CAST ANNOUNCED FOR THE UK TOUR OF
THE OSCAR-WINNING LOVE STORY
ON TOUR ACROSS THE COUNTRY
FROM 22 AUGUST 2024
Bill Kenwright Ltd is proud to announce the cast for the globally acclaimed Ghost the Musical. The tour will open on 22 August 2024 at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre ahead of a major national tour continuing into 2025.
Rebekah Lowings (The Sound of Music) and Jacqui Dubois (People, Places and Things) will reprise their iconic roles, having previously captivated audiences as Molly Jenson and Oda Mae Brown respectively. Josh St. Clair (Frozen) will star as Sam Wheat and James Mateo-Salt (Bonnie and Clyde) as Carl Bruner.
Joining them is the legendary entertainer, Les Dennis playing the contrasting roles of Hospital Ghost and Lionel Ferguson. Known to audiences through his extensive screen credits, including being a regular face of Saturday Night television thorough the 80s and 90s. More recently he has also appeared on stage in the hugely popular West End shows Only Fools and Horses The Musical and Hairspray.
Jules Brown (The Shawshank Redemption) is also reprising the role of Willie Lopez, and completing the cast is Garry Lee (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) as Subway Ghost, Tanisha Butterfield (Sister Act The Musical) as Clara, Keiahna Jackson-Jones (professional stage debut) as Louise, Molly Cleere (Mamma Mia! The Party) as Mrs. Santiago/Bank Officer, Gabrielle Cummins (Annie) as Officer Wallace, Olivia-Rose Deer (professional stage debut) as Susan/Ortisha, Wade Lewin (The Lion King) as Orlando, Jamie Pritchard (Les Misérables) as Detective Biederman, with Joe Readman (Grease The Musical) in the ensemble.
Written by multi-Brit Award winner Dave Stewart and Grammy award winning Glen Ballard, with a script by Bruce Joel Rubin based on his Oscar winning screenplay, Ghost the Musical brings all the romance and magic of the classic story to life on stage.
Walking back to their apartment late one night, a tragic encounter sees Sam murdered and his girlfriend Molly alone, in despair and utterly lost. With the help of a phony storefront psychic, Sam, trapped between this world and the next, tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of saving her from grave danger…
The movie Ghost is one of cinema’s biggest all-time hits. Starring the late Patrick Swayze, alongside Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, it was the highest grossing film of 1990 and won an Oscar for screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin who has adapted his screenplay for this musical. Premiering in Manchester in 2011, the show has played sell out seasons in the West End and on Broadway as well as numerous international tours.
A smash hit across the globe, Ghost the Musicalfeatures The Righteous Brothers’ Unchained Melody alongside many more terrific songs co-written by Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart.
Ghost the Musical has been adapted by Oscar winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin (book and lyrics) with music by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard andis directed by Bob Tomson with choreography by Alistair David. Design is by Mark Bailey withlighting design by Nick Richings, sound design by Dan Samson and illusions by Richard Pinner. Music Direction is by Jordan Alexander.
LISTINGS
Bill Kenwright Ltd presents
GHOST THE MUSICAL
UK TOUR 2024 & 2025
BOOK AND LYRICS BY BRUCE JOEL RUBIN
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY DAVE STEWART AND GLEN BALLARD
DIRECTED BY BOB TOMSON
CHOREOGRAPHED BY ALISTAIR DAVID
DESIGNED BY MARK BAILEY
LIGHTING DESIGNED BY NICK RICHINGS
SOUND DESIGNED BY DAN SAMSON
ILLUSIONS BY RICHARD PINNER
MUSICAL DIRECTOR JORDAN ALEXANDER
MUSIC SUPERVISOR JEREMY WOOTTON
DATES AND VENUES
2024
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre atgtickets.com/Aylesbury
22 – 24 August
Sunderland Empire atgtickets.com/Sunderland
27 – 31 August
Liverpool Empire atgtickets.com/Liverpool
03 – 07 September
Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre bournemouthpavilion.co.uk
10 – 14 September 03005 000595
Darlington Hippodrome darlingtonhippodrome.co.uk
24 – 28 September 01325 405 405
Cheltenham Everyman Theatre everymantheatre.org.uk
01 – 05 October 01242 572573
Curve Theatre Leicester curveonline.co.uk
08 – 12 October 01162 423585
Princess Theatre Torquay atgtickets.com/Torquay
15 – 18 October
Belgrade Coventry belgrade.co.uk
22 – 26 October 02476 553055
Alhambra Theatre Bradford bradford-theatres.co.uk
29 October – 02 November 01247 432000
Aberdeen His Majesty’s Theatre aberdeenperformingarts.com
05 – 09 November 01224 641122
Stoke Regent Theatre atgtickets.com/Stoke
12 – 16 November
Theatre Royal Bath theatreroyal.org.uk
19 – 23 November 01225 448844
Blackpool Opera House wintergardensblackpool.co.uk
03 – 07 December 01253 629600
2025
Churchill Theatre Bromley churchilltheatre.co.uk
22 – 25 January 2025 0343 310 0020
Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe wycombeswan.co.uk
28 January – 1 February 2025 0343 310 0060
Wimbledon New Theatre atgtickets.com/new-
4 – 8 February 2025 wimbledon-theatre
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton mayflower.org.uk
11 – 15 February 2025 023 8071 1811
Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff wmc.org.uk
4 – 8 March 2025 029 2063 6464
Sheffield Lyceum Theatre sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
11 – 15 March 2025 0114 249 6000
The Alexandra, Birmingham atgtickets.com/Birmingham
3 – 6 April 2025
Hull New Theatre hulltheatres.co.uk
29 April – 3 May 2025 01482 300306
Further 2025 tour dates to be announced.
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