Hiba Elchikhe will make her West End debut in the role of Pritti Pasha in the West End cast of the award-winning musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie from 6 January 2020.
The actress who played Princess Jasmine in the Australian version of Disney’s Aladdin and recently starred in Fiver at the Southwark Playhouse will be part of a new intake of actors joining the show in the New Year.
David O’Reilly (The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre, Grease UK tour and West End) will step into the role of Laika Virgin with Leon Craig (Aladdin, Prince Edward Theatre, Jesus Christ Superstar world arena tour) joining the company as Sandra Bollock and Jordan Ricketts who will make his professional West End debut in the role of Dean.
New cast members will also include Zion Battles (Levi), Keenan Knight (Sayid), Ebony Clarke (swing/dance captain), Joe Wolstenholme (swing) and Brian James Leys (understudy).
The newcomers will join the previously announced new Jamie New, Noah Thomas, and current cast members: Melissa Jacques (Margaret New), Preeya Kalidas (Miss Hedge), Sejal Keshwala (Ray), Roy Haylock/Bianca Del Rio (Hugo/Loco Chanelle), James Gillan (Tray Sophisticay), Marlon G. Day (Dad), Alexander Archer (Mickey), Zahra Jones (Becca), Emily Kenwright (Vicki), Jordan Laviniere (Cy), Harriet Payne (Bex), Tilly La Belle Yengo (Fatimah), Marvyn Charles (Swing), Rachel Seirian (swing) and Gillian Ford (understudy).
Producer Nica Burns “We are delighted to welcome a new class of exceptionally talented young performers, many of them making their West End debut including our brilliant new Jamie, Noah Thomas. Leading them to light up the winter sky are our current star cast playing the grown-ups, Melissa Jacques (Margaret New), Preeya Kalidas (Miss Hedge), Sejal Keshwala (Ray) with Roy Haylock/Bianca Del Rio unveiling two sensational new drag queens. As funny, fabulous and feelgood as ever.”
Now entering in its third year in the West End, the multi-award-winning show which was originally only planned as a limited season at the Apollo Theatre, is currently booking up to 29 August 2020. A UK touring production will also hit the road next year.
Written by Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae, the show is directed by Jonathan Butterell, who also came up with the original idea for the show. The crowd-pleasing show has collected eight major theatre awards to date.
The production’s creative team includes designer Anna Fleischle, choreographer Kate Prince, musical director Theo Jamieson, lighting designer Lucy Carter, sound designer Paul Groothuis, and casting director Will Burton.
The Sheffield Theatres production of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is produced in the West End by Nica Burns, Ian Osborne, Paula Marie Black, Teresa and Craig Beech.
A movie version of the musical featuring Max Harwood in his professional debut as Jamie New is scheduled for release in October 2020. The film stars recent Oscar nominee Richard E Grant as Loco Chanelle, award-winning former Coronation Street star Sarah Lancashire as Margaret New, award-winning actress and writer Sharon Horgan as Miss Hedge and Coronation Street’s Shobna Gulati reprising her West End performance as Ray.
Angela Thomas
Tickets for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie are available HERE.
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