Casting has been announced for the brand new musical based on hit movie A Knights’ Tale.
Premiering next year in Manchester, A Knights’ Tale The Musical is based on the 2001 movie starring Heath Ledger and Paul Bettany, written and directed by Brian Helgeland (LA Confidential).
The show has been adapted for the stage by Irish actor and comedy writer Brona C Titley (Motherland), and is directed by Rachel Kavanaugh (Clueless The Musical, The Great British Bake Off Musical, Here & Now – The Steps Musical), with choreography by Olivier Award-winning Matt Cole (Newsies, The Baker’s Wife).
The principal cast includes Emily Benjamin (Cabaret, West End) as Kate, Max Bennett (Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Globe) as Chaucer, Oliver Tompsett (& Juliet, West End) as Count Adhemar, Andrew Coshan (A Face In The Crowd, Young Vic) as William, Emile Ruddock (Hamilton, West End) as Roland, Eva Scott (Betty!: A Sort of Musical, Royal Exchange Theatre) as What, Meesha Turner (Stranger Things: The First Shadow, West End) as Jocelyn, Jay Saighal (The Great British Bake Off The Musical, West End) as Prince Edward, Giles Taylor (The Mirror and The Light, West End) as Father.
Video: Meet the cast of A Knight’s Tale The Musical
Also in the cast are Robbie Alexander (Love Never Dies, Asia tour), Lauren Arney (Stranger Things: The First Shadow, West End), Arcangelo Ciulla (Newsies, London), Georgia Clements, Zac Frieze (Disney’s Aladdin, UK Tour), Elliot Gooch (Sister Act, UK Tour), Gabriela Gregorian (Shrek The Musical, London & UK Tour), Benedict Hastings (101 Dalmatians, UK Tour), Danielle Huntley (To The Streets!, Birmingham Hippodrome), Thomas Inge (Grease, UK & Ireland Tour), Lisa Kerr (Women in Power, Nuffield Southampton Theatres), Zera Malvina-Aitken (Grease, UK & Ireland Tour), Mehran James McCullough (Doctor Zhivago in Concert, West End), Ryan North, Ryan Pidgen (Guys and Dolls, Bridge Theatre) and Chioma Uma (Brief Encounter, UK Tour).
The role of Young William will be shared by Cristian Buttaci, Cristiano Cuino, Nicholas Teixeira and Theo Wake.
Music for the show will be well-known rock and pop songs. The songlist of A Knight’s Tale the movie included Queen’s We Will Rock You, Eric Clapton’s Further on Up the Road, Robbie Williams & Queen’s We Are the Champions.
Also in the creative team are: Musical Supervision, Orchestrations, Arrangements & Additional Music by Simon Hale, set design by Tom Rogers, costume design by Gabriella Slade, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Matt Peploe, musical direction by Alan Berry, casting by Lucy Casson, children’s casting and children’s general management by Keston and Keston, performer flying by Suspended Illusions, intimacy direction by Lucy Hind and production management by Matthew Ledbury and Esme Driscoll.
The show is produced by Runaway Entertainment (2:22 A Ghost Story, 101 Dalmatians).
A Knight’s Tale is playing at Manchester Opera House from 11 April to 10 May 2025.
Director Rachel Kavanaugh’s other new shows include Clueless The Musical, also based on a hit movie, and opening this month at the West End’s Trafalgar Theatre in London.
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