queen Rhaella Targaryen / Lady Shella Whent), Richard Hansell (Grand Maester Pycelle), Daniel Hawksford (Ser Barristan Selmy), Lewis Howard (Ensemble), April Nerissa Hudson (Ensemble), Tom Larkin (Lord Whent / Wisdom Rossart/Ensemble), Chelsea Marie (Ensemble), Kel Matsena (Ser Arthur Dayne), Shaun Yusuf McKee (Ser Gerold Hightower / Ensemble), Alexander Newland (Lord Rickard Stark), Hughie O’Donnell (Lord Varys), Huw Parmenter (Ser Oswell Whent), Noah Ritter (Prince Rhaegar Targaryen), Harmony Rose-Bremner (Lyanna Stark), Kate Rowsell (Ensemble/Swing), Michael Shaeffer (King Aerys II Targaryen), Tanisha Spring (Ashara Dayne), Tom Stacy (Ensemble/Swing), Matt Tait (Ensemble), Tzarina-Nassor (Ensemble), Marcello Walton (Ser Jonothor Darry / Lord Tywin Lannister) and Callum Woodhouse (Lord Robert Baratheon).