ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES THE MUSICAL

CASTING ANNOUNCED

FOR UK & DUBLIN TOUR

23 SEPTEMBER 2024 – 5 JULY 2025

Written by Paul Whitehouse and Jim Sullivan, fully endorsed by the Sullivan estate

Based on the programme ‘Only Fools and Horses’ written by John Sullivan

Original music – Paul Whitehouse and Jim Sullivan

Additional music – John Sullivan & Chas Hodges

Director – Caroline Jay Ranger

Musical Supervisor & Arranger – Stuart Morley

TICKETS ON SALE NOW FROM ONLYFOOLSONSTAGE.COM

Casting has been announced for the 2024/25 UK & Dublin tour of the smash hit show Only Fools and Horses The Musical. Joining comedy giant Paul Whitehouse* (as Grandad) will be Sam Lupton (Wicked, Little Shop of Horrors) as Del Boy and Tom Major, making his professional theatre debut, as Rodney. Direct from a record-breaking sold-out four-year run in London’s West End, the 10-month tour kicks off in Bromley on 23 September and then travels to over 30 towns and cities across the country, before culminating in Dublin at the end of June 2025. Tickets are on sale now from OnlyFoolsOnStage.com. Philip Childs will play the role of Grandad when Paul Whitehouse is not available, as he did in the West End.

Georgina Hagan (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Heathers The Musical) reprises her role as Raquel, Craig Berry (The Bodyguard, Mama Mia) returns to his role as Boycie and Nicola Munns (Spring Awakening, Don Giovanni) steps back into the high heels of his long-suffering wife Marlene. Nicola also plays the role of Cassandra. They are joined by their original West End co-stars Lee VG (Les Miserables) as Trigger, Bradley John (Pandora’s Box) as Denzil; Darryl Paul

(The Commitments, We Will Rock You) as Mike / Tony Driscoll / Cripps and Rhys Owen (The Full Monty, Spamalot); Christopher Arkeston (Oh! What a Lovely War) and Andrew Bryant (who is also the Resident Director). The company is completed by Peter Watts (The Threepenny Opera, Assassins) as Danny Driscoll / Mickey Pearce; Richard J Hunt (Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) as Dating Agent; Gloria Acquaah-Harrison (Mawa Monologue Slam 2022 winner) as Mrs Obooko / Wedding Fitter. Kieran Andrew (The Snow Queen, The Brunch Club); Katie Paine (Heathers, We Will Rock You); Amanda Coutts (We Will Rock You, Starlight Express) and Oscar Dobbins complete the ensemble.

Directed by the originating West End director Caroline Jay Ranger (Fawlty Towers – The Play), and based on John Sullivan’s legendary record-breaking television show, this critically acclaimed home-grown musical spectacular features cherished material from Britain’s best loved TV series. With a script and original score written by John’s son, Jim Sullivan and Paul Whitehouse, prepare to get reacquainted with Britain’s most lovable rogues and experience the classic comedy brought to life on stage through an ingenious script and 20 hilarious songs.

Fans and critics alike praised Only Fools and Horses The Musical in their droves during its triumphant West End run: The Sun awarded five stars, hailing it “One Del of a show!”; the Daily Mirror said it was “a treat for Trotter fans” in their five-star review. The Sunday Times bestowed four stars and remarked that “Only Fools is a blast from our wide-boy past. A hearty stage adaptation of the 1980s BBC television comedy”. Evening Standard also awarded four stars, complimenting the “unashamedly British night out. A jubilant lovely jubbly!”. While the Daily Mail urged its readers to “raise a glass of ‘Tittinger’ to Del Boy and Rodney as Only Fools and Horses storms the West End!”

Join us as we take a trip back in time, where it’s all kicking off in Peckham. While the yuppie invasion of London is in full swing, love is in the air as Del Boy sets out on the rocky road to find his soul mate, Rodney and Cassandra prepare to say ‘I do’, and even Trigger is gearing up for a date (with a person!). Meanwhile, Boycie and Marlene give parenthood one final shot and Grandad takes stock of his life and decides the time has finally arrived to get his piles sorted.

With musical contributions from the iconic Chas & Dave, the beloved theme tune as you’ve never heard it before, and an array of brand-new songs full of character and cockney charm, you’re guaranteed to have a right ol’ knees-up! Only Fools and Horses The Musical is a feel-good family celebration of traditional working-class London life in 1989 and the aspirations we all share. So don’t delay, get on the blower, and get a ticket for a truly cushty night out – only a 42 carat PLONKER would miss it!

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

“One Del of a Show!”

The Sun

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

“Viva, Hooky Street. C’est Magnifique! A treat for Trotter fans”

Daily Mirror

★ ★ ★ ★

“Call it comfort food for our troubled times, this show serves up some lovely jubbly”

Metro

★ ★ ★ ★

“Only Fools is a blast from our wide-boy past.

A hearty stage adaptation of the 1980’s BBC Television comedy”

Sunday Times

LISTINGS INFORMATION

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ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES THE MUSICAL – UK & DUBLIN TOUR 2024/2025

