Full cast announced for world premiere of GWENDA’S GARAGE musical
Casting has been announced for the world premiere of GWENDA’S GARAGE, the next big British musical, which comes to Sheffield Theatres’ Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse from 15-25 October and Southwark Playhouse Borough from 30 October - 29 November.
Starring as the three pioneering women mechanics who founded Gwenda’s Garage are Nancy Brabin-Platt (As You Like It; The Tales of Christmas by Charles Dickens, Northern Broadsides) as Bev, Sia Kiwa (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical; The Book of Mormon, West End) as Terry, and Sheffield’s own Eva Scott (A Knight’s Tale, Manchester Opera House; Wonder Boy, Bristol Old Vic/UK tour) as Carol.
They are joined by Lucy Mackay (Sappho, Southwark Playhouse) as their mechanic apprentice Dipstick, and Georgina Coram (Robin Windsor: The Final Act, Theatre Royal Drury Lane) as ally Feona.
All other roles are played by Liz Kitchen (Fiddler on the Roof; Sister Act, UK tour) who also features as the show’s drummer and associate musical director.
With a script by Nicky Hallett, music by Val Regan and lyrics by Val Regan, in collaboration with Nicky Hallett, this rousing new musical is based on the true story of the real Gwenda’s Garage, founded in 1985 in Sheffield and named after Gwenda Stewart, a record-breaking racing driver in the early 20th century. Ros Wollen (aka Roz), Annette Williams, and Ros Wall defied the odds as mechanics in a male-dominated field. Their garage became a hub for women’s education and activism alongside the day-to-day of car repairs against the backdrop of Thatcher’s Britain, the fight against Section 28 and the fight for women’s and LGBTQ+ rights.
GWENDA’S GARAGE is a joyful, exuberant, queer, call to arms, fired by fun, feminism, friendship, and above all an affirming belief in the power of collective action.
Join these unstoppable women as they dismantle the patriarchy one spark plug at a time.