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The cast has been unveiled for the first world touring production of hit show Moulin Rouge! The Musical.
With rehearsals underway in preparation for the tour launch in Edinburgh next month, the producers have released a first look at the cast led by Verity Thompson (Heathers, UK tour) as Satine, Nate Landskroner (Waitress, UK tour) as Christian, Cameron Blakely (Mrs Doubtfire, Shaftesbury Theatre) as Harold Zidler, Kurt Kansley (Closer to Heaven, Turbine Theatre) as Toulouse-Lautrec, German Santiago (Law & Order: Organized Crime) as Santiago, James Bryers (Jersey Boys, Australian tour) as The Duke, Kahlia Davis (A Chorus Line, international tour) as Nini, Summer Priest (Heathers, UK tour) as Arabia, Scott Sutcliffe (Wicked, Apollo Victoria Theatre) as Baby Doll, Ellie Jane Grant (Six, West End/UK and international tour) as La Chocolat and Patrice Tipoki (Wicked The Musical Australia) as Alternate Satine.
The cast is completed by Dominic Booth, Alisha Capon, Sol Childs, Áine Curran, Kamau Davis, Martin Dickinson, Barry Drummond, Jacob Fearey, Tosca Fischer, Tessa Fox, Johnny Galeandro, Leyton Holmes, Sayaka Kato, Jacob Kohli, Tyler Lotzof, Avigalle Mendoza, Carly Miles, Luchia Moss, Matt Powell, James Revell, Josh Rose , Samuel Routley, Nathan Saxon, Sorcha Stephenson and Frazer Woolcott.
Initial confirmed dates for the tour which will launch alongside the West End production which is in its third year at the Piccadilly Theatre, include the opening run at the Edinburgh Playhouse from 22 April to 14 June, followed by Bristol Hippodrome (26 June-9 August), Manchester Palace Theatre (20 August-4 October), Birmingham Hippodrome (15 October-15 November) and the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin (20 November 2025 to 10 January 2026). Further dates and venues will be announced soon.
The stage musical version of Baz Luhrmann’s vibrant double Oscar-winning tale of love among the artists in the Montmartre area of Paris is directed by award-winning director Alex Timbers (Here Lies Love, Rocky).
With a book Tony and Golden Globe-winning writer John Logan, Luhrmann’s highly-stylised vision of turn of the century Paris is played out to the sound of an eclectic ‘jukebox-style’ trip through the music of the last 50 years.
Winner of 10 Tony Awards, Moulin Rouge! The Musical features choreography by Emmy Award-winner Sonya Tayeh with music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Justin Levine.
The design team also includes: Tony Award-winning set designer Derek McLane and Olivier Award-winning costume designer Catherine Zuber, with double Tony Award-nominee Justin Townsend on lighting, Peter Hylenski on sound, Drama Desk Award-winner David Brian Brown on wig and hair design and Sarah Cimino on make-up design. Casting is by Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher.
A decade in the making, the ambitious production premiered in Boston in 2018 and debuted in New York in 2019 – 18 years after the big screen debut of Luhrmann’s evocative story of a doomed love affair between a writer and a dancer starring Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman.
Angela Thomas
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