Full casting announced for Pitlochry Festival Theatre production of ONCE
Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced the full cast for their forthcoming production of the Grammy, Tony and Olivier award-winning Once, which will reunite the original creative team behind the smash-hit Broadway and West End musical.
As previously announced, the production will be led by Dylan Wood and Lydia White in the roles of Guy and Girl, respectively. They will be joined in the cast by Connor Going (Sunshine on Leith, Pitlochry Festival Theatre) as Emcee/Eamonn, Allison Harding (Little Women, Lyric Belfast) as Barushka, Laurie Jamieson (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, RSC) as Bank Manager, Sean McLevy (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, National Theatre) as Da, Loren O’Dair (Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood, Watermill Theatre) as Reza/Girlfriend, Loris Scarpa (Once in Concert, Tour) as Svec, Jos Slovick (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Curve/Tour) as Andrej, and Charlie West (The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, Off-Broadway/US tour) as Billy.
The musical, written by Enda Walsh with music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, is based on John Carney’s 2007 film, which featured the Oscar-winning song ‘Falling Slowly’.
Directed by John Tiffany, the uplifting and moving new production will run at Pitlochry Festival Theatre from 23 May- 27 June.
The exciting new production will launch the 75th anniversary season of Pitlochry Theatre and Alan Cumming’s first as Artistic Director.