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Booking for Nicholas Hytner’s critically acclaimed immersive production of the classic musical Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre has been extended up to 24 February 2024.
Hytner’s first musical to be presented at the South London venue begin performances at The Bridge on 3 March ahead of an opening night on 14 March with tickets initially on sale for performances up to 2 September.
The production features stage and screen star Daniel Mays (The Red Lion, National Theatre, Fisherman’s Friends) as commitment-phobic gambler Nathan Detroit opposite Marisha Wallace (Hairspray, London Coliseum, Oklahoma!, Young Vic) as Miss Adelaide with Andrew Richardson in his professional theatre debut as Sky Masterson alongside Celinde Schoenmaker (Les Misérables, Sondheim Theatre, The Phantom of the Opera, Her Majesty’s Theatre) as Sarah Brown, and Cedric Neal (Back to the Future The Musical, Adelphi Theatre, Motown The Musical, Shaftesbury Theatre) as Nicely Nicely Johnson.
The cast also includes Cornelius Clarke (Guys & Dolls, Savoy Theatre/Phoenix Theatre, My Fair Lady, Kilworth Theatre) as Lieutenant Brannigan, Cameron Johnson (Nativity The Musical, Birmingham Rep) as Big Jule after previously playing the character on the UK tour, Anthony O’Donnell (Under Milk Wood, National Theatre, Glengarry Glen Ross, Donmar Warehouse) as Arvide Abernathy, Mark Oxtoby (Hex, National Theatre, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Theatre Royal Drury Lane) as Benny Southstreet, Ryan Pidgen (South Pacific, Chichester Festival Theatre, Matilda, The Cambridge Theatre) as Rusty Charlie and Katy Secombe (Les Misérables, Sondheim Theatre, The Music Man, Chichester Festival Theatre) as General Cartwright.
Completing the cast are Simon Anthony, Lydia Bannister, Kathryn Barnes, Callum Bell, Cindy Belliot, Petrelle Dias, Ike Fallon, Leslie Garcia Bowman, George Ioannides, Robbie McMillan, Perry O’Dea, Charlotte Scott, Tinovimbanashe Sibanda, Isabel Snaas, Sasha Wareham and Dale White in the ensemble.
The production has set and costume designs by Bunny Christie and Deborah Andrews, choreography by Arlene Phillips with James Cousins, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Paul Arditti, orchestrations by Charlie Rosen, associate direction by James Cousins and casting by Charlotte Sutton.
Inspired by the distinctive work of celebrated writer and newspaperman Damon Runyon, the much-loved Broadway musical features music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
Angela Thomas
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