Gary Wilmot joins the cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Savoy Theatre from 16 September
Bonnie Langford (Spamalot, Chicago, Cats, Dr Who, Just William, Bugsy Malone) and Gary Wilmot (The Pajama Game, Chicago, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Me and My Girl) will be joining the cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at The Savoy Theatre from 16 September 2014.
Gary Wilmot will be playing Andre Thibault, Beaumont-Sur-Mer’s Chief of Police, the sidekick and partner in crime to the Olivier, Tony and BAFTA award-winning Robert Lindsay – the French Riviera’s chief conman, Lawrence Jameson.
Langford will be swapping dancing shoes with Samantha Bond to play Muriel Eubanks, a glamorous divorcee looking for love on the French Riviera.
They join Rufus Hound as the new conman on the block, Freddy Benson, and Katherine Kingsley as Christine Colgate.
Wilmot’s musical theatre stardom began following in Robert Lindsay’s shoes, playing the role of Bill Snibson in the hit musical production of Me and My Girl at the Adelphi Theatre. His other extensive theatre credits include The Pajama Game at the Shaftesbury Theatre, From Hackney to Hollywood on a UK tour, Radio Times at the Watermill Theatre/UK tour, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime on UK tour, The Invisible Man at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Chicago on UK tour, Half a Sixpence on UK tour, HMS Pinafore, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, Travels With My Aunt on UK tour, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium, One For the Road at Bristol Old Vic, Goodbye Girl at the Albery Theatre, Carmen Jones at the Old Vic, Copacabana (world premiere) at the Prince of Wales Theatre and Me and My Girl at the Adelphi Theatre.
Langford’s extensive West End roles began at the age of seven with Gone With the Wind at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The following year she played Baby June in Gypsy opposite Angela Lansbury at the Piccadilly Theatre which also went on a national tour, before a run on Broadway. She has starred in many musicals including Cats at the New London Theatre (original London cast), Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre/Cambridge Theatre and on Broadway/North American national tour, The Pirates of Penzance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and London Palladium, Peter Pan – The Musical at the Aldwych Theatre, Me and My Girl at the Adelphi Theatre and Sweet Charity at the Victoria Palace Theatre. Further stage credits include playing The Lady Of The Lake in Spamalot at the Playhouse Theatre, Roz Keith in 9 to 5 – The Musical on UK tour, and on Broadway she appeared in her own cabaret show as part of the Brits Off Broadway season at 59E59 Theatres. She has toured the UK in Oklahoma!, Charlie Girl, 42nd Street and as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls (Donmar Warehouse Theatre production) and Fosse.
Directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winning Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde) in his debut production for Jerry Mitchell Productions, 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).
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels has been running since February 2014. The musical is based on the 1988 film starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin, directed by Frank Oz. It is the UK premiere of this new production, which has been reconceived and reimagined for the UK stage.
The rest of the cast includes: Lizzy Connolly as Jolene, Gavin Alex, Darren Bennett, Niamh Bracken, Lisa Bridge, Darren Carnall, Andy Conaghan, Phoebe Coupe, Claire Doyle, Alice Fearn, Selina Hamilton, Ian Knauer, Lisa Mathieson, Zak Nemorin, Genevieve Nicole, Javier Santos, Todd Talbot, Dominic Tribuzio, Jon Tsouras and Zara Warren.
Jerry Mitchell Productions is a partnership between the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) and Jerry Mitchell.
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