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The Prince Of Egypt will take its final bow at London’s Dominion Theatre at the end of its current booking period on 8 January 2022.
Already seen by 180,000 people, the confirmation of the closing date for the stage musical version of the popular DreamWorks Animation film was accompanied by the announcement of three extra matinee performances on 20, 21 and 28 December this year.
Originally announced as a limited 32-week run at the Dominion, The Prince Of Egypt opened in early February 2020 with the production’s run extended in response to high public demand just before the Covid-curtain came down on theatres across the UK.
The 48-strong cast is led by Luke Brady (Moses), Liam Tamne (Ramses), Christine Allado (Tzipporah), Alexia Khadime (Miriam), Joe Dixon (Seti), Debbie Kurup (Tuya), Clive Rowe (Jethro), Mercedesz Csampai (Yocheved), Adam Pearce (Hotep), Nardia Ruth (Nefertari) and Silas Wyatt-Barke (Aaron) with Simbi Akande, Casey Al-Shaqsy, Jordan Anderton, Joe Atkinson, Danny Becker, Felipe Bejarano, Pàje Campbell, Catherine Cornwall, Adam Filipe, Soophia Foroughi, Natalie Green, Jack Harrison-Cooper, Kalene Jeans, Christian Knight, Jessica Lee, Oliver Lidert, Daniel Luiz, Jay Marsh, Scott Maurice, Carly Miles, Alice Readie, Samuel Sarpong-Broni, Christopher Short, Molly Smith, Marco Venturini, Ricardo Walker, Niko Wirachman and Sasha Woodward.
Current company member Oliver Lidert will step into the role of Jethro (currently played by Clive Rowe) from 18 October.
The younger cast members are: Chenai Broadbent, Cian Eagle-Service, Maiya Eastmond, Jersey Blu Georgia, Taylor Jenkins, Mia Lakha, George Menezes Cutts, Iman Pabani and Vishal Soni.
Musical director Dave Rose heads an orchestra made up of Mark Collins (associate musical director, keyboards); Nina Foster/Fiona McCapra (job share), Sonya Fairbairn, Penny Ainscow, Sebastian Rudnicki (violins); Fiona Davies (viola); Magda Pietraszewska (cello); Rory Dempsey (bass); Rupert Widdows (woodwind); Tony Cross (trumpet, flugelhorn); Duncan Fuller, David McQueen (horns); John Gregson (guitars); Murdoch MacDonald (percussion); and Dan Ellis (drums).
With a book by Phillip LaZebnik (Disney’s Mulan and Pocahontas), the musical features the new songs by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) together with the five he contributed to the DreamWorks’ film including the movie’s Oscar-winning song ‘When You Believe’ along with ‘Deliver Us’, ‘All I Ever Wanted’ and ‘Through Heaven’s Eyes’.
Based on the hit film, the stage version originally premiered at TheatreWorks in Silicon Valley in the US in 2017 and has been seen at Denmark’s Fredericia Teater. The revised version of the show which includes new material was showcased at a private reading in London in early 2019.
The Prince Of Egypt is directed by Scott Schwartz with choreography by Sean Cheesman, set designer by Kevin Depinet, costume designs by Ann Hould-Ward, lighting design by Mike Billings, sound design by Gareth Owen, projection designs by Jon Driscoll, illusions by Chris Fisher, wigs, hair and make-up design by Campbell Young Associates, orchestrations by August Eriksmoen, musical supervision and arrangements by Dominick Amendum, musical direction by Dave Rose, casting by Jim Arnold and children’s casting by Verity Naughton.
Angela Thomas
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