DATE VENUE

23–28 September Bromley: Churchill Theatre*

30 September–5 October Southend: Cliffs Pavilion*

7–12 October Bradford: Alhambra Theatre

14–19 October York: Grand Opera House

21–26 October Wolverhampton: Grand Theatre

28 October–2 November Glasgow: Theatre Royal*

4–9 November Edinburgh: Playhouse*

11–16 November Manchester: Opera House*

18–23 November Manchester: Opera House*

25–30 November Sunderland: Empire Theatre

2–7 December Stoke: Regent Theatre

11–14 December Brighton: Dome*

17–23 December London: Hammersmith Eventim Apollo*

27–31 December London: Hammersmith Eventim Apollo*

2–5 January London: Hammersmith Eventim Apollo*

6–11 January Ipswich: Regent Theatre

13–18 January Norwich: Theatre Royal

20–25 January Llandudno: Venue Cymru

27 January–1 February Bristol: Hippodrome*

3–8 February Bristol: Hippodrome*

10-15 February Newcastle: Theatre Royal

17-22 February Newcastle: Theatre Royal

24 February-1 March Leeds: Grand Theatre*

3-8 March Southampton: Mayflower Theatre*

10-15 March Oxford: New Theatre

17-22 March Milton Keynes Theatre

24-29 March Milton Keynes Theatre

31 March-5 April Birmingham: Hippodrome*

7-12 April Birmingham Hippodrome*

14-19 April Canterbury: Marlowe Theatre

21-26 April Nottingham: Concert Hall

28 April-3 May Blackpool: Winter Gardens*

5-10 May Truro: Hall For Cornwall

12-17 May Cardiff: Wales Millennium Centre*

19-24 May Plymouth: Theatre Royal

26-31 May Sheffield: City Hall*

2-7 June Northampton: Derngate Theatre

9-14 June Liverpool: Empire Theatre*

16-21 June Liverpool: Empire Theatre*

23-28 June Belfast: Opera House*

30 June-5 July Dublin: Bord Gais Energy Theatre*

*Paul Whitehouse will perform at these venues

Jermyn Street Theatre – until 22nd June 2024

Reviewed by Celia Armand Smith

4****

On the eve of his 60th birthday, Pride and Prejudice’s favourite villain Mr George Wickham returns to reminisce about his life. Written and performed by Adrian Lukis who played Wickham in the 1995 BBC adaptation, he ponders on the years since he famously eloped with Lydia Bennett.

In this production directed by Guy Unsworth, we discover that rather surprisingly Wickham is still married to Lydia, and she is just off stage in a huff because he was paying too much attention to a female guest at his birthday party. Classic old Wickham. Lukis gives a charming performance, however under the wit and rakishness is the same wickedness displayed years earlier in the original Pride and Prejudice text. I am unsure whether this is an attempt to rewrite Wickham as a misunderstood man who’d had a rotten life, but it’s hard to overlook his scheming and manipulative ways. There are stories of lost love with a maid, a cliff top run in with the horrible headmaster of his boarding school, and how he ended up in the militia. It is an expert display of charm, still being used to win over the crowds.

There are lots of familiar names, and some history around his rocky relationship with Mr Darcy. We also learn that he held Byron in high esteem (of course he did), and he had little to no work ethic. As he takes us through his life he moves around the small corner of a drawing room designed by Libby Watson, filling his glass from a decanter, and repeatedly going to to the window to check on the scandal that is emerging in the house opposite. He’s not so much at the centre of the scandal anymore, but he still very much thrives on it.

In this one hour long monologue, we don’t learn much about Wickham, however the Lukis’ writing and thoroughly engaging performance make for a very pleasant evening indeed.

Kenny Wax Productions
Tickets for powerhouse hit musical Fantastically Great
Women Who Changed the World at The Other Palace
are on sale!
Saturday 20th July – Sunday 8th September 2024
Gala Night: Thursday 25th July 2024
The Other Palace, 12 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5JA

The UK Theatre Award-winning, hugely successful pop musical Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is heading to The Other Palace for the summer. This critically acclaimed girl power musical packs a popstar punch, with a catchy soundtrack, awe-inspiring characters and TikTok-favourite choreography.

Remarkable – and often forgotten – women are lifted from the pages of Kate Pankhurst’s beloved book, published by Bloomsbury, and brought vividly to life on stage. This inspiring musical celebrates historic women and their achievements to a soundtrack of uplifting pop songs – with real-life heroines and pioneers spotlighted including Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie, Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, author Jane Austen, trailblazing pilot Amelia Earhart, innovative artist Frida Kahlo, and many more!

When young heroine Jade finds the Gallery of Greatness on a day trip, she is introduced to each of these iconic women, discovering their stories and how they changed the course of history as we know it.

Audiences who can’t wait for the Fantastically Great Women to arrive in London can stream the toe-tapping, sing-along worthy soundtrack by #1 hit single writer Miranda Cooper (Kylie Minogue, Girls Aloud) and Jennifer Decilveo (Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato) online.

The creative team behind this exhilarating stage show consists of Olivier Award-winning dramatist Chris Bush (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, National Theatre); with music by UK No.1 hit songwriter Miranda Cooper, whose songs for Girls Aloud include Sound of the Underground and The Promise, and Round Round for Sugababes, and Jennifer Decilveo, and live arrangements by Jen Green (Beverley Knight; Pixie Lott). The director is Amy Hodge (Mr Gum and The Dancing Bear – The Musical!, National Theatre), designer Joanna Scotcher (Emilia, Shakespeare’s Globe/Vaudeville Theatre), choreographer Dannielle ‘Rhimes’ Lecointe (Dick Whittington, National Theatre), musical director and supervisor Audra Cramer (Cinderella, Hope Mill Theatre; SIX, West End), lighting designer Zoe Spurr (Emilia, Shakespeare’s Globe/Vaudeville Theatre), sound designer Carolyn Downing (Summer & Smoke, Almeida/Duke of York’s Theatre) and cosound designer Rob Bettle (Frozen: The Musical, Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Billy Elliot, UK tour; One Man, Two Guvnors, Theatre Royal Haymarket).

Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World has delighted and inspired audiences across the UK since 2021, including three nationwide tours, a summer at Theatre Royal Stratford East and a successful run at Edinburgh Fringe 2022.

The cast will be announced.

