Cast and tour dates announced for BEAUTIFUL – THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL
Casting and tour dates have been announced for the UK tour of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical today.
Opening at Curve on Monday 28 February 2022, the company will be led by Molly-Grace Cutler (The Worst Witch, Girls Don’t Play Guitars) as Carole King, with Tom Milner (Holby City, Waterloo Road) as Gerry Goffin, Seren Sandham-Davies (Crazy For You, Brassed Off) as Cynthia Weil and Jos Slovick (Once) as Barry Mann.
Garry Robson returns to Curve as music producer and talent manager Don Kirshner, Clare Greenway (Sister Act) will play Carole’s mother Genie Klein, and Dan de Cruz will join as the production’s on-stage Musical Director. The cast is completed by Naomi Alade, Kemi Clarke, Chris Coxon, Amena El-Kindy, Louise Francis, Dylan Gordon-Jones, Jessica Jolleys, Sorrel Jordan, Myles Miller, Peter Mooney and Adrien Spencer.
After its run in Leicester, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical will tour to Theatre Royal Bath (17 – 26 March), Theatre Royal Brighton (29 March – 2 April), Festival Theatre Edinburgh (5 – 9 April), Mayflower Theatre, Southampton (12 – 16 April), Newcastle Theatre Royal (19 – 23 April), Orchard Theatre Dartford (26 – 30 April), Malvern Theatres (3 -7 May), Cambridge Arts Theatre (10 – 21 May) and New Theatre, Cardiff (24 – 28 May).
The musical will be directed by Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster, whose recent credits include acclaimed five-star productions of A Chorus Line, West Side Story and 2020’s streamed production of Sunset Boulevard – at Home.
Curve’s Chief Executive Chris Stafford and Artistic Director Nikolai Foster said: “Carole King’s body of work speaks for itself and it is an honour to work on a show which celebrates some of the greatest pop songs ever written and the extraordinary life of the woman who has provided the soundtrack to our lives across the decades.
“In Molly-Grace Cutler, we have the perfect actor to lead our production and embody the spirit of King’s supreme artistry. Molly leads a phenomenal company of actor-musicians, who will recreate all the hits live onstage, under the supreme musical talents of Grammy winner Steve Sidwell and Tony winner Sarah Travis.
“We are thrilled to be collaborating with our friends at Theatre Royal Bath and Southampton Mayflower, flying the flag for Leicester once Beautiful tours from Curve.”
Carole King’s music will be brought to life by Grammy Award-winning Orchestrator Steve Sidwell and adapted by Tony Award-winning Curve Associate and Musical Supervisor Sarah Travis. The production will be choreographed by rising star Leah Hill and the creative team also includes Set Designer Frankie Bradshaw, Costume Designer Edd Lindley, Lighting Designer and Curve Associate Ben Cracknell, and Sound Designer Tom Marshall.
