Tilly La Belle Yengo and Joe Kelly are the new understudies in Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York at the Criterion Theatre, London. Picture: Danny With A Camera
New understudies Tilly La Belle Yengo (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) and Joe Kelly (I Should Be So Lucky) will join the West End cast of the hit new British musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) at the Criterion Theatre.
The pair will join Dujonna Gift (Hamilton, Victoria Palace, Dear Evan Hansen, Noel Coward Theatre) as Robin and Olivier Award winner Sam Tutty (Dear Evan Hansen, Noel Coward Theatre, Once On This Island, Southwark Playhouse) as Dougal in the critically acclaimed production which was recently extended for a further seven weeks up to 31 August.
The romantic comedy which earned its writers, Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, the 2018 Stiles + Drewe Mentorship Award, tells the story of Brit Dougal and New Yorker Robin who meet when Dougal flies to New York for his estranged father’s wedding to Robin’s sister.
After debuting at the Kiln Theatre in north London in November 2023, the production followed its premiere sold out run by transferring to the Criterion in April this year.
Originally titled The Season, the musical won the 2020 Stage Debut Best Composer/Lyricist award and played to critical acclaim at Northampton’s Royal & Derngate and Ipswich’s New Wolsey Theatre in late 2019.
The director of the original production, Tim Jackson directs and choreographs the re-worked and renamed musical. The creative team for the production also includes designer Soutra Gilmour, lighting designer Jack Knowles, sound designer Tony Gayle, orchestrator Lux Pyramid, casting director Julia Horan and associate director Claira Vaughan.
After clocking up more than two million streams, a full cast recording featuring an extra seven tracks will be available later this month.
Songwriters for their pop band, I Said Yes, Barne and Buchan’s second musical Catastrophe Bay was performed at the Bristol Old Vic last year. The Criterion run marks the writers’ West End debut.
Angela Thomas
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