Full cast announced for final extension of HERCULES at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Disney Theatrical Group has announced 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 (Hercules, Paper Mill Playhouse) in the title role are, as the Muses, Leslie Beehann as Terpschiore, Kimmy Edwards (A Christmas Carol, Old Vic) as Clio, Candace Furbert as Thalia, Malinda Parris (The Greatest Showman, Bristol Hippodrome) as Calliope, Paige Peddie (I’m Every Woman, Hackney Empire) as Melpomene, Mae Ann Jorolan as Meg, Emile Ruddock (The Greatest Showman, Bristol Hippodrome) as Phil, Stephen Carlile as Hades, Craig Gallivan as Bob, Matt Overfield (Mrs Doubtfire, West End) as Charles, Felipe Bejarano as Standby Hercules/Swing, and Psalms-Nissi Myers-Reid (Midnight, Sadler’s Wells East) and Francessca Daniella-Baker (Hadestown, West End) as 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.