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In the week when new musical The Prince Of Egypt celebrated its opening night in London, the show’s producers announced a seven-week extension to its limited run at the Dominion Theatre.
Produced by DreamWorks Theatricals (a division of Universal Theatrical Group), Michael McCabe and Neil Laidlaw, the new stage musical based on the much-loved animated film began previewing at the Dominion Theatre earlier this month and has already been seen by over 41,000 people.
Following the 20 sold-out preview performances, 100,000 new tickets are now on sale for the production, taking the show’s Dominion run up to 31 October 2020. Additional matinees have previously been added on 14 April, 11 and 25 August and on 27 October.
Scott Schwartz (Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame) directs the production which is choreographed by Sean Cheesman (So You Think You Can Dance). With a book by Phillip LaZebnik (Disney’s Mulan and Pocahontas), the musical features 10 new songs by Schwartz (Wicked) together with the five he contributed to the DreamWorks film including the movie’s Oscar winning song ‘When You Believe’ along with ‘Deliver Us’, ‘All I Ever Wanted’ and ‘Through Heaven’s Eyes’.
Based on the hit film which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, the stage version originally premiered at TheatreWorks in Silicon Valley in the US in 2017 and has been seen at Denmark’s Fredericia Teater. The revised version of the show was showcased at a private reading in London in early 2019.
The 43-strong cast includes: Luke Brady (Sweeney Todd, Chichester Festival Theatre, West End) as Moses opposite Rocky Horror Show favourite Liam Tamne as Ramses. Hamilton’s Christine Allado plays Moses’ wife, Tzipporah with Alexia Khadime (The Lion King, West End) as Moses’ sister Miriam.
They are joined by RSC associate artist Joe Dixon (The Tempest), Debbie Kurup (Sweet Charity, Donmar Warehouse), Gary Wilmot (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, London Palladium and UK tour), Adam Pearce (Evita, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Tanisha Spring (Big Fish, The Other Palace), and Silas Wyatt-Barke (Sunny Afternoon, West End). Two sets of three young performers share the roles of Young Miriam, Leah and Young Hebrew Girl and Young Aaron, Young Egyptian Boy and Young Midian Boy: Leo Babet, Jonah Collier, Taylor Jenkins, Mia Lakha, Iman Pabani and Hannah Selk.
The cast is completed by Simbi Akande, Casey Al-Shaqsy, Joe Atkinson, Danny Becker, Felipe Bejarano, Pàje Campbell, Mercedesz Csampai, Adam Filipe, Soophia Foroughi, Natalie Green, Jack Harrison-Cooper, Rachael Ireson, Kalene Jeans, Christian Knight, Jessica Lee, Oliver Lidert, Jay Marsh, Scott Maurice, Carly Miles, Sam Oladeinde, Alice Readie, Christopher Short, Ricardo Walker, Danny Williams, Niko Wirachman and Sasha Woodward.
The creative team includes: set designer Depinet; costume designer Ann Hould-Ward; lighting designer Mike Billings; sound designer Gareth Owen; projection designer Jon Driscoll and illusion designer Chris Fisher with orchestrations by August Eriksmoen. Musical supervision and arrangements are by Dominick Amendum, musical direction by Dave Rose and casting is by Jim Arnold.
Angela Thomas
Tickets for The Prince Of Egypt are available HERE.
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