Full cast announced for LITTLE DANCER - A NEW MUSICAL IN CONCERT at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Producers have announced further casting for Little Dancer – A New Musical In Concert, which makes its highly anticipated UK premiere at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 27 July for one night only.
Joining the previously announced Tiler Peck as Young Marie van Goethem, Julian Ovenden as Edgar Degas and Laura Pitt-Pulford as Adult Marie are David Albury (Get Up Stand Up The Musical) as Christian, Imogen Amos (West End debut) as Charlotte, Imogen Bailey (Shrek The Musical) as Antoinette, Josefina Gabrielle (The Baker’s Wife) as Martine, Debbie Kurup (The Devil Wear’s Prada) as Mary Cassatt, and Rohan Tickell (Les Misérables) as Corbeil.
The cast is completed by an ensemble of Derek Aidoo, Adam Crossley, Sebastian Goffin, Josie Harbertson, Jacob Hughes, Britt Lenting, Nell Martin, Gabriela Rodriguez, Holly Saw, Lowri Shone, Jessica Templeton, Gabriella Tooma, and Jack Wilcox. Amy Ruggiero is Off-Stage Young Marie Cover, with Simi Jolaoso and Ying Ua Li as Soprano Booth Singers.
Little Dancer features the Olivier and Tony Award-winning team of Lynn Ahrens on book and lyrics, with music by Stephen Flaherty, direction and choreography by two-time Olivier and five-time Tony Award-winner Susan Stroman.
Set in the harsh backstage world of the Paris Opera Ballet, Little Dancer is inspired by the story of Marie van Goethem, the young ballerina who posed for Edgar Degas and became the most famous dancer in the world. As Marie navigates poverty, ambition, and the challenges of being a young woman in a man’s world, she becomes the heart of one of the most celebrated artworks in history.
Director and choreographer Susan Stroman said: "I find Little Dancer to be a life-affirming piece of theater. It was certainly inspiring and uplifting to create. To me, the show is beautiful, entertaining, interesting, but most importantly, profound. Marie wanted to be a great dancer, and inadvertently, through art, became the most famous dancer in the world.”
Completing the creative team are set designer Beowulf Boritt, costume designer William Ivey Long), lighting designer Ken Billington, sound designer Kai Harada, and casting director Jill Green CDG.
