Broadway’s Original Romeo to join UK & Ireland tour of & JULIET
Photo credit: Matthew Murphy
It has been announced that Ben Jackson Walker, the original Romeo in the Broadway production of & Juliet, will be revisiting the role in the UK and Ireland tour. He began performances on 19 April and will continue through to the end of the tour, next performing at Birmingham Hippodrome this evening.
Ben joins current tour cast members Gerardine Sacdalan as Juliet, Lara Denning as Anne, Sandra Marvin as Angelique, Kyle Cox as Francois and Jordan Broatch as May, Ranj Singh and Lee Latchford-Evans who alternate the role of Lance and Jay McGuiness who as Shakespeare. Matt Cardle will reprise the role of Shakespeare in Southend from 5–10 May.
Completing the cast are Harriet Caplan-Dean as Eleanor, Alexander Kranz as Lennox, Andilé Mabhena as Augustine/Dance Team, Liam Morris as Richard, Psalms-Nissi Myers-Reid as Lucy/Alternate Juliet, Michael Nelson as Henry, Toni Paise as Violet, Katie Ramshaw as Nell/Lady C, Aaron Shales as Gregory/Dance Team, Rosie Singha as Judith, Nia Stephen as Imogen and Samuel Wilson-Freeman as Fletcher/Resident Director, Dance Captain, and Joe Wolstenholme as Off Stage Swing.
The full creative team for the UK and Ireland tour of & Juliet includes book writer David West Read, music and lyrics by Max Martin & Friends, direction by Luke Sheppard, choreographer Jennifer Weber, musical supervisor, orchestrator and arranger Bill Sherman, set designer Soutra Gilmour, costume designer Paloma Young, lighting designer Howard Hudson, sound designer Gareth Owen, video and projection designer Andrzej Goulding, hair, wig and makeup designer Nina Van Houten, and casting with Stuart Burt, with additional arrangements and orchestrations by Dominic Fallacaro.
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