The West End production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will welcome a new cast of bohemians and aristocrats next month as the hit show enters its third year at the Piccadilly Theatre.
From 16 October, previous Alternate Satine, Tanisha Spring (Groundhog Day, The Old Vic, The Prince of Egypt, Dominion Theatre) will step into the starring role opposite Dom Simpson (The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre) who will join the cast to play aspiring writer Christian.
Announcing the new leads, the show’s director Alex Timbers said: “It is so exciting to announce today that Tanisha Spring and Dom Simpson will lead our company of Moulin Rouge! The Musical in London into its third year. Dom is a superb musical theatre performer, and I know he will bring tremendous wit, warmth and great depths of emotion to his portrayal of Christian. And I am delighted to welcome Tanisha back to the show, having been such a memorable part of our original West End company. Her talent is boundless, and her star wattage is blinding. We are blessed to have her returning to play Satine.”
They will join current principals, Matt Rixon (Hairspray! UK tour, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, London Palladium) as Moulin Rouge impresario Harold Zidler, Ian Carlyle (Five Guys Named Moe, Underbelly, Little Miss Sunshine The Musical, Arcola Theatre) as Toulouse-Lautrec and Ben Richards (The Bodyguard, Adelphi Theatre, 9 To 5 The Musical, UK tour) as The Duke.
They will be joined by Ivan De Freitas (& Juliet, Shaftesbury Theatre) as Santiago and Charlotte Gooch (Dirty Dancing, Dominion Theatre) as Nini with Anthony Cragg (Starlight Express, Bochum, Germany) remaining with the production to play Baby Doll, Hannah Jay-Allan (TINA: The Tina Turner Musical, Aldwych Theatre, The Dreaming, Union Theatre) continuing as Arabia and Rochelle Sherona also continuing with cast as maternity cover Arabia, Bernadette Bangura (My Fair Lady, London Coliseum) as La Chocolat and Angela Marie Hurst (TINA: The Tina Turner Musical) as Alternate Satine.
The cast will also include Oliver Adam-Reynolds, Erin Bell, Emily Bolland, Ross Chisari, James Chisholm, Katie Deacon, Fletcher Dobinson, Serenar Douch, Rola Elliott, Davide Fienauri, Zack Guest, Natorii Illidge, David King-Yombo, Jasmine Leung, Kira McPherson, Melissa Nettleford, Chris Otim, Joshua Robinson, Callum Rose, Ben Rutter, Gavin Ryan, Craig Ryder, Jamie Shields, Catrin Thomas, Matt Trevorrow, Charley Warburton, Sasha Woodward and Luke Fraser Yates.
Currently booking into January 2024, 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 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 makeup 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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