Lead cast announced for John Tiffany's revival of ONCE at Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre is set to launch its 75th anniversary season and Alan Cumming’s first as Artistic Director, with the Scottish première of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical Once, reuniting the original creative team behind the smash-hit Broadway and West End musical.
Directed by John Tiffany, the uplifting and moving new production will run at Pitlochry Festival Theatre from 23 May- 27 June.
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’. Premiering on Broadway in 2012, Once went on to win eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical and subsequently ran in the West End from 2013-2015 where it won two Olivier awards for Best Actress in a Musical and Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound. Once is the only musical to have received an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Olivier Award, and a Tony Award.
Playing the lead roles of Guy and Girl will be Dylan Wood (Hadestown, West End) and Lydia White (The Girl from the North Country, Old Vic). Further casting will be announced in the coming months.
Joining John Tiffany from the original Tony award winning creative team are designer Bob Crowley, choreographer Steven Hoggett, lighting designer Natasha Katz, music and orchestration director Martin Lowe, sound designer Clive Goodwin, and casting director Stuart Burt CDG CSA.
Director John Tiffany said: “I am thrilled that the Scottish Première of Once will also open Alan Cumming’s inaugural season at Pitlochry Festival Theatre; both Once and Alan are very close to my heart. We first created Once in Cambridge, Massachusetts followed by productions on Broadway, in the West End and around the world. Bringing it to Scotland, the place which has inspired so much of my work, feels like bringing it home.”