The Other Palace theatre in London has announced new casting for its current production of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical.

The show is running until 31 August 2025 at The Other Palace.

Currently starring as Percy Jackson is Max Harwood (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Stranger Things: The First Shadow). He will finish on 2 March 2025, and from 5 March the show will star Morgan Gregory (Back to the Future), who previously understudied the role.

Currently playing Annabeth is Jessica Lee (Miss Saigon, Death Note, Les Miserables), and Grover is played by Scott Folan (Be More Chill, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes). These roles will be taken over by Lizzy-Rose Esin-Kelly (Grease, Frozen) as Annabeth, and Angus Benstead (Blippi) as Grover.

The cast from 5 March will also include Paisley Billings (Six The Musical) as Sally Jackson/Medusa, Jazz Evans (Spamalot) as Mr Brunner/Poseidon/Hades, Joshua Lay (A Chorus Line) as Mr D, Kenedy Small (Six The Musical) as Clarisse, and Xander Pang (Dear Evan Hansen) as Luke/Ares.

The ensemble will include Philip Catchpole (The Book of Mormon), Alex Waxman, Owen Lloyd (Girl from the North Country) and Rachel Moran (Just For One Day).

Video: Watch the new The Lightning Thief trailer

The Lightning Thief is based on the best-selling Percy Jackson book series by Rick Riordan, with over 180 million copies sold worldwide, and adaptations including hit films and a Disney+ TV series.

The Lightning Thief has a book by Joe Tracz (Be More Chill), and music and lyrics by Rob Rokicki (Monstersongs).

This new production is directed and choreographed by Lizzi Gee (Groundhog Day), and the musical director is Ben McQuigg (The Power of Camelot).

The Lightning Thief - The Percy Jackson Musical new cast from March 2025
The Lightning Thief – The Percy Jackson Musical new cast from March 2025

The wider creative team includes set and costume design by Ryan Dawson Laight (My Son’s A Queer But What Can You Do?) lighting design by Charlie Morgan Jones (Derren Brown – Showman), sound design by Dominic Bilkey (The Lehman Trilogy), video design by Duncan McLean (Shrek The Musical), illusions by Richard Pinner (Here You Come Again), fight direction by Lisa Connell (Heathers) and puppet direction by Laura Cubitt (A Monster Calls). The musical supervisor is Jeremy Wootton (Heathers), Assistant Director is Danielle Kassaraté (Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), assistant choreographer is Libby Watts (Wicked) and associate set and costume designer is Christophe Eynde.

Photos: Original production photos for The Lightning Thief

The Lightning Thief is about New York City teenager Percy Jackson, who discovers that he is the half-blood son of the Greek god, Poseidon. His life takes a dramatic turn as he is plunged into a world much bigger than he could possibly have imagined.

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is playing at The Other Palace theatre to 31 August 2025.

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Main photo: The Lightning Thief casting - Morgan Gregory, Lizzy-Rose Esin-Kelly, Angus Benstead (Photos from PR)

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