⭐ JEKYLL AND HYDE – THE MUSICAL – WORKSHOP CAST ANNOUNCED ⭐
Producers Lambert Jackson have announced the workshop cast for their new production of Leslie Bricusse and Frank Wildhorn’s iconic 1990’s musical Jekyll and Hyde.
The workshop will star Sam Oladeinde as Jekyll/Hyde, Christine Allado as Emma Carew, Annie Aitken as Lucy Harris, Kit Esuruoso as John Utterson, Jeremy Secomb as Sir Danvers Carew, Matt Blaker as Simon Stride and Charlotte Riby as Madame.
Featuring an ensemble that includes Josh Andrews, Sally Frith, Teddy Hinde, M-Jae Cleopatra Isaac, Daniel Luiz, Mukeni Nel, Ellie Nunn, Emily Ooi, Kate Playdon and Chris Tendai.
Lambert Jackson, alongside original composer Frank Wildhorn and scriptwriter Alexander Dinelaris (Academy Award Winner for Birdman) are workshopping this masterpiece with the following creative team: Jonathan O’Boyle (Director), Annabel Mutale Reed (Associate Director), Leo Munby (Musical Director), Sarah Golding (Movement Director/Choreographer), Morgan Large (Set Design), Jonny Dickie and Joshua Robins (Sound Design) and Emma Norman (Casting).
With the blessing of the legendary writer-composer Leslie Bricusse, the team will be working on an almost-complete revision of the book, a re-structuring of the storyline, modernising the much-loved orchestrations, and reworking the ending.
Jekyll and Hyde was originally conceived for the stage by Frank Wildhorn and Steve Cuden, it features iconic music by Frank Wildhorn and a chilling book by Leslie Bricusse, loosely based on the 1886 classic novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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