Full casting announced for RENT at Tom Stoppard Theatre
Photo credit: Oliver Rosser
Full casting has been announced for the new production of Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award® and Pulitzer Prize winning musical RENT, directed by Olivier Award winner Luke Sheppard.
Joining the previously announced Gaten Matarazzo as Mark, Travis Ross as Roger, Billy Nevers as Collins, Lazy Violet as Maureen, Olivier Award nominee Danielle Fiamanya as Joanne, Jeevan Braich as Angel and Joaquin Pedro Valdes as Benny, will be Alexa Lopez (Masquerade, Off-Broadway) as Mimi, making her West End debut.
Bella Brown will no longer appear as Mimi this autumn. Bella has made the difficult decision to withdraw from the production due to an injury sustained prior to rehearsals.
The cast is completed by Baylie Carson, Laura Delany, Ryesha Higgs, Montoya Holloway-Johnson, Rhys Hopkins, Shem Omari James, Hannah Macpherson, TJ Matara-Holloway, Ryan Nixon, Leah Vassell, James Wilkinson-Jones, and Kevin Yates.
Celebrating 30 years since the musical premiered on Broadway, RENT will begin performances at the Tom Stoppard Theatre (currently named the Duke of York’s Theatre) on 26 September. The production is booking until 27 March 2027.
RENT has choreography by Tom Jackson Greaves, set design by David Woodhead, costumes by Gabriella Slade, lighting by Howard Hudson, audio production and sound by Paul Gatehouse, video design and cinematography by George Reeve and Nathan Amzi, make-up and hair design by Jackie Saundercock, UK casting by Pearson Casting CSA, CDG, CDA, US casting by Jim Carnahan CSA, musical supervision by Bill Sherman, musical direction and associate musical supervision by Katy Richardson, intimacy direction by Asha Jennings-Grant, and dialect coaching by Joe Trill.