Past praise for Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World:

A pop-fuelled, upbeat feminist hit – ★ ★ ★ ★ The Times

A high voltage show with great charisma… a zippy guide to the great women of history that sets toes tapping and young minds alight – The Guardian

Incredibly inspirational, a battle call to women everywhere – ★ ★ ★ ★ Liverpool Echo

A celebration of girl power over the centuries… I’m still singing – ★ ★ ★ ★ Daily Mail

WISE CHILDREN AND RSC’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PRODUCTION OF HANIF KUREISHI’S THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA,

ADAPTED BY EMMA RICE, TRANSFERS TO THE BARBICAN

★★★★★

‘Intoxicating five-star show’

The Times

Wise Children today announces the London transfer of their co-production with the RSC, the critically acclaimed production The Buddha of Suburbia. Based on the novel by Hanif Kureishi, and adapted for the stage by Emma Rice, with Hanif Kureishi, the show opens at the Barbican on 29 October, with previews from 22 October, running until 16 November 2024.

Artistic Director of Wise Children Emma Rice said today,“I have truly loved making this show, and spending time immersed in Hanif’s laugh-out-loud funny, rude and anarchic world. His razor sharp wit is The Buddha of Suburbia’s secret weapon, but beneath the jokes lies deep, profound and pure love. In the rehearsal room, I was moved to tears daily by this powerful and political piece, and I am absolutely thrilled that it is transferring to the Barbican. I want as many people as possible to experience this joyful production – especially this iconic London novel’s home crowd. I cannot wait!”

Hanif Kureishi added, “I worked on this idea with Emma for a while, without much of a notion of what it would actually look or sound like. Emma is a wonderfully visual director; her shows are great to look at. But I believe that if you are lucky enough to work with an artist like her, you must let them be as creative and as original as they want to be. And so, when I finally got to see the show, live streamed to my computer at home, I fell in love with it straight away: the colour, costumes, music, and of course her brilliant casting. I was delighted by the response to the show, both from the critics and from the audience, who always had a good time. Now I am very excited to see the show in another iteration at the Barbican, in front I hope, of a young and diverse London crowd. We want to give them as good a time as the patrons in Stratford had; and I’m sure Emma’s work, and that of the brilliant actors she has cast, will resonate with a new audience.”

★★★★★

‘Feelgood entertainment’

The Telegraph

A Wise Children and RSC Co-production

THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA  

Based on the novel by Hanif Kureishi

Adapted for the stage by Emma Rice, with Hanif Kureishi

Directed by Emma Rice

Barbican

Tuesday 22 October – Saturday 16 November

Set Designer: Rachana Jadhav; Costume Designer: Vicki Mortimer; Sound and Video Designer: Simon Baker; Lighting Designer: Jai Morjaria; Composer: Niraj Chag; Choreographer: Etta Murfitt; Fight Director: Kev McCurdy; Casting Director: Matthew Dewsbury CDG

An irresistible, heart-breaking and joyful exploration of family, friends, sex, theatre and, ultimately, belonging. Emma Rice adapts the award-winning 1990 novel, The Buddha of Suburbia with Hanif Kureishi in a major new co-production with Wise Children and the RSC.

Emma Rice is the Artistic Director of Wise Children and is an internationally respected theatre-maker and director. For Wise Children she has adapted and directed Blue Beard, The Little Matchgirl and Happier Tales, Wuthering Heights, Bagdad Café, Angela Carter’s Wise Children, Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers and Romantics Anonymous. As Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe: Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Little Matchgirl (and Other Happier Tales). Rice worked for Kneehigh as an actor, director and Artistic Director, creating critically acclaimed productions including, but not limited to: The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, The Wild Bride, The Red Shoes, Cymbeline (in association with RSC), A Matter of Life and Death (in association with National Theatre), Brief Encounter (in association with David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers Productions), Don John (in association with the RSC and Bristol Old Vic), Wah! Wah! Girls (in association with Sadler’s Wells and Theatre Royal Stratford East for World Stages), and Steptoe and Son. She received the Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre award at the 2019 UK Theatre Awards.    

Hanif Kureishi is a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. His father’s family was displaced during the partition of India and Pakistan. Due to his mother being English, the family ended up in London. Hanif studied philosophy and achieved early success as a playwright. He collaborated with several London theatre companies. Commissioned by Channel 4, he wrote the script for My Beautiful Laundrette, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The Buddha of Suburbia, his debut novel, was adapted into a television series, featuring a soundtrack by David Bowie. His book Intimacy sparked controversy due to its autobiographical nature, which Hanif denied. The film adaptation, Intimacy, based on his stories and the book, was released in 2001. For the screenplay of the film Venus, Hanif received another Oscar nomination. The film was directed by his close friend Roger Michell. In 2008, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and in 2014, he sold his archive to the British Library. In December 2022, he suffered a serious fall in Rome, resulting in paralysis. After an extended stay in rehabilitation centres, he now resides at home in an adapted residence in London.

★★★★

‘Lovable and cheeky’

Guardian

Listings Information

THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA

BARBICAN

Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS

Box Office: https://www.barbican.org.uk/

Tickets from £25

For Wise Children supporters booking opens on 5 July, with public booking from Tuesday 9 July.

Tuesday 22 October – Saturday 16 November

RSC BARBICAN SEASON ANNOUNCED AS AUTUMN/WINTER SEASON GOES ON SALE 

Alongside one world premiere, three new Shakespeare productions and a major revival going on sale at Stratford, RSC Co-Artistic Directors, Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey, today announce their first Winter season at the Barbican, which sees two critically acclaimed productions transfer from Stratford-upon-Avon.

