Actors playing Tina Turner in hit musical Tina – The Tina Turner Musical have joined together to celebrate the iconic singers birthday.
Yesterday, Sunday 26 November 2023, would have marked Tina Turner’s 84th birthday. The music star died in May this year, aged 83.
To honour her, the stars from Tina – The Tina Turner Musical got together to perform an acoustic version of Tina’s anthem “Simply The Best”.
The London stars of the show, Elesha Paul Moses and Karis Anderson, appear in the video, alongside Aisata Blackman from the Stuttgart, Germany production, Ari Groover and Parris Lewis from the North American Tour, and Ruva Ngwenya from the Sydney, Australia production.
They are accompanied by Marco Gerace.
Former star of the show, Aisha Jawando, stepped in at the last minute to play Tina on Sunday – the day of Tina’s birthday. Aisha is currently starring in the UK tour of Hamilton.
Tina – The Tina Turner Musical recently extended its run at the Aldwych Theatre in London, and is now playing to to 14 September 2024.
The West End version also stars Okezie Morro as Ike Turner, along with . Mark Anderson as Record Producer Phil Spector and Lyricist Terry Britten, Jonathan Carlton as record company Marketing Manager Erwin Bach, Vanessa Dumatey as Tina’s sister Alline Bullock, Irene Myrtle Forrester as Tina’s Grandmother, GG, Earl Gregory as Tina’s father Richard Bullock, Harry Harrington as Tina’s Manager Roger Davies, Emma Hatton as Ike and Tina’s manager Rhonda Graam, Jairus McClanahan as Tina’s first love Raymond Hill and Carole Stennett as Tina’s mother Zelma.
Ensemble members are Lauren Allan as Toni, Turrell Barrett-Wallace as Tina’s son Ronnie, Joey James as Tina’s son Craig, Zara MacIntosh as Lorraine and Thomas Sutcliffe as Carpenter, the Ikettes are played by Morgan Broome, Amara Campbell and Abiola Efunshile and swings are Richard Appiah-Sarpong, Jenna Bonner, Ana Cardoso, Junior Delius, Livvy Evans, Ewan Grant, Imogen Rose Hart, Llewellyn Jamal, Amy Punter, Ellie Seaton and Samuel J Weir.
Children’s casting includes Shaniyah Abrahams, Safia Francis and Shyanne Ononiwu as Young Anna Mae Bullock, Eden Butcher, Adisa Richards and Ezmai Robinson as Young Alline Bullock and AJ Aboiralor, Ayden Beale and Rayhaan Kufuor-Gray as Young Craig.
This against-all-odds bio-musical about the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll is set to all of her greatest hit songs.
Tina – The Tina Turner Musical is directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Katori Hall, with Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins. The show is choreographed by Anthony van Laast, with set and costume designs by Mark Thompson, musical supervision by Nicholas Skilbeck, lighting by Bruno Poet, sound by Nevin Steinberg, projection design by Jeff Sugg, orchestrations by Ethan Popp, wigs, hair and makeup design by Campbell Young Associates, casting by Pippa Ailion CDG and Natalie Gallacher CDG and fight direction by Kate Waters.
Book tickets to Tina – The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre in London
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