Casting announced for UK Tour of GUYS AND DOLLS
Following critical acclaim and
announcing an extension in the West End, the Chichester Festival Theatre
revival of Guys and Dolls will tour throughout the UK, opening
at the Liverpool Empire on 16 March 2016. Casting
for the tour includes Richard Fleeshman (Coronation Street,
Ghost the Musical, Call the Midwife) as Sky Masterson, Maxwell
Caulfield (Grease 2, Emmerdale, The Colbys) as Nathan
Detroit, Louise Dearman (Wicked, Evita) as Adelaide
and Anna O’Byrne (Love Never Dies) as Sarah Brown.
The
show is coming to the Edinburgh Playhouse from Tuesday
12th to Saturday 16th April and the King’s Theatre Glasgow from Tuesday
7 until Saturday 11 June 2016. Louise Dearman (Wicked, Evita) will play Adelaide at
all venues up until and including Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin. Further
casting for the King’s Theatre Glasgow will be announced in due course.
Completing the cast are Jack
Edwards as Nicely Nicely Johnson, Peter Harding as
Arvide Abernathy, Anthony McGill as Lt Brannigan, Mark
Sangster as Benny Southstreet, Melanie Marshall as
General Cartwright, Craig Pinder as Harry the Horse/Joey
Biltmore, Cameron Johnson as Big Julie, Christopher
Howell as Rusty Charlie. The ensemble includesEamonn Cox, Jamal
Crawford, Jonny Godbold, Ross Lee Fowkes, Aron
Wild, Kiel Payton, Matthew Whennell-Clark,Ruthie
Stephens, Bethany Linsdell, Hannah Cauchi, Chloe
Chambers, Danielle Stephen, Abigayle Honeywill andLucy
Ashenden.
Nathan Detroit is desperate: he needs
money for an illegal dice game, and he needs it fast. Not to mention a 14-year
engagement with nightclub singer Miss Adelaide, whose patience is finally
running out. Enter notorious gambler Sky Masterson, a guy who can never turn
down a bet, and straight-laced missionary Sarah Brown, a doll with a heart of
ice. Nathan’s wager is that Sky has to romance Sarah by taking her to Havana
for dinner and in return he’ll provide a dozen ‘sinners’ for Sarah’s mission.
Surely this is one bet Nathan absolutely can't lose?
A joyous and vibrant celebration of
Prohibition-era New York, Guys and Dolls first
premiered on Broadway in 1950 and captured the optimism and energy of
post-World War Two America. This hugely popular and multi award-winning
musical, based on the colourful stories by American journalist Damon Runyon
renowned for his vivid fictional depictions of the gamblers, hustlers and
nightclub singers of New York, features some of Broadway’s greatest musical
numbers including ‘My Time of Day’, ‘Luck be a Lady’ and the show-stopping ‘Sit
Down You're Rockin' the Boat’. Guys and Dolls is
directed by Gordon Greenberg with choreography by Cuban dancer
and former Royal Ballet star Carlos Acosta and Andrew
Wright whose credits include Chichester Festival Theatre’s Singin’
in the Rain.
PERFORMANCES
Edinburgh Playhouse
12-16 May
0844 871 3014
King's Theatre
7 - 11 June
0844 871 7648
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