Cast and creative team announced for PIAF at The Watermill
Full casting has been announced for Piaf, a Watermill Theatre production, which plays at the venue from 4 April-17 May.
Be drawn into the extraordinary world of Édith Piaf, the French chanteuse who captivated the world with her unquestionable talent. Pam Gems’ play, starring Audrey Brisson who returns to the Watermill after her critically acclaimed performance in Amélie, charts The Little Sparrow’s dramatic rise from the squalor of the streets of Paris to the glamour of international stardom.
Piaf intertwines the great loves, losses and questionable decisions of this complex and fragile star with her raw, spellbinding songs, performed live by an ensemble cast of actor-musicians.
Still revered as an icon, decades after her untimely death, be enchanted by this fascinating talent who lived a life of no regrets.
Alongside Audrey Brisson as Édith Piaf, the cast also includes Jon Trenchard (Twelfth Night, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) as Bruno and onstage MD, Sam Pay (Redlands, Chichester Festival Theatre) as Leplée and Vaimbert, Signe Larsson (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Pitlochry Festival Theatre) as Marlene and Madeleine, Hazel Monaghan (Fisherman’s Friends the Musical with ROYO) as Louis, Oliver Nazareth Aston (Treasure Island, Barn Theatre) as Raymond and Theo, Djavan van de Fliert (Frozen, West End) as Marcel and Yves, Marc Serratosa (Barista the Musical, The Capitol Horsham) as Charles and Georges, Tzarina-Nassor as Toine, and Kit Kenneth (Onstage Swing).
Director Kimberley Sykes said: “I am thrilled to be working with such a talented and inspiring cast and creative team to bring Piaf to new life. Through the anguish and the glory, Piaf was uncompromising in her search for connection and meaning. Her songs, her relationships, her audience - they were her truth. It is with this incredible group of theatre makers that we bring that same spirit and passion, to move audiences with Piaf’s tale of absolute artistry and heroic commitment to love.”
Also on the creative team are set and costume designers James Perkins and Victoria Smart from Good Teeth, musical supervision by Sam Kenyon, lighting by Prema Mehta, sound by Andy Graham, and movement direction by Michela Meazza.