⭐ DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST UK & IRELAND TOUR CAST ANNOUNCED ⭐
Casting has been announced for the highly anticipated UK and Ireland tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.
Courtney Stapleton (Six, Dear Evan Hansen) will play the role of Belle, with Emmanuel Kojo (Oklahoma!, Girl from the North Country, Show Boat) starring as Beast.
They are joined by Tony & Olivier Award-nominated Gavin Lee (Mary Poppins) as Lumiere and The X Factor winner Sam Bailey (Chicago) as Mrs Potts.
Also cast are Tom Senior (Gaston), Samantha Bingley (Wardrobe), Emma Caffrey (Babette), Louis Stockil (LeFou), Martin Ball (Maurice), Nigel Richards (Cogsworth) and Joshua Smith/Theo Querico/Manasseh Mapira (Chip).
The ensemble includes Jennifer Louise Jones, Aimee Moore, Sam Murphy, Jake Bishop, Alyn Hawke, Jasmin Davis, Pamela Blair, George Hinson, Liam Buckland, Autumn Draper, Thomas Lee-Kidd, Grace Swaby, India Thornton and Nathan Louis-Fernand. Swings include David McIntosh, Emily Squibb, Ashley-Jordan Packer, Rhys West, Daisy Edwards and Bronte Lavine.
Disney legend Dame Angela Lansbury will also specially record a prologue for the new production, which will be played at every performance.
Spectacularly reimagined using the latest theatrical innovations, this beloved ‘tale as old as time’ will be brought to life on stage like never before, with all the charm and elegance audiences expect from Belle and her Beast.
Beauty and the Beast is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton. Adapted from Walt Disney Pictures’ Academy Award-winning 1991 animated musical film of the same name.
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