Casting announced for GRINDR: THE OPERA at Union Theatre

Casting has been announced for the return of the award winning musical Grindr: The Opera, which plays at The Union Theatre from 25 May - 8 July.

The cast includes James Aymon (Once Upon a Panto, UK tour), Grant Jackson (Kinky Boots, UK tour), James Lowrie (Bat Out Of Hell, West End/International tour), Christian Lunn (The Rocky Horror Show, European tour), Billy J Vale (Doctor Zhivago in Concert, West End), Dereck Walker (George’s Marvellous Medicine, Birmingham Stage) and Santino Zapico (professional debut).

With musical styles ranging from baroque to contemporary pop, Grindr: The Opera, with a book, music & lyrics by Erik Ransom and direction and choreography by William Spencer, is a daring, humorous look at the changing landscape of gay relationships, and the greatest catalyst for the shift: Grindr.

GRINDR, a mythical siren from remote antiquity, has been awoken from its millennial slumber by technology. Its power, which is derived from human lust, is exhibited as it manipulates its gay devotees in a soaring soprano...

The production has musical direction by Aaron Clingham, design by David Shields, lighting by Jonathan Chan, and sound by Joshua Robins.

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