The RSC’sco-production with Wise Children,The Buddha of Suburbia, a world premiere based on the novel by Hanif Kureishi, adapted for the stage by Emma Rice with Hanif Kureishi, will play the Barbican Theatre this autumn. It will be followed by director Eleanor Rhode’s5-star production of A Midsummer Night’s Dreamwith Mathew Baynton as Bottom.  Priority booking starts from Tuesday 18 June with public booking opening on Tuesday 9 July.

Tamara Harvey and Daniel Evans said, “We’re so proud that these two productions, ledby two brilliant directors, will play the Barbican stage later this year. Together, they encapsulate one of our core missions at the RSC: to bring people together to experience new plays side-by-side with those of our house playwright, to deepen our understanding of ourselves, each other and the world around us, and bring joy. Both these productions are naughty, soulful and entertaining, and we can’t wait to share them with audiences in the capital. Meanwhile, in Stratford, we’re looking forward to continuing our inaugural Stratford season with a host of inspiring artists.”

The announcement coincides with the release of tickets for the Stratford-upon-Avon Autumn/Winter season, which go on public sale from Tuesday 9 July. The six productions include three Shakespeare plays, a world premiere and a major revival, previously announced as part of Harvey and Evans’ inaugural programme including

• The world premiere of David Edgar’s The New Real directed by Holly Race Roughan and presented in association with Headlong, with a cast including Roderick Hill, Patrycja Kujawska, Jodie McNee, Lloyd Owen and Sergo Vares
• A new staging of Hans Christian Anderson’s dark fairytale The Red Shoes, adapted by Nancy Harris and directed by Associate Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival Theatre, Kimberley Rampersad
• Othello directed by Tim Carroll with John Douglas Thompson as Othello with Will Keen as Iago, Juliet Rylance as Desdemona and Anastasia Hille as Emilia
• A festive production of Shakespeare’s bittersweet winter masterpiece: Twelfth Night directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah
• William Shakespeare’s Hamlet; directed by Rupert Goold and featuring Luke Thallon in his RSC debut
• Edward II directed by Daniel Raggett with double Olivier award-winning actor and RSC Co-Artistic Director Daniel Evans in the title role.

The six titles join the Pulitzer Prize Winning production English by Sanaz Toossi playing at the Kiln Theatre until the 6 July, the world premiere of Joe Robertson and Joe Murphy’s Kyotoplaying in the Swan Theatre in co-production with Good Chance, a comedy double-bill of The Merry Wives of Windsor and The School for Scandal, playing in repertoire in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre this Summer, and an 80-minute staging of As You Like Itrunning for six weeks in The Holloway Garden Theatre from July. They are joined by Northern Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet, the UK premiere of Uzhhorod Theatre Company’s King Lear and Co-Artistic Director Tamara Harvey’s RSC debut, directing Alfred Enoch in Periclesin the Swan Theatre prior to its transfer to Chicago.

For the Barbican season priority booking for Members and Supporters opens on Tuesday 18 June, with public booking from Tuesday 9 July.

For the Stratford-upon-Avon Autumn/Winter productions priority booking for Members and Supporters opens on Tuesday 18 June, with public booking from Tuesday 9 July. For further information on how to become an RSC Member or Supporter, visit here.

Power, politics, humour and Ancient Egypt: it’s
Go! The Musical
Tuesday 23rd – Sunday 28th July 2024
Upstairs at the Gatehouse, 1 North Road, Highgate Village, London N6 4BD

With rhyme and rhythm comes this musical retelling of the lesser-known part of Exodus. Ancient Egypt arrives in London this summer, with a cast including Harel Glazer (The Band’s Visit at Donmar Warehouse), Alexandra Doar (Bat Out of Hell, West End), Rushand Chambers (For Black Boys, West End) and Ayesha Patel (Lizzie, Southwark Playhouse). This production, packed with power and politics, follows a prince’s descent into chaos after freeing his people from Pharaoh – aka his ‘mother’.

Having given up his succession to the Egyptian throne to rescue the slaves, Go! The Musical follows Moses, flipping between his royal past amongst palace scribes and astrologers and his battle against bitter disillusionment in the desert. It seems that the prince’s desperate journey is doomed – what happens when the promise of freedom from dictatorship threatens to fade back into oppression? Faced with rebellion by people who want to return to Egypt and caught between two identities, Moses is an embattled freedom fighter who must now decide whether to follow Pharaoh’s advice and crack down hard.

Looking through a modern and humorous lens, Go! The Musical touches on themes of today: politics and the messy reality of political change, differing leadership styles, immigrants and emigrants, the struggle by a generation of unrest to regain equilibrium and what happens when life’s big goal begins to slip away.

Music Director Ben Barrow comments, The central themes of ‘Go! The Musical’ carry so much importance today: the idea that we all contribute to building a world for future generations to live in particularly resonates, given our current political and environmental landscapes. The music of this show combines contemporary ideas with epic musical theatre and integrates spoken word and poetry with driving melodies and cinematic underscore – I’m really excited about how it will sound.

Adam Taylor and co-writer Mikhal Taylor comment, This musical was inspired by the intriguing personality of Moses – a troubled, impulsive, passionate, argumentative character, sometimes ruthless, sometimes self-doubting, very human, no superhero, who never made it to the promised land. In time, the dramatic journey of this beleaguered leader came to seem like an obvious subject for a musical.

CRUCIBLE

A Sheffield Theatres and Evolution Productions co-production

SHEFFIELD THEATRES ANNOUNCES INITIAL CASTING FOR SNOW WHITE

Writer and Director Paul Hendy

Friday 6 December 2024 – Sunday 5 January 2025

Today, Sheffield Theatres and Evolution Productions announce the principal cast for Snow White at the Lyceum Theatre. Catherine Tyldesley (Strictly Come Dancing, Coronation Street) will be playing The Wicked Queen. Catherine joins legendary Dame Damian Williams, with further principal cast and ensemble to be announced later this year.

