Award-winning actress Atim to narrate Solomons’ Fair Rosaline

Award-winning actress Sheila Atim will narrate Natasha Solomons’ novel Fair Rosaline (Manilla Press).

The publisher describes the book, scheduled for publication on 3rd August 2023 and pre-empted for six figures, as “an extraordinary feminist retelling of "Romeo and Juliet" from the point of view of Rosaline, the woman Romeo first loved. Was Romeo really a hero, or was the greatest ever love story a lie?”

Atim is a Ugandan-British actress, singer, composer and playwright. She made her professional acting debut in 2013 at Shakespeare’s Globe in ”The Lightning Child”. She has won two Olivier Awards, for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical (“Girl From The North Country”, 2018) and Best Actress (“Constellations”, 2022) respectively. She has recently appeared in Marvel’s “Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness”, Disney’s “Pinocchio” and “The Woman King”.

Atim said: “I am excited to be narrating the audiobook of Fair Rosaline. The novel brings us into the world of ’Romeo and Juliet’, complete with the characters we know, but subverts the classic story, shedding a new and unique light on its themes. Its women-led lens gives a fresh and powerful perspective, bringing the characters who are typically at the side of the stage into the centre.”

Chelsea Graham, editor, audio, at Bonnier Books UK, added: “Sheila has such a strong connection to the work of Shakespeare and is perfectly suited to bringing Rosaline to listeners. Her experience and interest in the classics will make for an immersive and powerful listening experience.”