Michael Praed plays Lawrence in the touring production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The national tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, opening at the New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham on 5 May 2015, will star Michael Praed as Lawrence, Noel Sullivan as Freddy, Carley Stenson as Christine and Mark Benton as Andre. They are joined by Geraldine Fitzgerald as Muriel.
The rest of the company includes Emma Caffrey; Andy Conaghan; Phoebe Coupe; Soophia Faroughi; Jonny Godbold; Orla Gormley; Patrick Harper; Justin Lee-Jones; Jordan Livesey; Lisa Mathieson; Andy Rees; Freya Rowley; Regan Shepherd; Kevin Stephen-Jones; Katie Warsop and Jenny Wickham.
Direct from London’s West End, where it ran for a year to positive reviews and was also nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Choreography, the musical version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is based on the legendary 1988 film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin.
Michael Praed (Lawrence) is best known for his TV roles including Robin Hood in Robin of Sherwood, Prince Michael in Dynasty and Phileas Fogg in The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne. On stage his credits include Captain Von Trapp in the national tour of The Sound of Music, Tony in Copacabana, Alex in Aspects of Love and Sir Robert Chiltern in the national tour of An Ideal Husband.
Noel Sullivan (Freddy) is best known as a member of the British pop group Hear’Say. His theatre credits include Drew in the national tour of Rock of Ages, Tick in Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Galileo in We Will Rock You.
Carley Stenson (Christine) is best known to TV audiences for her long running role as Steph in Hollyoaks. Her recent theatre credits include: Lady of the Lake in Spamalot at the Playhouse Theatre, Princess Fiona in Shrek at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and Elle Woods in Legally Blonde the Musical at the Savoy Theatre.
Noel Sullivan takes on the role of Freddie in the production which opens at the New Alexandra Theatre on 5 May
Mark Benton (Andre) is known to millions for playing maths teacher, Daniel Chalk in Waterloo Road. He has had a prolific TV career. His stage credits include Henry Horatio Hobson in Hobson’s Choice at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Edna Turnblad in the UK tour of Hairspray and Mr. Perks in The Railway Children at Waterloo Station.
Geraldine Fitzgerald (Muriel) has many musical theatre credits including Tanya in Mamma Mia!, both in the West End and on tour internationally, Maggie Jones in 42nd Street and Tessie Tura in Gypsy, both at Leicester Curve. Her other credits include The Lady in the Van in the West End and Absolute Hell at the National Theatre.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is directed and choreographed by the Tony Award-winning Jerry Mitchell in his debut production for Jerry Mitchell Productions. Recently nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Choreography for the show, Mitchell’s many other award winning credits include the direction and choreography for Kinky Boots, currently Broadway’s biggest Tony Award-winning hit and due to open in London’s West End this summer, Legally Blonde and Hairspray.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels has music and lyrics by David Yazbek (Late Night with David Letterman, The Full Monty) and book by Jeffrey Lane (Mad About You).
Jerry Mitchell Productions is a partnership between the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) and Jerry Mitchell. Jerry Mitchell Productions will work to develop, create and produce new productions, focusing on a wide range of projects from new commissions to fresh, innovative versions of classic pieces for ATG Theatres in London, New York and around the world.
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