Once again, the show will be written and directed by Paul Hendy (Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella) and produced by the award winning, Evolution Productions, the same team behind last year’s fabulous panto, Beauty and the Beast.

As always, the Lyceum Panto promises to be top-quality family entertainment packed with laugh-out-loud thrills, stunning costumes, lavish sets, fabulous music and all your favourite jokes.

Damian Williams is celebrating his seventeenth year as Sheffield Theatres’ Dame, whilst Catherine Tyldesley makes her Sheffield pantomime debut.

Beauty and the Beast runs from Friday 6 December 2024 – Sunday 5 January 2025 at the Lyceum theatre, Sheffield. Tickets are on sale now and can be booked through the Box Office in person, over the phone on 0114 249 6000 or at sheffieldtheatres.co.uk.

Full company announced for the world premiere of

The Promise

By Paul Unwin
Directed by Jonathan Kent

19 July – 17 August, Minerva Theatre

The full company has been announced for Paul Unwin’s new play about the pioneering post-war Labour government, The Promise, premiering at Chichester’s Minerva Theatre from 19 July – 17 August (press night: 29 July), directed by Jonathan Kent.

The cast is: Suzanne Burden (Strike, Shakespeare in Love) as Violet Attlee; Clare Burt (Flowers for Mrs Harris & This Is My Family CFT) as Ellen Wilkinson; Reece Dinsdale (Emmerdale, This House) as Herbert Morrison; Martyn Ellis (Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads CFT, Renegade Nell) as Winston Churchill; Felixe Forde (Romeo and Juliet, Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) as Joan Vincent; Peter Hamilton Dyer (Wolf Hall, The Confessions of Frannie Langton) as Richard Stafford-Cripps; Richard Harrington (Hinterland, Poldark) as Nye Bevan; Allison McKenzie (The Butterfly Lion CFT, Crime) as Jennie Lee; Majid Mehdizaheh-Valoujerdy (Testament, Hollyoaks) as Thomas Merriman; Miles Richardson (Witness for the Prosecution, King Charles III) as Hugh Dalton; David Robb (Downton Abbey, The Audience) as Lord Moran; Clive Wood(Casualty, Antony and Cleopatra) as Ernest Bevin;and Andrew Woodall (The Other Boleyn Girl, South Downs/The Browning Version CFT) as Clement Attlee.

Paul Unwin’s new drama is a fascinating, deeply pertinent portrayal of the people who moulded modern Britain and what it cost them.

1945. In a country exhausted and crippled by debt after six years of war, time is up for Winston Churchill’s Tories. With a rallying cry for change, Labour wins an astonishing, landslide election victory.

Clement Attlee may be an unlikely prime minister and his cabinet of competing heavyweights – from the loyal Ernest Bevin to scheming Herbert Morrison – argue furiously about how to realise their manifesto: to make a welfare state, build millions of homes, reorganise dilapidated schools, and most dramatically, create a National Health Service that is free at the point of need.

Driven by the passionate and courageous radical Ellen Wilkinson, and the visionary firebrand Nye Bevan, a very British revolution is in the air. But in the face of bitter opposition, is this an audacious pledge of hope or a promise too far?

Paul Unwin is co-creator of TV’s longest-running medical drama Casualty.

Jonathan Kent, whose previous Chichester productions include Gypsy, Sweeney Todd and Young Chekhov Trilogy, directs.

The Promise has set design by Joanna Parker, costume design by Deborah Andrews, lighting and video design by Peter Mumford, music composed by Gary Yershon, sound design by Christopher Shutt, and casting by Annelie Powell CDG.

The Promise is sponsored by Bishops Printers.

Minerva Season Principal: Charles Holloway.

NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCES

FULL CAST FOR THE BRAND-NEW PRODUCTION OF

THE OLIVIER, TONY® & GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL

DEAR EVAN HANSEN

BOOK BY STEVEN LEVENSON

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY BENJ PASEK AND JUSTIN PAUL

OPENING AT

NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE
ON 9 SEPTEMBER 2024

A MAJOR UK TOUR WILL THEN COMMENCE WITH THE SAME CAST

CHARITY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MIX ALSO ANNOUNCED

Nottingham Playhouse is delighted to announce the full cast for the brand-new production of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning Best Musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN.

Ryan Kopel (Newsies) will play the iconic role of Evan Hansen, alongside Lauren Conroy (Into The Woods)as Zoe Murphy and Alice Fearn (Wicked, Come From Away) as Evan’s mum, Heidi.

They will be joined by Helen Anker (Mamma Mia!) as Cynthia Murphy, Richard Hurst (The Lion King) as Larry Murphy, Killian Thomas Lefevre(Bat Out Of Hell) as Connor Murphy, Tom Dickerson(Heathers)as Jared Kleinman, Vivian Panka (9 to 5 the Musical) as Alana Beck and Sonny Monaghan (discovered via TikTok) as alternate Evan.

This is the first production of Dear Evan Hansen in the UK to perform the show with an ensemble. The ensemble are Lara Beth-Sas, Will Forgrave, Daniel Forrester, Jessica Lim, Sonny Monaghan and Shakira Simpson.

The casting team collaborated with TikTok during the audition process, inviting TikTok users who were interested in being cast in the production to upload a video of themselves singing any number from the show. The team then reviewed all submissions and invited those they felt could be a part of the cast to participate in the formal audition process. Over 2000 videos were submitted and of those, 36 TikTok users were invited to in-person auditions. Sonny Monaghan was cast in the ensemble, and as alternate Evan (performing the role twice a week, at every matinee performance), as a result of the TikTok collaboration.

