British actor Danny Mac will star opposite French-Canadian stage and screen star Audrey Brisson in the UK tour of the critically-acclaimed musical version of hit French film Amélie.
The former Hollyoaks star whose theatre credits include On the Town at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, and an award-winning performance in the UK touring production of Sunset Boulevard, will play daydreamer Nino Quincampoix.
Directed by Michael Fentiman, Amélie The Musical is due to receive its UK premiere at Newbury’s Watermill Theatre from 11 April until 18 May 2019 before heading out on the road from 22 May.
The role of Nino will initially be played by Chris Jared (Duchess of Malfi, Nottingham Playhouse, Much Ado About Nothing, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) during the Watermill run.
The full cast also includes Oliver Grant as Lucien/Mysterious Man (War Horse UK tour), Samuel Morgan-Grahame as Joseph/Fluffy (Sister Act UK tour), Sioned Saunders as Gina (Sunshine on Leith, West Yorkshire Playhouse), Johnson Willis as Collignon/Dufayel (Harold and Maude, Charing Cross Theatre), Caolan McCarthy as Hippolito/Elton John (The Plough and the Stars, National Theatre), Faoileann Cunningham as Georgette/Sylvia (Mary Stuart, Almeida) Kate Robson-Stuart as Suzanne (Crazy For You UK tour), Josh Sneesby as Blind Beggar/Gnome (The Hypocrite & Birthday Bash – Royal Shakespeare Company), Jez Unwin as Raphael/Bretodeau (Oliver! Leicester Curve) and Rachel Dawson as Andamine/Philomene (A Little Night Music, The Watermill).
Produced by Hartshorn-Hook Productions, Selladoor Productions, The Watermill Theatre and Broadway Asia, the UK tour will end in August 2019. The tour is due to visit London, Dublin, Exeter, High Wycombe, Oxford, Edinburgh, Bradford, Leicester, Birmingham, Malvern, Manchester, Bournemouth, Glasgow, Woking, Eastbourne and Inverness. The production will then tour internationally.
With music by Daniel Messé from alternative rock band Hem and lyrics by Messé and Nathan Tysen (co-writer of The Burnt Part Boys), Amélie The Musical was first staged in California in 2015.
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Guillaume Laurant, the original 2001 film Le Fabuleux Destin D’Amélie Poulain is to date the highest-grossing French language film released in the US.
Featuring Audrey Tatou in the title role, the whimsical tale of a woman who brings joy to those around her with secret acts of kindness, enchanted audiences across the world. The film won Best Film at the European Film Awards, it also won four César Awards and two BAFTAs and was nominated for five Oscars.
Recent Watermill Theatre success stories include inventive actor/musician versions of Sweet Charity, the classic George and Ira Gershwin musical Crazy For You and Twelfth Night.
Angela Thomas
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