Samantha Barks, star of Disney’s Frozen at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, has announced when she will return to the show following her maternity leave.
Samantha will be back in Frozen playing Elsa from 7 February 2024.
Currently starring as Elsa is Jenna Lee-James (Cats, Mamma Mia!, We Will Rock You), whose last performance in Frozen will be Sunday 28 January 2024.
The show also stars Laura Dawkes as Anna.
Samantha Barks has been busy recently, featuring as a judge on ITV’s talent series Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream – searching for West End hopefuls to play Sky and Sophie in hit show Mamma Mia!
The winners of Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream were announced last Sunday, with Stevie Doc and Tobias Turley getting their dream roles of Sophie and Sky in Mamma Mia! The pair start performances at the Novello Theatre in London from 29 January 2024.
Barks is also featuring in this year’s Royal Variety Performance 2023, which took place at the Royal Albert Hall last month, and will be broadcast on ITV this Sunday. In the show Samantha sings “Let It Go” from Frozen as part of a celebration of 100 years of Disney.
The cast of Frozen also includes Jammy Kasongo (Kristoff), Craig Gallivan (Olaf), Oliver Ormson (Hans), Richard Frame (Duke of Weselton); and alternating the role of Sven, Mikayla Jade and Ashley Birchall; Young Elsa is played by Wren Erskine, Elizabeth Lyons, Phoebe Penfold, Aanya Shah, and Young Anna is played by Maddy Collings, Azaelea Zona Omar Harris, Tabitha Storton, Martha Bailey Vine; plus Rhianne Alleyne, Marianne Bardgett, Rebecca Botterill, Gabrielle Cocca, Laura Emmitt, Jemal Felix, Jordan Fox, Molly Francis, Matt Gillett, Dominic Adam Griffin, Jordan Livesey, Isabella Glanznig Santos, Ben Irish (Pabbie), Justin-Lee Jones, Aoife Kenny, Harriet Samuels, Jacqui Sanchez (Queen Iduna), Jak Skelly (Oaken/Bishop, Caitlin Tipping, Anna Woodside, Rodney Vubya, Oliver Brenin, Ashley J Daniels (King Agnarr), Lizzy-Rose Esin-Kelly (Bulda), George Hinson, Jonathan Milton, and Ed Wade.
Frozen has music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, a book by Jennifer Lee, and is directed by Michael Grandage.
The creative team also includes choreography by Rob Ashford, set and costume design by Christopher Oram, lighting design by Neil Austin, sound design by Peter Hylenski, video design by Finn Ross, puppet design by Michael Curry and musical supervision and arrangements by Stephen Oremus.
Frozen is booking at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane to 2 June 2024.
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