Beverley Knight and Ben Richards in The Bodyguard. Picture: Paul Coltas
Final casting details have been revealed for the West End return of the hit musical The Bodyguard this month.
As previously announced, TV and stage star Ben Richards will join Beverley Knight in the production when it opens at the Dominion Theatre for a strictly limited run on 15 July.
Recording artist Knight (Memphis the Musical) returns to the leading role of Rachel Marron, which she played for the first time in 2013, alongside Richards who takes on the title role in the show which will play the Dominion until 7 January 2017.
Other cast members include: Rachel John (Nicki Marron), Carole Stennett (alternate Rachel Marron), Mark Holden (Bill Devaney), Alex Andreas (Tony), Dominic Taylor (Sy Spector), Matthew Stathers (Stalker) and Glen Fox (Ray Court).
Ensemble members are: Omari Bernard, Faye Best, Pablo Ceresuela Torres, Carlos Ugarriza Crespo, Lisa Darnell, Charles Hagerty, Emma Joy Hopkins, Ibinabo Jack, Christopher Jeffers, Verity Jones, Annie Kitchen, Phoebe Liberty, Elliott Powell, Raul Naranjo Garcia, Mary Lynn Tiep, Michael Wade-Peters, Matthew Wesley, Emmy Willow and Mark Willshire.
The child actors who will alternate the role of Marron’s young son Fletcher are Keaton Edmund, Max Fincham, Jaden Oshenye and Mickell Stewart Grimes.
Based on the blockbuster Whitney Houston/Kevin Costner movie, Thea Sharrock’s production of The Bodyguard received its world premiere in November 2012 with Heather Headley in the extended role of Marron and Lloyd Owen as her bodyguard, Frank Farmer.
Knight took over the central role a year later, with former X Factor winner Alexandra Burke in turn taking over from Knight in 2014. Burke continued to play the role in the show’s UK and Ireland tour which ended last month.
Sharrock’s production has a book by Alex Dinelaris, with designs by Tim Hatley, lighting by Mark Henderson, sound by Richard Brooker and video designs by Duncan McLean. Choreography is by Karen Bruce, orchestrations are by Chris Egan with musical supervision by Richard Beadle. The Bodyguard is produced by Michael Harrison and David Ian.
International productions of the show continue in the Netherlands and Germany, and productions are due to open in the US, Korea and Italy later this year.
Angela Thomas
Tickets for The Bodyguard are available HERE.
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