FULL CAST ANNOUNCED
FOR THE FINAL EXTENSION OF
HERCULES
AT THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE
Disney Theatrical Group today announces the full company for the final extension of Hercules as it completes its run at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 5 September.
Joining the previously announced Bradley Gibson in the title role are, as the Muses Leslie Beehann (Terpschiore), Kimmy Edwards (Clio), Candace Furbert (Thalia), Malinda Parris (Calliope), Paige Peddie (Melpomene), Mae Ann Jorolan (Meg), Emile Ruddock (Phil), Stephen Carlile (Hades), Craig Gallivan (Bob), Matt Overfield (Charles), Felipe Bejarano (Standby Hercules), Psalms-Nissi Myers-Reid and Francessca Daniella-Baker (Standby Muses), with Lana Antoniou, Daisy Barnett, Sarah Benbelaid, Courtenay Brady, Jack Butcher, Grace Chan, Jonathan Cordin, Sophie Cullen, Marie Finlayson, Nathan Louis Fernand, Ryesha Higgs, Barney Hudson, DeAngelo Jones, Joshua Lear, Serina Mathew, Lamoi Leon, Liam Marcellino, Harriet Millier, Ellie Mitchell, Saffi Needham, Ingrid Olivia, Patrick Robinson, Stephen Rolley, Ope Sowande, and Blake Tuke.The new company members’ first performance will be on 29 June.
With music by Alan Menken and lyrics by David Zippel, and book by Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah, Casey Nicholaw’s production of Hercules, co-choreographed with Tanisha Scott, is inspired by the 1997 animated film of the same name from Walt Disney Studios. The feature film, directed by The Little Mermaid filmmakers John Musker and Ron Clements, and written by Clements, Musker, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw and Irene Mecchi, won Best Animation Feature at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards and was nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Original Song for Go the Distance.
DISNEY’S
HERCULES
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Zippel
Book by Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah
Director and Choreographer: Casey Nicholaw; Co-Choreographer: Tanisha Scott;
Scenic and Additional Video Design: Dane Laffrey; Costume Design: Gregg Barnes, Sky Switser;
Lighting Design: Jeff Croiter; Sound Design: Adam Fisher; Video Design: George Reeve;
Special Effects Design: Jeremy Chernick; Dance Music Arrangements: David Chase;
Hair and Wig Design: Mia M. Neal; Make-Up Design: Kirk Cambridge-Del Pesche;
Music supervisor and Arranger: Michael Kosarin; Orchestrations: Danny Troob and Joseph Joubert;
Dance Arrangements: David Chase; Casting: Natalie Gallacher CDG for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting
The musical, inspired by the animated film, based on the ancient myth.
It’s what classical civilisation would have wanted.
Ancient Greece. A time of gods, mortals… and Hercules, who isn’t quite either. But if he’s not a god, how can he possibly save the world from Hades? It’s one thing flexing those pecs, but going from zero to hero requires a different kind of strength.
Get ready for a wise-cracking, column-shaking, underworld-rocking ride of adventure, self-discovery, and love. In tunics.
The cast album is currently available for digital download, as well as on CD and vinyl.
Bradley Gibson plays Hercules. His theatre credits include Hercules (Paper Mill Playhouse), Fremont Ave. (Arena Stage and South Coast Rep), The Lion King, A Bronx Tale, Rocky (Broadway), Love’s Labour’s Lost (NY Public Theatre), and The School for Scandal (Red Bull Theater). For television, his work includes Mid-Century Modern, The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl, Disney 100th at Royal Variety, Partner Track, Power Book II: GHOST, Kung Fu (CW), and Mozart in the Jungle; and for film, Fire Island.
Leslie Beehann plays Terpschiore. Her theatre credits include Disney’s Hercules (Stage Theater Neue Flora, Hamburg, Germany), The Lion King (Théâtre Mogador, Paris, France), The Jungle Book (Théâtre des Variétés/Theâtre de Paris, Paris, France), Ghost (Théâtre Mogador, Paris, France), Mickey and the Magician (Disneyland Paris), Frozen: Sing along (Disneyland Paris), and Dirty Dancing (Palais des Sports/Palais des Congrès, Paris and on French tour). Her film credits include dubbing work for Minecraft, Wicked, Matilda the Musical and Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey.
Kimmy Edwards plays Clio. Her theatre credits include A Christmas Carol (Old Vic Theatre), The Odyssey (Unicorn Theatre), One Night of Tina (European tour), Sylvia (The Old Vic), Get Up Stand Up (Lyric Theatre), Kiss Me Kate (The Watermill Theatre), Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre), In the Heights (King’s Cross Theatre), Memphis (Shaftesbury Theatre), Ghost The Musical (UK tour), Hairspray (Germany), Tommy (English Frankfurt Theatre and German tour), and Legally Blonde (Savoy Theatre)
Candace Furbert plays Thalia. For theatre, her credits include The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre), Shrek the Musical (UK tour), The Color Purple (Ruth Seaton James Theatre), Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre), Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Aldwych Theatre), and Once Upon a Time – The Lyrics of Robert Gould (Union Theatre).