Director Adam Penford said “I am beyond thrilled with the talented cast we have assembled. An exciting mix of musical theatre legends and rising stars. It’s been nine years since the original show premiered, and it’s an honour to be the first production to reimagine this powerful story through a contemporary lens.”

The production is also delighted to announce its partnership with The Mix, the UK’s leading digital charity for under 25-year-olds.  The show deals with sensitive topics, very relevant to young people today, and this partnership will ensure that anyone affected by the issues explored in the show knows where to find support. 

The Mix will provide training to the cast and creative team on how to appropriately respond to queries from the public, both online and offline, and equip them with the knowledge to direct individuals to the right support channels. The partnership also aims to create engaging and informative content to help elevate and empower young people at a time when they need it most. This will include resources and tips on essential life skills for transitioning into adulthood.

Directed by Nottingham Playhouse’s Artistic Director Adam Penford, DEAR EVAN HANSEN will open at the Nottingham Playhouse on 9 September 2024, following which a major UK tour will commence with the same cast. Tour schedule below.

Morgan Large is Set and Costume Designer (Newsies, Sister Act), with Carrie-Anne Ingrouille as Choreographer (Six, Zoo Nation), Matt Daw as Lighting Designer (Pet Shop Boys, Lorde), Tom Marshall as Sound Designer (West Side Story, Sister Act), Ravi Deepres as Video Designer (School for Scandal, Woolf Works), Matt Smith as Musical Supervisor (Dear Evan Hansen, My Neighbour Totoro) and Natalie Gallacher CDG for Pippa Ailion & Natalie Gallacher Casting as casting director (Mean Girls, MJ The Musical, Moulin Rouge), Michelle Payne as Associate Director and Laura Llewellyn-Jones as Orchestral Manager.

Packed with some of the biggest musical theatre songs of the last decade, DEAR EVAN HANSEN has a score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Oscar-winning composers for The Greatest Showman and La La Land) and a book by Steven Levenson. Its many awards include the Tony® Award for Best Musical, Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theatre Album.

Today is going to be a good day. And here’s why…

Meet Evan: an anxious high school kid who wants nothing more than to fit in. The thing is, on his way to fitting in, he didn’t tell the whole truth. And now must give up on a life he never dreamt he’d have. As events spiral and the truth comes out, Evan faces a reckoning with himself and everyone around him.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International.

CAST BIOGRAPHIES:

Ryan Kopel’s theatre credits include Newsies at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, West End productions of The Book Of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre and The Inheritance at the Noël Coward Theatre, and West Side Story at the Edinburgh International Festival. He has also performed in The Addams Family concert at the London Palladium and the Billie the Kid concert at the Vaudeville Theatre. His television credits include HBO series House of the Dragon and Wedding Season.

Lauren Conroy’s theatre credits include Babies at the Lyric Theatre and The Other Palace, Bear Snores On at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, The Sound of Music at the Chichester Festival Theatre and Into The Woods at Bath Theatre Royal. On television, Lauren has appeared in Apple TV’s The Buccaneers, ITV’s The Confessions of Frannie Langton and the BBC’s Shetland.

Alice Fearn’s theatre credits include West End productions of Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre, Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Savoy Theatre, Les Misérables at the Queen’s Theatre, Woman In White at the Palace Theatre and Shrek The Musical at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. She has also appeared in Into The Woods at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Annie Get Your Gun at the Young Vic, Then, Now & Next at the Southwark Playhouse and Oliver! at The Watermill Theatre, Her film credits include Les Misérables, Sweeney Todd, Alice In Wonderland, Clash Of The Titans, Mamma Mia! and Pirates of the Caribbean. 

Helen Anker has performed in many West End and Broadway productions, including Promises Promises at the Broadway Theatre, Parade at the Donmar Warehouse, Oklahoma! At the National Theatre and Lyceum Theatre, Always at the Victoria Palace Theatre, Cats at the New London Theatre, Fame at the Cambridge Theatre and Crazy for You at the Prince Edward Theatre. Her other theatre credits include the UK and International Tour of Mamma Mia!, Candide and On the Town, both at English National Opera. Her film credits include Ted 2, Cinderella and Oklahoma! — The Movie, and television credits include Law and Order, The Good Wife and White Collar.

Richard Hurst’s theatre credits include The Duchess of Malfi and The Fantastic Follies of Mrs Rich at the RSC, Jane Eyre at the National Theatre, My Night With Reg at the Apollo Theatre and Donmar Warehouse, A Chorus of Disapproval, Worst Wedding Ever and Dick Whittington and his Cat, all at the Salisbury Playhouse, and the UK & International Tour of The Lion King. His television credits include EastEnders, Doctors, Casualty, Look and The Sitcom Trials.

Killian Thomas Lefevre’s theatre credits include West End productions of The Strange Affair of Herschel Grynszpan at The Other Palace and Stick Man at Leicester Square Theatre, as well as Secret Cinema’s Stranger Things in London, the UK and International Tour of Bat Out of Hell, and The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man at Nottingham Playhouse.

Tom Dickerson’s theatre credits include the UK & Ireland Tour of Heathers, the International Tour of The Book of Mormon, Hansel & Gretel at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Alice at the Dubai QE2, But I’m A Cheerleader at MT Fest and The Other Palace, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, both at the Isle of Man Gaiety Theatre.

Vivian Panka’s theatre credits include Heathers the Musical at The Other Palace and the UK Tour of 9 to 5 The Musical. She also appeared in the film of Heathers: The Musical.

Sonny Monaghan’s theatre credits include Turn the Page at The Stables, Carmen at White Rock and TAG Live at COVE Resorts.

