This week–casting for Pretty Woman, Be More Chill, The Secret Garden and more! Catch all the latest news in the world of London theatre right here.
Aimie Atkinson and Danny Mac (pictured above) will lead Pretty Woman: The Musical. The transfer of the Broadway show based on the 1990 romantic comedy film will star Aimie Atkinson as Vivian and Danny Mac as Edward. Pretty Woman runs at the Piccadilly Theatre for a limited engagement of 46 weeks. More casting will be announced later.
Ramin Karimloo, Lucie Jones and Jac Yarrow will star in The Secret Garden at the London Palladium. The concert production of the musical will run 4 April 2020 at 3:00 PM and 7:30 PM. More casting will be announced later.
Be More Chill announces casting for its London run. The transfer of Joe Iconis’ Broadway musical will star Scott Folan (Mother of Him) as Jeremy Heere, with Blake Patrick Anderson (Closer to Heaven) as Michael, Renee Lamb (Six) as Jenna, and Millie O’Connell (Six) as Chloe. Joining them will be Miracle Chance as Christine Canigula, Stewart Clarke as The Squip, Eloise Davies as Brooke Lohst, James Hameed as Rich Goranski, Miles Paloma as Jake Dillinger and Christopher Fry as Mr. Heere and Mr. Reyes. Eve Norris joins the production as swing, with further casting to be announced later. Be More Chill runs at The Other Palace from 12 February 2020.
Hannah Tointon and Joel Montague will host the next Waitress karaoke night on 18 December. Waitress is currently running at the Adelphi Theatre.
Jim Carter will appear in conversation with Helen Mirren at the Kiln Theatre. Mirren will discuss her career on stage and screen in this special fundraising event that takes place 16 February 2020.
Theo James (Divergent) and Jonathan Slinger (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) join City of Angels. They will star alongside Vanessa Williams, Hadley Fraser, Rebecca Trehearn and Rosalie Craig in the transfer of the Olivier Award winning Donmar Warehouse production. Directed by Josie Rourke, City of Angels runs from 5 March 2020 at the Garrick Theatre.
Wendy Nottingham, Paul Eason, Elliot Liburd and Josh Barrow will lead the world premiere of James McDermott’s Time and Tide. The LGBTQ+ comic drama runs at the Park Theatre from 5 to 29 February 2020. Directed by Rob Ellis, the play features Wendy Nottingham (Vera Drake, Peaky Blinders, Mr. Selfridge) as May, Paul Easom (The Girls, Beyond the Rainbow) as Ken, Elliot Liburd (The Three Musketeers, Titus Andronicus) as Daz and Josh Barrow (The Outsider, Temple) as Nemo.
Hassan Abdulrazzak’s new play The Special Relationship comes to Soho Theatre. Synergy Theatre presents this timely new satire about the deportation of ex-prisoners from the U.S. Directed by Esther Baker, The Special Relationship stars Miranda Foster, Ricky Fearon and Duncan Wiseby. More casting will be announced later. The production runs at Soho Theatre from 26 February to 21 March 2020.
