Production photos have come in for the one-night-only concert of Spring Awakening at the Victoria Palace Theatre.
Held last night, 2 June 2024, at the Victoria Palace, the concert marked the London production’s 15th anniversary, and was directed by Jamie Armitage (SIX), with musical direction by Nigel Lilley (Newsies, Next to Normal, The Witches).
A number of the cast from the original West End production starred in the concert including Jamie Muscato (Moulin Rouge!, Carousel in Concert) 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 in the cast was 2024 Olivier Award nominee Jack Wolfe (Next to Normal), in the role of Moritz.
Other returning cast members included Chris Barton (The Sound of Music), Natalie Garner, Mona Goodwin (Misfits), and Gemma O’Duffy (Priscilla: Queen of the Desert).
The original London band also played 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.
This anniversary concert was raising funds in the memory of Imogen Kinchin, who was one of the original producers of Spring Awakening in 2009. Imogen sadly died on 27 March 2024 following her diagnosis of Stage IV Bowel Cancer in March 2022. Proceeds from the evening’s concert will be donated to support her three children, Arthur, Orson and Audrey.
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