Chichester Festival Theatre has announced full casting for its forthcoming musical adaptation of Rachel Joyce’s novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
Already announced in the cast are stage and screen star Mark Addy (The Full Monty, The Rig, Game of Thrones) as Harold Fry, and Olivier Award-winner Jenna Russell (Sunday in the Park with George, Hello, Dolly!, Flowers for Mrs Harris) as Maureen.
They will be joined by Whatsonstage Award-winner and Olivier Award-nominee Jack Wolfe (Next to Normal) as The Balladeer.
The cast also includes Ralph Birtwell (The Band’s Visit, Donmar; Life of Pi, UK tour), Amy Booth-Steel (Assassins, CFT; Tammy Faye, Almeida), Tarinn Callender (The Cat and the Canary, CFT; Hamilton West End), Don Gallagher (Crazy for You, CFT; Aladdin, West End), Jacqueline Hughes (Hello, Dolly, Clueless The Musical, West End), Nell Martin (Crazy for You, CFT; My Fair Lady, Curve), Anu Ogunmefun (The Creakers, Southbank; Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, West End), Ben Redfern (The Red Shoes, RSC; Groundhog Day, The Old Vic), Sharon Rose (Sylvia, The Old Vic; Hamilton, West End), Timo Tatzber (Jesus Christ Superstar, UK tour; Sondheim’s Old Friends, West End), and Madeleine Worrall (Tonight at 8.30, CFT; Jane Eyre, National Theatre).
The show will play Chichester Festival Theatre as part of its new 2025 season, from 5 May to 14 June 2025.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry has a book by Rachel Joyce, based on her novel, with modern folk songs by the chart-topping indie musician, Passenger (Let Her Go).
Billed as being “funny, profound, deeply moving and uplifting”, the story centres on Harold Fry – grey, tired and lonely, who receives a letter from an old friend and heads out to post his reply. And just keeps walking, from South Devon to Berwick upon Tweed, leaving his bewildered wife Maureen behind.
Directed by Katy Rudd (Ballet Shoes, The Ocean at the End of the Lane), the show’s creative team also includes designer Samuel Wyer, choreographer Tom Jackson Greaves, arranger and orchestrator Jeremy Holland-Smith, musical supervisor Phil Bateman, lighting designer Paule Constable, sound designers Ian Dickinson and Gareth Tucker for Autograph, musical director Chris Poon, and casting director Anna Cooper CDG.
The adaptation is co-created by Rachel Joyce, Peter Darling and Katy Rudd.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry will play Chichester Festival Theatre from 5 May to 14 June 2025.
Read more about Chichester’s new 2025 season.
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