The National Theatre has unveiled the full cast of 53 for the highly anticipated new musical version of Roald Dahl’s The Witches.
As previously announced the NT co-production with the Roald Dahl Story Company which is due to play the Olivier Theatre this Christmas will star triple Olivier nominee Katherine Kingsley (Piaf, Donmar Warehouse, Singin’ in the Rain, Chichester Festival Theatre) as the Grand High Witch, BAFTA Award-winner Daniel Rigby (Eric and Ernie, BBC2, Breaking the Code, Manchester Royal Exchange) as hotel manager Mr Stringer and Sally Ann Triplett (Oklahoma!, Wyndham’s Theatre, Chicago, Adelphi Theatre) as Gran.
They will be joined by Laura Medforth and Richard David-Caine as Luke’s parents, with Ekow Quartey and Maggie Service as Bruno’s parents, and Irvine Iqbal as Chef Chevalier.
The witches will be played by Julie Armstrong, Chrissie Bhima, Zoe Birkett, Maddison Bulleyment, Miracle Chance, Daniele Coombe, Molly-May Gardiner, Tiffany Graves, Bobbie Little, Tania Mathurin, Amira Matthews and Alexandra Waite-Roberts.
Completing the team at Hotel Magnificent are Adrian Grove, Jacob Maynard and Ben Redfern. The cast will be playing multiple roles as part of the ensemble.
The young cast will be headed by Bertie Caplan, Frankie Keita and Vishal Soni who will share the role of Luke, with Cian Eagle-Service, George Menezes Cutts and William Skinner as Bruno, and Jersey Blu Georgia, Asanda Abbie Masike and Chloe Raphael as Helga.
The young ensemble will be completed by Nesim Adnan, Alaia Broadbent, Chenai Broadbent ,Cristian Buttaci, Sekhani Dumezweni, Rudy Gibson, Florence Gore, Elara Jagger, Annabelle Jones, Jemima Loosen, Charlie Man-Evans, Iesa Miller, Jack Philpott, Sienna Sibley, Savannah Skinner-Henry, Poppy-Mei Soon, Benjamin Spalding, Dylan Trigger, Alice Valeriano, Sasha Watson-Lobo and Stella Yeoman.
Featuring a book and lyrics by book and lyrics by Olivier Award-winner Lucy Kirkwood (Mosquitoes) and music and lyrics by Tony Award-nominee Dave Malloy (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812), the production will play the Olivier Theatre from 7 November.
Directed by Lyndsey Turner, the creative team for the production also includes set and costume designer Lizzie Clachan, choreographer Stephen Mear, musical supervisor Nigel Lilley, music director Cat Beveridge, lighting designer Bruno Poet, co-sound designers Alexander Caplen and Ian Dickinson, video designer Ash J Woodward with illusions by Chris Fisher and Will Houston. The casting director is Bryony Jarvis-Taylor with associate director Séimí Campbell, staff director Priya Patel Appleby, associate set designer Shankho Chaudhuri, associate costume designer Johanna Coe, associate wigs, hair and makeup designer Kim Kasim, associate choreographer Ebony Molina, associate music director Natalie Pound and children’s and assistant music director Sarah Morrison.
Angela Thomas
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