Lara Beth-Sas’s theatre credits include Jack and the Beanstalk at The Kenton Theatre, Treasure Island at the Hazlitt Theatre, the UK & Ireland Tour of Friends The Musical Parody, A Christmas Carol and Cinderella at the Groundlings Theatre, and Two and a Half Showbiz Girls at the Doncaster Little Theatre.

Will Forgrave’s theatre credits include the UK Tour of The Sound of Music, The Go-Between at the Apollo Theatre, The Braille Legacy at Charing Cross Theatre, Oliver at the Manchester Palace and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Liverpool Empire.

Daniel Forrester’s theatre credits include West End productions Opening Night at the Gielgud Theatre and Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations at the Prince Edward Theatre, as well as Summer! The Donna Summer Musical at Norwegian Cruise Lines.

Jessica Lim’s theatre credits include the UK Tour of Shrek The Musical, Dark Lord at MT Fest and The Other Palace, Claus The Musical at The Lowry, Zorro The Musical at Charing Cross Theatre, The Musical That Goes Right at The Cockpit and Mario: A Super Musical! at The Union Theatre.

Shakira Simpson’s theatre credits include West End productions of Hairspray at the London Coliseum, The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre and Billy Elliott at the Victoria Palace Theatre, as well as the UK & Ireland tour ofSix The Musical, Legally Blonde at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, and the UK tour of Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World.

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FIONA HAMPTON, JOSEPH MILLSON AND FLORA SPENCER-LONGHURST

TO LEAD THE WORLD PREMIÈRE

OF NEW TWO-PART STAGE ADAPTATION OF

JOHN GALSWORTHY’S THE FORSYTE SAGA

AT PARK THEATRE

Troupe in association with Park Theatre today announces initial casting for the world première of a new stage adaptation of John Galsworthy’s seminal work, The Forsyte Saga. Leading the company are Fiona Hampton as Irene Forsyte, Joseph Millson as Soames Forsyte and Flora Spencer-Longhurst as Fleur Forsyte. Josh Roche’s production will be staged in two parts The Forsyte Saga Part 1: Irene and The Forsyte Saga Part 2: Fleur.

The production opens in Park200 at Park Theatre on 19 October 2024, with previews from 11 October 2024, and runs until 7 December 2024.

The Forsyte Saga Part 1: Irene and The Forsyte Saga Part 2: Fleur will play across alternate nights and run consecutively on matinee days.

Full casting will be announced shortly.

Ashley Cook for Troupe

in association with Park Theatre presents

The world première of a new adaptation of

THE FORSYTE SAGA

By John Galsworthy

Adapted by Shaun McKenna and Lin Coghlan

Director: Josh Roche, Set and Costume Designer: Anna Yates, Lighting Designer: Alex Musgrave,

Sound Designer and Composer: Max Pappenheim

Cast includes: Fiona Hampton (Irene Forsyte), Joseph Millson (Soames Forsyte) and Flora Spencer-Longhurst (Fleur Forsyte)

11 October – 7 December 2024

The Forsyte Saga Part 1: Irene at 3pm

The Forsyte Saga Part 2: Fleur at 7.30pm

‘’Now I know what Soames did, what my father did, I will never be able to not know it.’’   

London, 1886.  Wealthy solicitor Soames Forsyte is a man of property, and his beautiful wife Irene is his most prized possession. When he commissions an architect to build him a house in which to keep her, the cracks in their marriage finally begin to show, until something happens so shocking that it tears the Forsyte family apart. Years later, Soames’ daughter Fleur is haunted by the family secret when history begins to repeat itself…  

John Galsworthy’s classic story The Forsyte Saga is newly dramatised for the stage in two parts by Shaun McKenna and Lin Coghlan, bringing the unheard female voices to the fore for the first time. Spanning 40 years from the last gasp of the Victorian age to the beginning of the roaring 1920s, this is an epic tale of sex, money and power. The Forsyte Saga was famously televised by the BBC in 1967 and was again serialised by ITV in 2002. Shaun McKenna and Lin Coghlan adapted the novels for BBC Radio 4 in 2016 under the title The Forsytes.

Novelist and playwright John Galsworthy (1867-1933) was educated at Harrow and studied law at New College, Oxford. The Man of Property (1906) began the novel sequence known as The Forsyte Saga, for which Galsworthy is chiefly remembered, followed by In Chancery (1920) and To Let (1921).The story of the Forsyte family after the war was continued in The White Monkey (1924), The Silver Spoon (1926), and Swan Song (1928), and two interludes A Silent Wooing and Passersby (1927) collected in A Modern Comedy (1929), and a collection of short stories On Forsyte Change (1930). John Galsworthy won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932.

Fiona Hampton plays Irene Forsyte. Her theatre credits include Touching the Void (Bristol Old Vic, Duke of York’s Theatre), Ralegh: The Treason Trial (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse), Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare’s Globe), Tamburlaine (UK tour), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (New Wolsey Theatre), Private Lives, The Glass Menagerie, Tull, Of Mice and Men, Lighthearted Intercourse (Octagon Theatre Bolton), Playhouse Creatures (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Changeling (Southwark Playhouse), Roar and Clockheart Boy (Rose Theatre Kingston). Her television credits include Summer Lane Drive, The Collection, Switch, Holby City (as series regular Lulu)and The Sarah Jane Adventures; and for film, The Good Neighbour, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Windmill and Legacy.

