Major new British musical Princess Caraboo will receive its world premiere at London’s Finborough Theatre on 30 March.
Originally seen as a staged reading as part of Vibrant – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights in 2010, and commissioned and developed by the Bristol Old Vic, the musical recounts the strange true story of a beautiful young woman who tricked her way to wealth and power in Regency England.
The work of the team behind the musical Lost Boy, award-winning composer, writer and director Phil Willmott and composer Mark Collins, Princess Caraboo has been extensively workshopped with Tony Award winner Tom Morris (Jerry Springer – The Opera, War Horse) at the Bristol Old Vic.
With book and lyrics by Willmott and music by Willmott and Collins, the production which will play the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season from 30 March until 22 April.
Nikita Johal will play the title role and the cast also includes: Althea Burey, Christian James, Ruben Kuppens, Sarah Lawn, Hilary Mulrane, Joseph O’Malley, Rebecca Ridout, Phil Sealey and Oliver Stanley.
The creative team is headed by director Willmott, with musical direction by Freddie Tapner and choreography by Michael Voss.
Commissioned and developed by Bristol Old Vic, with dramaturgy by the theatre’s literary manager, James Peries, the production is being presented by The Phil Wilmott Company and The Steam Industry.
Angela Thomas
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