Billy Nevers, Joe Foste and Nicolas Colicos join the West End cast of & Juliet
The producers of multi-award-winning musical & Juliet have announced another extension to the feel-good show’s Shaftesbury Theatre run with tickets now on sale up to September 2023.
The extension announcement was accompanied by the news that three new cast members – Nicolos Colicos, Billy Nevers and Joe Foster are joining the West End company.
Colicos (Sister Act, London Palladium, Honeymoon in Vegas, London Palladium) will step into the role of Larry with original ensemble member Nevers (Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Jesus Christ Superstar, Barbican Theatre/Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) returning to take on the role of Francois and Foster (Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Hex, National Theatre) taking to the stage as May.
The trio join 2020 Olivier Award winners Miriam-Teak Lee (Hamilton, On The Town) as Juliet and Cassidy Janson (Beautiful: The Carol King Musical, Chess) as Anne Hathaway, with Oliver Tompsett (Kinky Boots, Wicked) as William Shakespeare, Tom Francis (Rent, Hope Mill Theatre) as Romeo, and Malinda Parris (Mary Poppins, Prince Edward Theatre, Footloose, UK tour) as Angelique the Nurse.
The ensemble includes recent additions Ebony Clarke, Bessy Ewa, Collette Guitart, Cassandra Lee, Nathan Louis-Fernand, Zara MacIntosh, Carl Man, Christian Maynard, Rachel Moran, Owen Saward, Aaron Shales, Benjamin Terry and Suki Wong alongside Ivan De Freitas, Rhian Duncan, Alex Tranter, Sophie Usher and Rhys Wilkinson.
Directed by Luke Sheppard, & Juliet uses the most iconic pop songs written by prolific pop hit writer Max Martin over the last three decades along with new song ‘One More Try’, to accompany a re-imagined Juliet who finds a way past her doomed romance with Romeo by embarking on a whirlwind trip to Paris. The musical also features the characters of Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway who take opposite sides in Juliet’s battle to change her story and discover life after Romeo.
The musical which debuted at the Manchester Opera House in October 2019 before arriving in London a month later, boasts a story by David West Read and features arrangements of Martin’s chart-topping songs by Grammy Award-winning orchestrator Bill Sherman. The triple Olivier Award-winning production has choreography by Jennifer Weber, set design by Soutra Gilmour, costume design by Paloma Young, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Gareth Owen, video design by Andrzej Goulding and casting by Stuart Burt.
Presented by Max Martin and Tim Headington, & Juliet is produced by Martin Dodd, Tim Headington, Max Martin, Jenny Petersson and Theresa Steele Page.
Swedish-born songwriter and producer Martin first made his mark in the 1990s with hits including Britney Spears’ ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time’, Bon Jovi’s ‘It’s My Life’ and The Backstreet Boys’ ‘I Want It That Way’. More recently, Martin has written or co-written hits for today’s biggest stars including Adele, Ellie Goulding, Kelly Clarkson, Usher, Taylor Swift and Pink.
Angela Thomas
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