Full cast announced for UK premiere of JANE EYRE musical at Southwark Playhouse
Full casting has been announced for Jane Eyre, a musical by John Caird and Paul Gordon based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë, ahead of its UK premiere at Southwark Playhouse Elephant from 28 August - 24 October.
Joining the previously announced West End stars Charlie Burn as Jane and Ashley Gilmour as Rochester are: Claire Greenway (Sister Act, West End) as Abbot/Grace Poole, Melad Hamidi (Hamilton, UK tour) as St John/Lord Ingram, Connor Wood (Stiletto, Charing Cross Theatre) as John Reed/Vicar, Jonathan Andrew Hume (Shucked, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) as Brocklehurst/Mason, Izzi Levine (Les Miserables, West End) as Agnes/Leah/Jane's Mother/Mary Ingram, Hannah Lindsey (Dear Evan Hansen, West End) as Scatcherd/Bertha Mason, Isabelle Methven (Oliver!, West End/Chichester) as Helen Burns/Bessie, Gemma Page (Follies, National Theatre) as Reed/Fairfax, and Eve Shanu-Wilson (Phantom of the Opera, West End) as Blanche/Sophie, plus Poppy Jason and Emily-Rose Samuel as Young Jane/Adele.
Jane Eyre will be co-directed by RSC and National Theatre director John Caird, who previously adapted and co-directed the original production of Les Misérables in the West End, on Broadway and across the world. Most recently he directed the hugely successful and critically acclaimed stage adaptation of Spirited Away at the London Coliseum. Broadway’s Megan McGinnis, star of Beauty and the Beast, Little Women and Beetlejuice, will co-direct alongside John Caird.
Completing the creative team are choregrapher Georgina Lamb, set and costume designer Morgan Large, sound designer Andrew Johnson, lighting designer James Whiteside, musical director/supervisor Ben Kubiak, and casting director Sarah-Jane Price.
This five-time Tony nominated musical retelling of Charlotte Brontë’s revolutionary novel makes its UK premiere. A story of ambition and independence, gothic mystery and great passionate love, Jane Eyre has enchanted generations and is brought into the 21st century with this new production. Accompanied by an epic sweeping score, prepare to see Jane, the first feminist literary icon, like you never have before.
