Gina Beck and Michael Simkins join cast of GUYS AND DOLLS at Bridge Theatre

Nicholas Hytner’s multi-award winning immersive production Guys & Dolls has announce that Gina Beck (Matilda, The Sound of Music) and Michael Simkins (John Gabriel Borkman, Backstairs Billy) will join the cast at the Bridge Theatre from 2 September.

Gina will play Sarah Brown, taking over the role from Celinde Schoenmaker, and Michael will take over the role of Arvide Abernathy from Niall Buggy.

Gina Beck said: “I’ve dreamt of playing this role and singing this beautiful score for so long I can’t actually believe I’m going to get to do it, and in such an incredible production. I hope I can at least half fill the shoes of the sensational Celinde Schoenmaker who created the role in this beautiful revival. “If I were a gate I’d be swiiiingiiing!!!””

Michael Simkins said: “I am thrilled to bits to be working at the Bridge Theatre again, and even more thrilled to be joining this sensational show, having seen it in January and been utterly blown away by it. The words I used afterwards to describe it to my friends and family (all of whom I insisted must see the production without delay) was ‘transformative’ - fresh as paint, wonderfully uplifting, and utterly irresistible.”

They will join Owain Arthur as Nathan Detroit, George Ioannides as Sky Masterson, Timmika Ramsay as Miss Adelaide, and Jonathan Andrew Hume as Nicely-Nicely Johnson.

Guys & Dolls features an incredible supporting cast including Cornelius Clarke as Lieutenant Brannigan, Cameron Johnson as Big Jule, TJ Lloyd as Rusty Charlie, Ryan Pidgen as Benny Southstreet, Tori Scott as General Cartwright, and Dashaun Vegas as Harry the Horse.

They are joined by Iroy Abesamis, Katie Bradley, Tanisha-Mae Brown, Filippo Coffano, Eamonn Cox, Kamilla Fernandes, Alex Given, Lucie Horsfall, Dominic Lamb, Siân Nathaniel-James, Saffi Needham, Sophie Pourret, James Revell, Nathan Rigg, Pierce Rogan, Samuel Routley, Charlotte Scott (Co-Dance Captain), Hollie Jane Stephens and Dale White (Dance Captain, Fight Captain).

The Bridge’s production of Guys & Dolls, which runs until 4 January 2025, immerses audiences in one of the greatest musicals of all time. In this production the seating is wrapped around the action, while the immersive tickets transport audiences to the streets of Manhattan and the bars of Havana. This unlikeliest of love stories is packed with hit songs, including the showstopping ‘Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat’, ‘Luck Be a Lady’ and ‘Take Back Your Mink’.

Celinde Schoenmaker and Niall Buggy’s final performance will be 31 August.

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