Simon Paisley Day reprises the role of Caldwell B. Cladwell when Urinetown the Musical transfers to the West End. Picture: Johan Persson
Actor Simon Paisley Day will be reprising his critically-acclaimed role as the tyrannical Caldwell B. Cladwell, the machiavellian Head of UGC (Urine Good Company) in the West End transfer of Jamie Lloyd’s production of Urinetown the Musical.
Returning to the show after its sell-out season at the St James Theatre, rising star Matthew Seadon-Young will be taking on a new role, as Bobby Strong, Urinetown’s most unlikely hero, alongside BBC’s The Voice contender Nathan Amzi who will be playing the role of Officer Barrel.
Casting also announced includes Alasdair Buchan (swing), Christina Modestou (swing), Kane Oliver Parry (Robbie the Stockfish) and Vicki Lee Taylor (swing).
Director Jamie Lloyd said: “I am really excited that we now have the full cast for our West End transfer of Urinetown. It is great that the brilliantly talented Simon Paisley Day is reprising the role of Caldwell B. Cladwell for our run at the Apollo Theatre. I am also thrilled that Matthew Seadon-Young will be getting the opportunity to play Bobby Strong. He is an extraordinary talent and very much a rising star to watch. I am looking forward to what he will bring to the role for our West End audiences. I saw Nathan Amzi’s fantastic performance in In The Heights, and obviously he is well known for his recent stint on the BBC’s hit show The Voice UK, and I know he will add another dimension to our multi-talented cast.”
They join the previously announced Jenna Russell (Penelope Pennywise), Jonathan Slinger (Officer Lockstock), Marc Elliott (Mr. McQueen), Chris Bennett (swing), Katie Bernstein (Little Becky Two Shoes/Mrs. Millennium), Cory English (Old Man Strong/Hot Blades Harry), Madeleine Harland (Soupy Sue), Rosanna Hyland (Hope Cladwell), Karis Jack (Little Sally), Julie Jupp (Old Woman/Josephine Strong), Aaron Lee Lambert (Billy Boy Bill), Mark Meadows (Senator Fipp), Joel Montague (Swing) and Jeff Nicholson (Tiny Tom/Dr. Billeaux), who all appeared in Urinetown’s original UK premiere run at the St James Theatre.
Director Jamie Lloyd’s production of Urinetown the Musical, with music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann and book and lyrics by Greg Kotis, will transfer to the Apollo Theatre from 29 September 2014. Richard Fitch is the associate director.
The production is designed by Soutra Gilmour with choreography by Ann Yee, lighting design by Adam Silverman, sound design by Terry Jardine and Nick Lidster, orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin and musical supervision and direction by Alan Williams.
Urinetown the Musical is produced by Julian Stoneman Associates & The Araca Group, along with Jenifer Evans, Tulchin/Bartner Productions, Greenleaf Productions, in association with Flora Suk Hwa Yoon, Los Foleys, Olympus Theatricals, Deborah Negri, Richard Winkler and Manal Morrar.
Urinetown the Musical originally ran on Broadway from 2001 until 2004 and was nominated for ten Tony Awards, and won for Best Book, Best Score and Best Direction. In addition, it also won three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards, two Obie Awards and the Drama League Award for Best Musical.
Simon Paisley Day was most recently on stage in Urinetown the Musical at the St James Theatre. Day has worked extensively at the National Theatre including; Twelfth Night, Anything Goes, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Coast Of Utopia, Albert Speer, Hamlet, Candide, Troilus and Cressida, Money and Oh What a Lovely War! Day’s other stage credits include The Low Road and The Ugly One both at the Royal Court, The Taming of the Shrew and Timon of Athens both at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Private Lives at the Music Box Theatre, New York and the Vaudeville, London, Entertaining Mr. Sloane at Trafalgar Studios, The 39 Steps at the Criterion Theatre, Don’t Look Now at the Lyric Hammersmith, The Philanthropist at the Donmar Warehouse, Cymbeline and Twelfth Night at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, By Jeeves! at Scarborough and the Duke of York’s Theatre and A Woman of No Importance at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Matthew Seadon-Young’s theatre credits include Urinetown the Musical at the St James Theatre as Robbie the Stockfish, The Architects at the Biscuit Factory, School For Scandal at the Theatre Royal Bath, She Stoops to Conquer at the National Theatre and Les Misérables at the Queens Theatre.
Nathan Amzi’s theatre credits include In the Heights at the Southwark Playhouse, Rock of Ages at the Shaftesbury Theatre/Garrick Theatre, The Merry Wives of Windsor at Shakespeare’s Globe/Los Angeles/Broadway, A Small Family Business at the Watford Palace Theatre, The Rocky Horror Show UK tour and Miss Saigon UK tour. Amzi’s screen credits include London Road and Give Out Girls.
Alasdair Buchan’s theatre credits include Richard III at the Trafalgar Studios, The Pride at the Trafalgar Studios, Urinetown the Musical at the St James Theatre, Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Tobacco Factory, Charlotte’s Web at The Waterside, Macbeth at The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, The Importance of Being Earnest at the Redgrave Theatre Bristol, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me at the Courtyard Theatre, Newsrevue at the Canal Café Theatre, The Lost World at the Bristol Old Vic, Git at Richmix and Elegy at the Shunt Vaults.
Christina Modestou’s theatre credits include Edges at the Tabard Theatre, In the Heights at the Southwark Playhouse, We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre, Aladdin at the Everyman Theatre Cheltenham and The London Revue at the Canal Café Theatre.
Kane Oliver Parry’s theatre credits include The Light Princess at the National Theatre, We Will Rock You (the International Arena tour) and Cool Rider at the Lyric Theatre.
Vicki Lee Taylor’s theatre credits include A Chorus Line at the London Palladium, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever at the Union Theatre, Carousel at the Arcola Theatre, Hairspray at Leicester Curve, Letters to Myself at the Tristan Bates Theatre, Annie at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Betwixt! at Trafalgar Studios, A Christmas Carol at Birmingham Rep/West Yorkshire Playhouse, Stepping Out at Oldham Coliseum, The Witches of Eastwick UK tour, The Young Ones at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Guys and Dolls UK tour, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers UK tour, Mamma Mia! at the Prince Edward Theatre/International tour, The Famous Five UK tour, Listen to the Wind at the King’s Head and also appeared in the 2012 Old Vic New Voices 24 Hour Plays.
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