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Broadway and West End hit musical Spring Awakening has revealed final casting for the special concert production at the Victoria Palace Theatre this June.
The concert marks the London production’s 15th anniversary, and will be directed by Jamie Armitage (SIX), with musical direction by Nigel Lilley (Newsies, Next to Normal, The Witches).
Produced by Jack Maple and Evelyn Hoskins, the one-off concert performance will be held on Sunday 2 June at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London.
A number of the cast from the original West End production are set to return for the anniversary concert including Jamie Muscato (Moulin Rouge!) as Melchior, Charlotte Wakefield (The Great British Bake Off Musical) as Wendla, Lucy May Barker (The Crucible) as Ilse, Natasha Barnes (Hex) as Anna, Harry McEntire (Andor) as Ernst, Hayley Gallivan (Wicked) as Martha, Evelyn Hoskins (Waitress, 42 Balloons) as Thea, Edward Judge (The Play That Goes Wrong) as Otto, Jos Slovick (Beautiful) as Georg, and Richard Southgate (The Dogs of War) as Hanschen.
Also joining the cast is 2024 Olivier Award nominee Jack Wolfe (Next to Normal), in the role of Moritz.
Other returning cast members include Chris Barton (The Sound of Music), Natalie Garner, Mona Goodwin (Misfits), and Gemma O’Duffy (Priscilla: Queen of the Desert).
The original London band is also playing at the concert, with Huw Davies (Guitars), Don Richardson (Bass), Matthew Senior (Drums), Vicky Matthews (Cello), Charlie Brown (Violin/Guitar), and Rachel Robson (Viola).
Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s Tony, Olivier and Grammy award-winning musical Spring Awakening, based on the play by Frank Wedekind, tells the story of adolescent anarchy, set to one of the most loved scores of the 21st century.
Spring Awakening opened on Broadway at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on 10 December 2006 starring Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, and John Gallagher Jr. It won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Direction, Book, Score and Featured Actor, and played a North American tour in 2008. The musical then opened in London at the Lyric Hammersmith on 23 January 2009, before transferring to the West End’s Novello Theatre in March that same year. It won 4 Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical. Spring Awakening was revived on Broadway in 2015 and in London in 2021 at the Almeida Theatre.
Speaking about the anniversary concert, Duncan Sheik said “Spring Awakening is the first musical I worked on that managed to get to Broadway and then the West End. Being in London in 2009 for opening night at the Novello with that young and amazing cast was one of the highlights of my life. It is more than exciting that 15 years on, London gets to experience this anniversary concert and I’m honoured that I can be some small part of that.”
Steven Sater said “My youthful dream was to be a part of the theatre in London. So for me, our brilliant original production of Spring Awakening at the Lyric, and then at the Novello, was an answered prayer. Fifteen years later, to bring back that production for a one-night-only anniversary concert, is like having that prayer answered all over again.”
This anniversary concert will also be raising funds on behalf of Imogen Kinchin, who was one of the original producers of Spring Awakening in 2009, guiding the show and its young cast on their journey. Imogen was the Senior Producer at the Lyric Hammersmith for 10 years before joining Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures as Executive Director in 2018. In 2022, Imogen was diagnosed with Stage IV Bowel Cancer. Aside from being one of the most outstanding, creative, inspirational and respected producers in show business, she is a cherished wife, family member and friend. Her cancer is aggressive, yet her resilience is extraordinary, and she remains a positive and hopeful warrior in the face of adversity. A fund, established to support bespoke treatment and her family’s needs as they journey through this cruel disease, has raised over £80,000 to date.
The company of Spring Awakening have kindly chosen to donate the proceeds from the concert to Imogen’s Fund, you can donate here.
Spring Awakening in Concert is playing the Victoria Palace Theatre on 2 June 2024.
Book tickets to Spring Awakening in Concert at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London
UPDATES: First published 1 February 2024 with news of the production; Updated 12 February 2024 with casting news; Updated 4 April 2024 with news of Jack Wolfe
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