Full cast announced for DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL for Lowry and London
Full casting has been revealed for the first UK non-replica production of Disney’s HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, which opens at Lowry, Salford on 22 August - 19 September, before transferring to London’s Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre from 12 October – 3 January.
Jason Donovan will star as Coach Bolton at Lowry (until 18 September), with Harry Judd taking over the role in London. Starring at both venues be Disney icon KayCee Stroh as Ms Darbus, Tobias Turley as Troy Bolton, Leonor Correia as Gabriella Montez, Caitlin Tipping as Sharpay Evans, and Luke Bayer as Ryan Evans.
Joining them will be Char Burnett (Frozen; The Book of Mormon, West End) as Taylor McKessie, Jordan Benjamin (Hamilton; The Little Big Things, West End) as Chad Danforth, Simeon Beckett (Back to the Future, West End; Hamilton, UK & Ireland tour) as Zeke Baylor, Olivia O’Connor (Why Am I So Single?, West End) as Martha Cox, Yna Tresvalles (Ballad Lines, Southwark Playhouse Elephant; Six, UK & International tour) as Kelsi Nielson, and Curtis Patrick (Thespians, UK tour; Young Frankenstein, Hope Mill Theatre/Liverpool Playhouse) as Jack Scott.
The cast is completed by Alexander Black (Grease, Independence of the Seas), Eleanor Bye (Nine, Hope Mill Theatre; Robin Hood, New Wimbledon Theatre), Harriet Caplan-Dean (&Juliet; Six, UK tour), Alison Driver (Singin’ In The Rain, Royal Exchange Theatre; The Frogs, Southwark Playhouse), Conor Luke Drury (Dick Whittington, Broadway Theatre, Catford), Mary Francis (professional debut), Sonia Gil-Lubeiro (professional debut), Tamsin January (Moulin Rouge, UK & Ireland tour; TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, West End), Joseph Lennox (Cats, International Tour), Lucas Morlotti (Robin Hood, The Capitol Horsham), Katie Mulligan (Beauty and the Beast, Churchill Theatre, Bromley), André Phipps (MJ The Musical, West End), Meg Silsby (professional debut), Kade Stenson (Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury), Ethan Vijn (Choir of Man, West End; Hamilton, UK & Ireland tour), and Eddie Zickerman (professional debut).
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the iconic film HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL has a book by David Simpatico with music adapted, arranged and produced by Bryan Louiselle and is co-directed by Hope Mill founders Joseph Houston and William Whelton.
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL features choreography by Aaron Renfree, set design by Andrew Exeter, sound by Matt Peploe, video design by George Reeve, lighting by Rory Beaton, costumes by Sophia Pardon, musical supervision by Katy Richardson, musical direction by Audra Cramer, casting by Pearson Casting, wigs & hair design by Jackie Sweeney & Angie Carradus, make-up design by Dominic Skinner, and dialect coaching by Aundrea Fudge.
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