The producers of the new expanded version of Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder! have confirmed the full cast and creative team for the hit show’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe encore and Bristol and Manchester dates.
As previously announced the winner of Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe will follow its sold-out 2022 run by playing a four-week encore season at Underbelly from 2-27 August.
Presented by original producer Francesca Moody Productions along with Kater Gordon, Wessex Grove and Fiery Angel, the murder mystery musical comedy will follow its Edinburgh run by visiting the Bristol Old Vic (13-30 September) and HOME Manchester (5-21 October).
Written by Jon Brittain (book and lyrics/director) and Matthew Floyd Jones (music and lyrics/musical director), the winners of MTR’s first Best Musical Award in 2017 for A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad), the production will feature the acclaimed original cast of Bronté Barbé (Newsies, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre) as Kathy, Rebekah Hinds (Oklahoma! Young Vic/West End) as Stella, Jodie Jacobs (Rock of Ages, West End) as Felicia, TJ Lloyd (Guys and Dolls, Sheffield Crucible) as Justin and Imelda Warren-Green (Doctor Who: Time Fracture, BBC) as Erica. They will be joined by newcomers Jacob Kohli (Camelot in Concert, London Palladium, The King and I, Wolverhampton Grand/UK tour), Chelsea Hall (Bring It On The Musical, UK tour, Jack and the Beanstalk, New Theatre, Hull) and 2022 Arden School of Theatre graduate Sarah Pearson (Robin Hood, Oldham Coliseum).
The creative team also includes co-director and choreographer Fabian Aloise, set and costume designer Cecilia Carey, co-sound designer Tingying Dong, co-sound designer Dan Samson, lighting designer Peter Small, orchestrator Charlie Ingles, associate director Charlie Martin, associate musical director Caitlin Morgan, associate lighting designer Bethany Gupwell, production manager Ed Borgnis, musical supervisor Inga Davis-Rutter, costume supervisor Anna Dixon, props supervisor Charlotte King, dramaturge Gillian Greer, casting director Annelie Powell and assistant casting director Alice Walters. The stage management team will be Titch Gosling, Caoimhe Regan and Rosie Bannister. The musicians will be Laura Browne and Philip Williams.
Angela Thomas
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