Full cast announced for ROAM A NEW MUSICAL West End concert production
Full casting has been announced for ROAM, A New Musical, which will have a special one-night only concert production at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre on 23 November.
Directed by Rupert Hands and choreographed by Olivier Award winner James Cousins, ROAM features a high-voltage rock-pop-Romani fusion score, with music and lyrics by Alexander Sage Oyen and a book by Michael Dovid, based on his original concept.
Joining the company for the concert will be Angela Caesar (Caroline, or Change) as Sabria, Jonathan Charles (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) as Chor, Fred Double (Aladdin) as Taren, Emma Farnell-Watson (Ammonia) as Mom, Alex Given (Book of Mormon) as Tshiri, Ali Goldsmith (As Long As The Stars Last) as Zelvain, Indiana Hawkes (Sing Street) as Ori, Michael Lin (Evita) as Zyava, Emma Lloyd (Sunset Blvd.) as Khelia, Shayna McPherson (Sunset Blvd.) as Tarpine, and Adam Strong (Rocky Horror Picture Show) as Bichot & Staro Phuro.
They join the previously announced Tony and Olivier Award nominee Ramin Karimloo as Yoska, Jordan Luke Gage as Stefo, Frances Mayli McCann as Aishe, Diego Rodriguez as Pesha, Melanie La Barrie as Vodoma, and Hope Lavelle as Nanoka, with Olivier Award winner David Thaxton as Philippe.
Ramin Karimloo said: “ROAM brings us closer to each other by speaking to what binds us together as opposed to what sets us apart. ROAM boldly examines how far we’ll go to hold on to love, culture and family in the face of existential danger”.
When a nomadic clan’s caravan breaks down in hostile territory on the way to a sacred festival, they are forced to stop and confront the ghosts of their past. At the centre stands Yoska, a father tormented by loss and regret, whose unexpected return throws his sons Stefo and Pesha into a storm of loyalty, rivalry, and long-buried grief.
As tensions ignite, romances spark, and old wounds resurface, the family must decide: will they succumb to old fear and hate or pursue a future worth fighting for?
With propulsive rhythms, fiery humour, and moments of raw vulnerability, ROAM is both an intimate and epic universal tale of survival, identity, and the courage to dream of a better tomorrow.
ROAM was previously workshopped with Romani theatre company Giuvlipen and the National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest and had a private industry presentation in New York City earlier this year. Additional book material is by Romana Isabella, with cultural consultation by Hope Lavelle, musical supervision and orchestrations by Lloyd Kikoler, musical direction by Nick Barstow, vocal arrangements by Cynthia Meng, arrangements by Oyen and Kikoler, set and costume design by Soutra Gilmour, lighting by Peter Small, sound by Sound Quiet Time, and casting by Nick Hockaday.
