Waterloo Road star Tom Milner will be joined by two former X Factor finalists who will make their stage debuts in the cast of Green Day’s American Idiot when the award-winning rock musical returns to the UK in 2019 for a special anniversary tour.
Milner whose stage credits include Soho Cinders (Soho Theatre) and Waterbabies (Curve Theatre, Leicester) will play Johnny alongside Luke Friend (2013’s X Factor) who will make his professional theatre debut as St Jimmy and X Factor 2016’s Sam Lavery who will make her stage debut as Whatsername.
The cast is completed by: Glenn Adamson (Theo); Laura Marie Benson (Lesley); Jennifer Caldwell (Swing); Joshua Dowen (Tunny); Raquel Jones (Extraordinary Girl); Daniel Law (Swing); Rory Maguire (Gerard); Shekinah McFarlane (Alysha); Siobhan O’Driscoll (Heather); Samuel Pope (Will); Alexandra Robinson (Libby); and Christian Tyler-Wood (Declan).
Marking 10 years since the show debuted in the US and 15 years since the release of the album on which inspired it, the critically-acclaimed UK touring production will re-launch at Dunstable’s Grove Theatre from 17-19 January 2019. The press night (on 24 January) will be during its run at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre (22-26 January).
The show will then visit Cardiff, Edinburgh, Malvern, Leicester, Blackpool, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham, Brighton, Milton Keynes, Reading, Bridlington, Wimbledon, Eastbourne, Glasgow, Bradford and Aberdeen.
Produced by Selladoor Worldwide, the special anniversary tour is directed and choreographed by Racky Plews, with musical supervision by Richard Morris, sound by Chris Whybrow and lighting by Tim Deiling.
Featuring the music of rockers Green Day, American Idiot has lyrics by the band’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong who also co-wrote the book with Michael Mayer. The winner of two Tony Awards and the 2010 Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Show Album, American Idiot The Musical premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September 2009, moving onto a Broadway run in April 2010.
Its hit songs include ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’, ‘21 Guns’ and the title track ‘American Idiot’ from Green Day’s 2004 Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum album. The show also features songs from Green Day’s 2009 release ‘21st Century Breakdown’ and an unreleased love song, ‘When It’s Time’.
Angela Thomas
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