Joseph Millson plays Soames Forsyte. His theatre credits include Noises Off (Phoenix Theatre), Betrayal (Bath Theatre Royal), Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre), Keith (Arcola Theatre), Apologia (Trafalgar Studios), The Rover, King John, Much Ado About Nothing, The House of Desires, The Dog in the Manger, Pedro The Great Pretender (RSC), Mr Foote’s Other Leg (Hampstead Theatre, Theatre Royal Haymarket), Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe), Rocket to the Moon, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Pillars of the Community (National Theatre), Twelfth Night, The Borrowers and Henry V (Storyhouse). His television credits include Van Der Valk, The Chelsea Detective, The Last Kingdom, Grantchester, Queens of Mystery, Catch 22, Ransom, Penny Dreadful, 24, Banished, Ashes to Ashes, Harley Street and The Sarah Jane Adventures; and for film, Creation Stories, Dragonheart Vengeance, No Vacancies, Angel Has Fallen, Burning Men, All the Devil’s Men, Tango One, I Give it a Year and Casino Royale.

Flora Spencer-Longhurst plays Fleur Forsyte. Her theatre credits include Amélie (Criterion Theatre), Seagulls, Beryl (Octagon Theatre Bolton), A Pupil (Park Theatre), The Real Thing (Rose Theatre Kingston), The Christmas Truce, Much Ado About Nothing, Love’s Labour’s Lost (RSC), Once (Phoenix Theatre), Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare’s Globe), The Importance of Being Earnest – The Musical (Theatre Royal Windsor, Riverside Studios), The Beggar’s Opera (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Ghosts, The Member of the Wedding (Young Vic) and Toad of Toad Hall (Birmingham Rep). Her television credits include Oasis, Father Brown, The Bastard Executioner, Leonardo, Unforgiven, Wallander: One Step Behind, The Real Deal, Losing It, The Family Man, Lewis and Dalziel and Pascoe; and for film, The Irish Connection, Say Your Prayers and Walking with the Enemy.

Shaun McKenna’s work for theatre includes The Lord of the Rings for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Musical (Watermill Theatre Newbury, Theatre Royal Drury Lane and Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto – Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Musical), The Paradine Case, Wish You Were Dead, Looking Good Dead, The House on Cold Hill, The Perfect Murder, Dead Simple, Not Dead Enough (UK tours), Maddie (New York Theater Festival and Lyric Theatre), Boy on the Roof (Ted Shawn Theatre, Becket), Ladies In Lavender for which he won a BroadwayWorld UK Award for Best Regional Play (Royal and Derngate and UK tour), Last Dance (York Theatre, New York), Heidi, Heidi and Johanna (Walenstadt – Prix Walo Award nomination), La Cava (Victoria Palace Theatre and Piccadilly Theatre), Only You Can Save Mankind (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Ruling Passions, How Green Was My Valley, To Serve Them All My Days (Royal and Derngate),and Fever (Old Red Lion Theatre). Screen work includes The Crooked Man, Like Father Like Son, The Cuckoo,and Great West End Theatres. Radio credits include The Forsytes, and Home Front (BBC Audio Drama Award for Outstanding Contribution to Radio Drama).

Lin Coghlan’s theatre work includes Kingfisher Blue (Bush Theatre), Apache Tears (Clean Break – Peggy Ramsay Award), Mercy, Waking(Soho Theatre), The Miracle (National Theatre), Bretevski Street (Theatre Centre) and The Night Garden (National Theatre Studio and Northcott Theatre, Exeter). Screen work includes First Communion Day (Dennis Potter Play of the Year Award), Electric Frank (Leopard of Tomorrow Award at Toronto Film Festival), Some Dogs Bite (Audience Award at Nantes Film Festival) and Patrick’s Planet. Radio credits include The Forsytes.

Josh Roche directs. His credits for theatre include The Importance of Being Earnest (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester), My Name is Rachel Corrie  (Young Vic – JMK Award), Home (Minerva Theatre, Chichester),  Orlando (59E59 Theaters, New York), Radio (Arcola Theatre), It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure (Soho Theatre and Underbelly Edinburgh – Underbelly Untapped Award), Winky (Soho Theatre), No Particular Order (Theatre503), Pennyroyal (Finborough Theatre – BroadwayWorld UK Award for Best Director), Magnificence, A Third (Finborough Theatre), I Feel Fine, Specie, Uninvited (New Diorama Theatre), Plastic (Old Red Lion Theatre and Mercury Theatre Colchester), and This Must Be The Place (VAULT Festival). Associate and Assistant Director work includes Dr Faustus, The Alchemist (RSC at Barbican Theatre), Death of a Salesman (RSC at Nöel Coward Theatre), The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare’s Globe, UK and international tours), Doctor Scroggy’s War (Shakespeare’s Globe), and Farinelli and the King (Duke of York’s Theatre).

The Forsyte Saga Part 1: Irene and The Forsyte Saga Part 2: Fleur

Listings

Park Theatre, Park 200

Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 3JP

Friday 11 October – Saturday 7 December 2024

The Forsyte Saga Part 1: Irene at 3pm

The Forsyte Saga Part 2: Fleur at 7.30pm

Monday to Saturdays at 7.30pm
Thursday and Saturday matinees at 3pm

The Forsyte Saga Part 1: Irene and The Forsyte Saga Part 2: Fleur will play across alternate nights and run consecutively on matinee days. For the full schedule, please see the website.

Captioned Saturday 26 October at 3pm (Part 1) and 7.30pm (Part 2) 

Audio Described Saturday 2 November at 3pm (Part 1) and 7.30pm (Part 2)

Box Office: 020 7870 6876* 

www.parktheatre.co.uk
* Telephone booking fee of £3 per transaction applies. All ticket prices are inclusive of a £1.50 building levy. 

Ticket Prices 

Previews (11 – 18 October 2024): £15 – £29.50 

Standard (21 October – 7 December 2024): £22.50 – £47.50 

Mon, Thu mat: 65+: £20 – £26.50  

Access: £17.50 

Concessions available – for further information, please see the website.

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