Casting has been announced for the English language premiere of major new musical Marie Curie, which plays at London’s Charing Cross Theatre from 1 June-28 July.

With a book & lyrics by Seeun Choun, music by Jongyoon Choi, and direction by Sarah Meadows, the cast includes Alisa Davidson (Heathers the Musical, West End) as Marie Curie, Chrissie Bhima (The Witches, National Theatre) as Anne Kowalska, Thomas Josling (Scandaltown, Lyric Hammersmith), Richard Meek (The Rocky Horror Show 50th Anniversary World Tour) as Ruben Dupont.

The ensemble cast features Christopher Killik, Dean Makowski-Clayton, Rio Maye, Yujin Park, Isabel Snaas, Maya Kristal Tenenbaum, and Lucy Young.

Marie Sklodowska Curie. Physicist. Pioneer. Parent. As she arrives from her native home in Poland to study at Sorbonne University in Paris, young Marie Sklodowska is certain she can make a name for herself and change the course of science. She discovers radium, a new chemical element, with her husband Pierre Curie, and she’s lauded with the Nobel Prize.

But she is faced with an overwhelming moral dilemma. As Marie discovers the lifesaving potential of radium to cure cancer, factory workers handling the glowing substance are succumbing to the insidious grip of radium poisoning.

As a woman with society against her, can she wrestle with both the potential and danger of her discovery – and what is she if radium’s dangers overshadow its possibilities?

A story of life and death, Marie Curie has already captivated audiences in Korea and Japan with its sweeping score and story and is now brought to London audiences for the first time in a stirring original production.

The production features musical direction by Emma Fraser, set and costume design by Rose Montgomery, lighting by Prema Mehta, choreography by Joanna Goodwin, sound by Andrew Johnson, and casting by Jane Deitch.

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