Producers of the forthcoming UK & Ireland tour of hit West End and Broadway musical & Juliet have revealed initial casting for the show.
The & Juliet UK tour cast will include Gerardine Sacdalan (Made in Dagenham in Concert) as Juliet, with Sandra Marvin (Jessie Grant/Dingle in Emmerdale, Waitress, Sister Act) as Angélique, and Lara Denning (Matilda the Musical, Sunset Boulevard) as Anne Hathaway.
Further casting is to be announced.
The tour starts at the Manchester Opera House on 8 July 2024, coming full circle from where the show first had it’s pre-West End tryout, before travelling the country – see all tour dates here.
& Juliet features the music of five-time Grammy Award winning songwriter Max Martin, with many of hits written for Backstreet Boys, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Ariana Grande included, such as Baby One More Time, Everybody (Backstreet’s Back), Love Me Like You Do, Confident, It’s My Life, Can’t Feel My Face and the roof-raising Roar.
& Juliet is directed by Luke Sheppard (Starlight Express), with a book by David West Read (Schitt’s Creek), choreography from Jennifer Weber, set design from Soutra Gilmour and costume design by Paloma Young. The music is arranged by Tony and Grammy Award-winning orchestrator Bill Sherman. Lighting design is by Howard Hudson, with sound design by Gareth Owen, video & projection design by Andrzej Goulding, hair, wig and makeup design by Suzy Barrett, musical direction, additional arrangements and orchestrations by Dominic Fallacaro, and casting direction by Stuart Burt.
& Juliet closed at the West End’s Shaftesbury Theatre in London in 2022. The show continues to do great business at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on Broadway in New York, and is also touring the world including Australia and Singapore.
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