Rehearsal images for George Takei’s Allegiance have been released, ahead of its run at the Charing Cross Theatre in January 2023.
Star Trek legend, activist and Broadway star George Takei makes his West End debut in the production which is inspired by his own WW2 experience in a US concentration camp.
The UK premiere has been conceived specifically for the Off West End space at Charing Cross Theatre, and is directed and choreographed by Tara Overfield Wilkinson (Little Shop of Horrors, Come From Away).
The cast features Telly Leung (Broadway’s Aladdin and TV’s ‘Glee’) and Aynrand Ferrer, who has just played the alternate Kim in ‘Miss Saigon’ in Vienna, as well as Iroy Abesamis, Mark Anderson, Masashi Fujimoto, Megan Gardiner, Raiko Gohara, Eu Jin Hwang, Hana Ichijo, Misa Koide, Patrick Munday, Rachel Jayne Picar, Sario Solomon, Joy Tan, and Iverson Yabut.
George Takei’s Allegiance has a book by Marc Acito, Jay Kuo and Lorenzo Thione with music and lyrics by Jay Kuo. Musical supervision and orchestrations will be by Andrew Hilton and Charlie Ingles, set and costume design by Mayou Trikerioti, lighting design by Nic Farman, sound design by Chris Whybrow and casting by Sarah Leung Casting. The Musical director is Amy Hsu, associate director Kirsty Malpass, associate choreographer Misa Koide and assistant musical director Beth Jerem.
George Takei’s Allegiance runs at Charing Cross Theatre London for 13 weeks only from 7 January to 8 April 2023.
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