Birmingham Rep announce full cast for new musical SWEET HENRY V
The Birmingham Rep will be starting 2026 with a bang as they present a concert performance of the epic new musical, Sweet Henry V, coming to The Studio on 23 & 24 January.
It’s 1413, witness the glow up as Sweet Henry V (it’s pronounced Vee, actually) transforms from playboy prince to the most famous warrior king in British history. All he has to do is defeat the douchebag Prince of Wales, Owain Glyndŵr.
Watch as the anointed King and rebel Prince go head-to-head in this hilarious and heart-rending new musical about that most human of struggles; the quest to find out who we are and where we belong.
Imagine if Shakespeare’s History Plays donned their lippy and heels and were taken out for a night on the tiles. We’re talking Hamilton meets Braveheart meets Priscilla Queen of the Desert in this radical reinvention of history that’s pounding with camp Celtic vibes.
This script-in-hand concert performance features a live band with over thirty original numbers: including banging medieval tunes like ‘A-Hole’, ‘Naked Out Here’ and ‘I’m Your Man’.
The cast have now been announced for this Birmingham Rep production.
Leading the cast as Henry V (Hal) and Owain Glyndŵr (OG) respectively, are Will Jennings (Les Misérables, West End; Starter For Ten, Bristol Old Vic/Birmingham Rep) and Birmingham’s own Matt Rawle (Cabaret, West End/UK tour; Evita, West End).
They will be joined by Seiriol Davies (How To Win Against History, Edinburgh Fringe/Young Vic) as Henry IV, Adrian Hansel (We Will Rock You, West End) as Hotspur, Emily Ivana Hawkins (Housemates, Hijinx/Sherman Theatre) as De Grey, Emmy Stonelake (Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s Globe) as Catrin, and Rhys Taylor (Eugenius!, Turbine Theatre) as Iolo.
The Rep’s Artistic Director and Sweet Henry V Director, Joe Murphy, said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to announce the cast of the Sweet Henry V concert performance - this ensemble is packed with extraordinary talent. Sweet Henry V is a musical that celebrates everything we love about bold, ambitious storytelling. I am so excited that Birmingham audiences will be the very first to witness this very special concert performance, before it embarks on a full-scale production in the future.”
The creative team also includes book writer, composer and lyricist Seiriol Davies, and musical director Leo Munby.