It's less than two months until one of the most eagerly-awaited musical tours EVER heads to Manchester for its premiere run. Hamilton, the hit Broadway and West End show, is heading to Manchester on its first ever UK and Ireland tour.
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Naman Ramachandran London’s National Theatre has unveiled the complete ensemble cast for Roald Dahl’s “The Witches,” a co-production with the Roald Dahl Story Company. The stage musical is directed by Lyndsey Turner (“The Crucible”), features book and lyrics by Olivier Award-winner Lucy Kirkwood (“Mosquitoes”) along with music and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Dave Malloy (“Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812”). Based on the 1983 novel by Dahl, the musical follows an English boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a world where child-hating societies of witches secretly exist in every country.
The witches are ruled by the vicious and powerful Grand High Witch, who arrives in England to organize her plan to turn all of the children into mice. The full cast of 53 who will join three-time Olivier-nominated Katherine Kingsley (“The Larkins”) as the Grand High Witch, BAFTA Award-winner Daniel Rigby (“Accidental Death of an Anarchist”) as hotel manager Mr. Stringer and Sally Ann Triplett (“Oklahoma!”) as Gran, has been revealed.
Playing the witches are Julie Armstrong, Chrissie Bhima, Zoe Birkett, Maddison Bulleyment, Miracle Chance, Daniele Coombe, Molly-May Gardiner, Tiffany Graves, Bobbie Little, Tania Mathurin, Amira Matthews and Alexandra Waite-Roberts. Playing the young protagonist Luke’s parents are Laura Medforth as Mum and Richard David-Caine as Dad, playing the greedy Bruno’s parents are Ekow Quartey as Mr. Jenkins and Maggie Service as Mrs.
Jenkins, and playing Chef Chevalier at Hotel Magnificent is Irvine Iqbal. Completing the team at Hotel Magnificent are Adrian Grove, Jacob Maynard and Ben Redfern. The cast will be playing multiple roles as part of the ensemble.
It's less than two months until one of the most eagerly-awaited musical tours EVER heads to Manchester for its premiere run. Hamilton, the hit Broadway and West End show, is heading to Manchester on its first ever UK and Ireland tour.
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Wes Anderson fans were surprised when the filmmaker revealed earlier this summer that his upcoming Netflix project “The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar” is only 37 minutes long. But there’s a good reason for its short length.
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Wes Anderson fans were surprised when the filmmaker revealed earlier this summer that his upcoming Netflix project “The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar” is only 37 minutes long. But there’s a good reason for its short length.