![Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre with Gina Beck & Michael Simkins – Photos released [Updated]](https://www.westendtheatre.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Guys-Dolls-at-the-Bridge-Theatre.-Gina-Beck-Michael-Simkins.-Photo-by-Manuel-Harlan.jpg "Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre with Gina Beck & Michael Simkins – Photos released [Updated]")
UPDATED! Check out production photos of Gina Beck and Michael Simkins in Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre in London.
The Guys & Dolls new starters joined the cast this week, and will stay with the show until it finishes at the Bridge Theatre on 4 January 2025. You read that right – only 17 weeks to go (eek)!
Photos: Gina Beck and Michael Simkins in Guys & Dolls
Article, 18 June 2024:
Hit West End musical Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre has revealed final casting for the show before it leaves London in January 2025.
Nicholas Hytner’s multi-award winning immersive production will see Gina Beck (Matilda, The Sound of Music, Wicked) join the cast as Sarah Brown, replacing Celinde Schoenmaker, who has been in the show since its premiere in March 2023.
Also, Michael Simkins (John Gabriel Borkman, Backstairs Billy, The Unfriend) is coming in to play Arvide Abernathy, taking over from Niall Buggy.
Both start on 2 September 2024, with Celinde and Niall leaving on 31 August 2024.
Guys & Dolls is playing to 4 January 2025 at the Bridge Theatre. No formal announcements have been made about what’s next for the Bridge.
The Guys & Dolls cast also includes Owain Arthur (The History Boys, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) as Nathan Detroit, George Ioannides (An Officer and a Gentleman) as Sky Masterson, Timmika Ramsay (Moulin Rouge!) as Miss Adelaide, and Jonathan Andrew Hume (Come From Away) as Nicely-Nicely Johnson.
The supporting cast includes Cornelius Clarke as Lieutenant Brannigan, Cameron Johnson as Big Jule, TJ Lloyd as Rusty Charlie, Ryan Pidgen as Benny Southstreet, Tori Scott as General Cartwright, and Dashaun Vegas as Harry the Horse.
Other cast include Iroy Abesamis, Katie Bradley, Tanisha-Mae Brown, Filippo Coffano, Eamonn Cox, Kamilla Fernandes, Alex Given, Lucie Horsfall, Dominic Lamb, Siân Nathaniel-James, Saffi Needham, Sophie Pourret, James Revell, Nathan Rigg, Pierce Rogan, Samuel Routley, Charlotte Scott (Co-Dance Captain), Hollie Jane Stephens and Dale White (Dance Captain, Fight Captain).
Gina Beck said in a statement: “I’ve dreamt of playing this role and singing this beautiful score for so long I can’t actually believe I’m going to get to do it, and in such an incredible production. I hope I can at least half fill the shoes of the sensational Celinde Schoenmaker who created the role in this beautiful revival. “If I were a gate I’d be swiiiingiiing!!!””
Michael Simkins said: “I am thrilled to bits to be working at the Bridge Theatre again, and even more thrilled to be joining this sensational show, having seen it in January and been utterly blown away by it. The words I used afterwards to describe it to my friends and family (all of whom I insisted must see the production without delay) was ‘transformative’ – fresh as paint, wonderfully uplifting, and utterly irresistible.”
Nicholas Hytner’s production has won multiple awards including Best Musical at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. The show is based on the story and characters of Damon Runyon, and has music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, and a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.
The creative team includes choreography by Arlene Phillips with James Cousins, musical supervision and arrangements by Tom Brady, set by Bunny Christie, costumes by Bunny Christie and Deborah Andrews, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Paul Arditti, orchestrations by Charlie Rosen, associate direction by James Cousins and Lily Dyble, casting by Charlotte Sutton, fight direction by Kate Waters and wigs, hair and make-up by Campbell Young Associates.
Guys & Dolls is booking at the Bridge Theatre to 4 January 2025.
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