![Photos: Opening Night A New Musical starring Sheridan Smith [Updated]](https://www.westendtheatre.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Opening-Night-Sheridan-Smith-as-Myrtle.-Photo-by-Jan-Versweyveld.jpg "Photos: Opening Night A New Musical starring Sheridan Smith [Updated]")
Production photos have been released for Sheridan Smith in new West End show Opening Night: A New Musical, now playing at the Gielgud Theatre in London.
Directed by Ivo van Hove, the show stars Sheridan Smith (Shirley Valentine, Funny Girl, Legally Blonde, Cilla) as Myrtle, with Hadley Fraser (The Lehman Trilogy, City of Angels) as Manny, Shira Haas (Unorthodox) as Nancy, Nicola Hughes (Fosse, Porgy & Bess) as Sarah, Amy Lennox (Cabaret, Kinky Boots) as Dorothy and John Marquez (Pygmalion, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) as David.
The cast also features Benjamin Walker (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, American Psycho) as Maurice, Rebecca Thornhill (Matilda, Hairspray, Singin’ in the Rain) as Kelly, Cilla Silvia (Pretty Woman The Musical) as Carla, Ian McLarnon (Passion) as Leo and Jos Slovick (Beautiful, Brief Encounter) as Gus; alongside Robert Finlayson, Daniel Forrester, Jennifer Hepburn, Issy Khogali and Chrissie Perkins.
Opening Night has music and lyrics by acclaimed singer songwriter Rufus Wainwright, and is conceived and directed by award-winning director Ivo van Hove (A Little Life).
Van Hove has also written the book for the musical, which is based on the cult movie by John Cassavetes, and follows a theatre company’s preparations to stage a major new play on Broadway. But drama ignites behind the scenes when their leading lady Myrtle (Sheridan Smith) is rocked by tragedy, and her personal turmoil forces everybody to deliver the performance of their lives.
The creative team includes Set, lighting and video design by Jan Versweyveld, Costume Design by An D’Huys, Sound Design by Tom Gibbons and Alex Twiselton, Orchestrations by Rufus Wainwright, Musical Supervision and Musical Direction by Nigel Lilley, Movement and Choreography by Polly Bennett, Casting by Julia Horan CDG and the Associate Director is Daniel Raggett.
Opening Night is now playing at the West End’s Gielgud Theatre, and playing in a strictly limited season to 27 July 2024.
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Opening Night starring Sheridan Smith – in pictures
UPDATES: First published 12 March 2024 with 3 initial images; Updated 22 March 2024 with new production images
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