Malinda Parris plays Calliope. Her theatre credits include The Greatest Showman (Bristol Hippodrome), The Enormous Crocodile (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), The Little Big Things (sohoplace), & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre), Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre), Matilda (Cambridge Theatre, RSC), Aladdin (Lyric Hammersmith Theatre), Caroline, Or Change, The Light Princess (National Theatre), Anansi Trades Places (Shaw Theatre), Little Shop Of Horrors (New Wolsey Theatre) and Parade (Donmar Warehouse). Her film credits include Wicked and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
Paige Peddie plays Melpomene. Her theatre credits include I’m Every Woman – The Chaka Khan Musical (Hackney Empire), The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre), Becoming Nancy (Birmingham Rep Theatre), Oklahoma! (Wyndham’s Theatre), Dreamgirls and Disney’s The Lion King (UK tours). She also received the Disney Theatrical Productions Scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in 2019.
Mae Ann Jorolan plays Meg, having created the role for the London production after originating the part in Hamburg. Her other international theatre credits include Disney’s Aladdin (Stage Theater Neue Flora, Hamburg), and Hamilton (Stage Operettenhaus, Hamburg).
Emile Ruddock plays Phil. His theatre work includes The Greatest Showman (Bristol Hippodrome), Exe Men (Exeter Northcott Theatre), A Knight’s Tale (Opera House Manchester), Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre), Me and My Girl (Chichester Festival Theatre), Five Guys Named Moe (Marble Arch Theatre), Crazy for You (The Watermill Theatre), Kiss Me, Kate (UK tour), The Scottsboro Boys (Garrick Theatre), and 42nd Street (Rugby Theatre). His television work includes The 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony and Got to Dance.
Stephen Carlile plays Hades. For theatre, his work includes The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre, New York, European tour), The Go Between (Apollo Theatre), Peter Pan 360, Evita (International tours), My Fair Lady (National Theatre), Twelfth Night (UK tour), The Wizard of Oz (New Vic Theatre), Next Door’s Baby, The Pirates of Penzance (Orange Tree Theatre), Park Avenue (Sadler’s Wells Theatre), By Jeeves (UK tour), The Producers (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), The Importance of Being Earnest (Jermyn Street Theatre), The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre) and Noël (National Opera House). His television credits include Girls5eva; and for film, Perfectly Good Moment, The Invisible Atomic Monsters from Mars and Brideshead Revisited.
Craig Gallivan plays Bob. His theatre credit includes Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), School of Rock (New London Theatre), Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace Theatre), Crime and Punishment (National Theatre), Days of Significance (RSC), The Long, The Short and The Tall (Sheffield Theatres), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Oliver! (UK tours). For television, his work includes Stella (as series regular Luke), Torchwood, Footballer’s Wives (as series regular Callum Watson) and Care; and for film, The Edge of Love.
Matt Overfield plays Charles. His theatre credits include Mrs Doubtfire (Shaftesbury Theatre), Hello Dolly! (London Palladium), Mrs Doubtfire (Manchester Opera House), 9 to 5 The Musical (Savoy Theatre/UK tour), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Kilworth House Theatre), Motown the Musical (Shaftesbury Theatre), and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Tommy, and Boogie Nights (UK tours). His television work includes Hollyoaks, The Tracey Ullman Show and The Michael McIntyre Show; and for film, Wonka, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Felipe Bejarano is Standby Hercules/Swing. His theatre credits include Wicked (Apollo Victoria), Death Note: The Musical (London Palladium), Matilda The Musical (Cambridge Theatre), The Prince of Egypt (Dominion Theatre), Evita (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Guys and Dolls (The Mill at Sonning), Legally Blonde (UK tour), Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre), Peter Pan (Wimbledon Theatre) and Snow White (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre). His television credits include McDonald and Dodds, It’s a Sin and The Liberator; and for film, Snow White, Bohemian Rhapsody and Wicked: For Good.
Psalms-Nissi Myers-Reid is Standby Muse. Her theatre credits include Midnight (Sadlers Wells), & Juliet (UK tour), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Matilda the Musical (RSC) and Disney’s The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre).
Francessca Daniella-Baker is Standby Muse. Her theatre credits include Hadestown (Lyric Theatre), Disney’s The Lion King (International tour), My Fair Lady (London Coliseum, UK tour), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London Palladium), Robin Hood (New Victoria Theatre), Snow White, Cinderella (Glasgow SEC) and Disney’s The Lion King in Concert (Royal Albert Hall). Her television credits include His Dark Materials and All Star Musicals.
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LISTINGS
HERCULES
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Catherine Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 5JF
From £29.50
Group rates and education rates are available – please see the website
PERFORMANCES UNTIL 5 SEPTEMBER:
Monday to Saturday 7:30pm
Thursday and Saturday matinees 2:30pm
On the following dates the 7:30pm performance will be replaced with a 2:30pm performance:
- Tuesday 26 May
- Tuesday 21 July
- Tuesday 28 July
- Tuesday 4 August
- Tuesday 11 August
- Tuesday 18 August
- Tuesday 25 August
ACCESS PERFORMANCES: 020 3925 2998 or access@lwtheatres.co.uk
Audio Described 7.30pm on 15 May