⭐ THE WICKER HUSBAND – FULL CAST & CREATIVES ANNOUNCED ⭐
Full casting has been revealed for the highly anticipated return of critically acclaimed musical The Wicker Husband, it has been announced.
Following the show’s premature closure on its original press night on 16 March 2020, Artistic Director Paul Hart, Executive Director Claire Murray and the team at Newbury’s The Watermill Theatre are thrilled to welcome the creative team and cast to The Watermill for a new run of the show this March.
Joseph Alessi will play ‘Cobbler’, Gemma Sutton will play ‘Ugly Girl’, Olivier Award winner George Maguire as ‘Wicker Husband’, Angela Caesar as ‘Cobbler’s Wife’, Jonathan Charles as ‘Innkeep’, Claire-Marie Hall as ‘Innkeep’s Wife’, Jack Quarton as ‘Tailor’ and Davina Moon as ‘Tailor’s Wife’, Julian Forsyth as ‘Old Basket Maker’ with Jon Whitten as on-stage band playing the Hammered Dulcimer, Rachel Barnes also as on-stage band, and Pat Moran as onstage Musical Director.
Nisha Anil and Sebastian Charles will be the puppeteers of The Wicker Husband, with Tom Norman as Swing
The Wicker Husband is directed by Charlotte Westenra, with book by Rhys Jennings, music & lyrics by Darren Clark and based on an original short story by Ursula Wills.
This folk-inspired new musical tells the timeless tale of the outsider and was the winner of the inaugural MTI Stiles + Drewe Mentorship Award in 2016 celebrating new British musical theatre writers.
The show will feature handcrafted wicker puppets created by Puppetry designer and director Finn Caldwell (War Horse, Life of Pi, The Grinning Man), with highly skilled puppeteers from Handspring, War Horse and Good Chance, bringing The Wicker Husband to life.
The Wicker Husband will play The Watermill Theatre, running from 11th – 26th March 2022.
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Tickets & more info – https://www.watermill.org.uk/wicker_husband
