Stage, film and TV star Joseph Marcell will head the cast of Seán Aydon’s new production of The School For Scandal, which will play at Malvern Theatres this April, as part of a major UK tour.

Marcell, who is probably best-known for his role as Geoffrey the Butler in the six seasons of the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, will play ‘Sir Peter Teazle’ in this fresh take on Richard B. Sheridan’s classic comedy of manners.

Joseph Marcell was most recently seen in Chiwetel Ejiofor’s debut feature film, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. TV credits include Mammoth and I Hate You, both for the BBC and he is soon be seen in Candice Carty-William’s Queenie on Channel 4. His prolific stage credits include Hamlet at the Young Vic with Cush Jumbo, Kathy Burke’s Lady Windermere's Fan, extensive work with Shakespeare’s Globe including the titular role in Bill Buckhurst’s King Lear and Derek Walcott’s Omeros, as well as seasons at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

The School For Scandal also features Garmon Rhys as ‘Charles Surface’, Ayesha Griffiths as ‘Maria’, Emily-Jane McNeil as ‘Lady Sneerwell’, Alex Phelps as ‘Joseph Surface’, Lydea Perkins as ‘Lady Teazle’, Tony Timberlake as ‘Sir Oliver’, and Guy Dennys as ‘Rowley’.

Sir Peter Teazle believes his young wife is sleeping with someone else. She isn’t.

But she’s starting to think if her husband believes it, she may as well give it a go. After all, if you’re going to cause a scandal, you might as well enjoy it…

Deliciously naughty and outrageously silly, this timeless comedy is a masterclass in social satire and the art of gossip.

The production shows at Malvern Theatres from Tuesday 16 - Saturday 20 April, with tickets now on sale at malvern-theatres.co.uk.