Full casting has been unveiled for the highly anticipated world premiere of the musical version of Graham Greene’s classic story The Third Man at the Menier Chocolate Factory this summer.
As previously announced the cast will include Edward Baker-Duly who will return to the Chocolate Factory after starring in The Bridges of Madison County and Rookery Nook to play Calloway. He will appear alongside Simon Bailey (Moulin Rouge, Piccadilly Theatre, Heathers, Theatre Royal Haymarket) as Crabbit, Natalie Dunne (To Paint the Earth, Southwark Theatre, Works of Art, Turbine Theatre) as Anna, Derek Griffiths (The Mousetrap, St. Martin’s Theatre, Beauty and the Beast, Dominion Theatre) as The Porter, Jonathan Andrew Hume (Come From Away, Phoenix Theatre, Jesus Christ Superstar, UK tour) as Paine, Rachel Izen (Billy Elliot, Curve, Rags, Park Theatre) as The Porter’s Wife, Gary Milner (Music Man, Chichester Festival Theatre, Evita, Adelphi Theatre) as Kurtz, Harry Morrison (Assassins, Menier Chocolate Factory, Come From Away, Phoenix Theatre) as Popescu, Sam Underwood (One Day When We Were Young, Assembly George Square Theatre-The Box, Seussical, tour) as Holly and Alan Vicary (The Girl from the North Country, UK tour, The Phantom of the Opera, Her Majesty’s Theatre) as Dr Winkel.
They will be joined by Chanice Alexander-Burnett, Craig Bartley, Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong, Leah Harris, Aly Merali, Tom Sterling, Samantha Thomas and Tim Walton.
Running from 10 June until 9 September, The Third Man will be directed by Trevor Nunn, the director of Menier Chocolate Factory hits including Fiddler on the Roof (also West End), A Little Night Music (also West End and Broadway) and Aspects of Love. The musical was originally developed by Vereinigte Bühnen Wien Gmbh (VBW) in Vienna – CEO Franz Patay and artistic director Christian Struppeck.
The novella which inspired the classic 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotton and Orson Welles, will be brought to the Menier stage by the high-powered team of playwright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton, composer George Fenton and lyricist Don Black.
The creative team for the production also includes set and costume designer Paul Farnsworth, lighting designer Emma Chapman, sound designer Gregory Clarke, orchestrator Jason Carr, musical supervisor and director Tamara Saringer with movement and choreography by Rebecca Howell.
Angela Thomas
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