First London revival of From Here to Eternity – full cast

Casting has been unveiled for the first London revival of Tim Rice and Stuart Brayson’s From Here To Eternity at Charing Cross Theatre.

Due to open nearly a decade after the musical’s West End debut, the newly revised production which will be directed by the artistic director of The Rev Theatre Company, Brett Smock, will run from 29 October until 17 December 2022 with a press night on 8 November.

Produced by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment, Bill Kenwright and Heartaches Limited, the cast for the new production includes: Jonny Amies (Hairspray, London Coliseum) as Maggio; Jonathon Bentley (Mamma Mia!, Novello Theatre) as Prewitt; the 2022 Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year, Desmonda Cathabel (Treason In Concert, Theatre Royal Drury Lane) as Lorene; Leonard Cook (The Comedy About a Bank Robbery, Criterion Theatre) as Judson/Colonel Delbert/cover Holmes; recent graduate of Urdang Academy, Kyerron Dixon-Bassey (stage debut) as Swing; Sarah Drake (Ordinary Days, Cockpit Theatre) as Female U/S Lorene and Mrs Kipfer; Dominic Adam Griffin (Cinderella, Gillian Lynne Theatre) as Soldier/cover Warden and Bloom; finalist in the 2022 Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the year, Cassius Hackforth (Heathers, The Other Palace) as Soldier; Robin Hayward as Soldier/cover Prewitt; Callum Henderson (9 to 5: The Musical, UK tour) as Soldier/cover Judson and Colonel Delbert; James Mateo-Salt (The Pirate Queen, London Coliseum) as Soldier/cover Galovitch; Rhys Nuttall (Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, King’s Head Theatre) as Galovitch; Jack Ofrecio (Boys Will Be Boys, Bridge House Theatre) as Bloom; Jaden Oshenye (The Bodyguard, Dominion Theatre) as Soldier; Eve Polycarpou (In the Heights, Southwark Playhouse/King’s Cross Theatre) as Mrs Kipfer; Adam Rhys-Charles (Curtains, UK tour) as Warden; Carley Stenson (Curtains, West End/UK tour) as Karen; Alan Turkington (My Night With Reg, Turbine Theatre) as Holmes; and Joseph Vella, making his professional debut as Soldier/cover Maggio.

The first musical from multi-award-winning lyricist Rice in 10 years, the stage musical adaptation of James Jones’ classic novel which boasts music by Brayson and a book by Donald Rice and Bill Oakes, premiered at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2013.

Commenting on the return of the show, Rice said: “It’s wonderful to have From Here To Eternity back in London. Since its world premiere in the West End in 2013, there have been two excellent productions in North America, both directed by Brett Smock, and I’m delighted he’s bringing the latest iteration of the show back across The Pond.

“Katy Lipson and her team are the perfect partners: young, dynamic and energetic – like the fighting men of G Company. It’s been a treat to get back to the writing desk with Stuart, too. If you like your musicals soft and fluffy, this show is not for you. We have nothing to offer but danger, betrayal, heart-break, hope, blood, sweat and tears!”

Smock heads a creative team that includes musical director and orchestrator Nick Barstow, set and costume designer Stewart Charlesworth, choreographer Cressida Carré, lighting designer Adam King, projection designer Louise Rhodes-Brown, costume supervisor Lucy Lawless, casting director Jane Deitch and production manager James Anderton with general management by Chris Matanlé.

Set in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbour, the 1951 debut novel by American writer Jones was famously made into an Oscar-winning 1953 film directed by Fred Zinneman and starring Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift and Ernest Borgnine.

Angela Thomas