Casting announced for UK tour of CAKE: THE MARIE ANTOINETTE PLAYLIST

Casting has been announced for the UK tour of brand-new musical, come gig, come ballet, Cake: The Marie Antoinette Playlist, which starts at the MAST Mayflower Studios in Southampton on 18 March.

Cake will star Zizi Strallen (she/her - Mary Poppins, West End) as Marie Antoinette, Renée Lamb (she/her - SIX, West End) as Jeanne, B Terry (they/them - Cabaret, West End) as Nicole, Travis Ross (he/him - Mrs Doubtfire, Manchester Opera House) as Cardinal, with Ope Sowande (he/him - Moulin Rouge, West End) and Megan Bryony Gibbs (she/her - Treason the Musical in Concert, West End) as the ensemble and Lukas Hunt (he/him - Dreamgirls, UK tour) and Amie Hibbert (she/her - Wicked, West End) as swings. 

Cake combines music with 18th century France to retell a story that sparked a revolution. When Marie Antoinette married King Louis, her reputation was already tarnished by gossip. But when she is implicated in a crime to defraud the crown jewellers of a diamond necklace, it is not just her reputation at stake, but the monarchy and France itself.

Originally commissioned by Paul Taylor-Mills, Cake promises to re-define our expectations of what a musical can be.

Paul Taylor-Mills said: “We are delighted to be partnering with five of the leading regional theatres to present a development production of this brilliant new show. I first commissioned this at The Other Palace five years ago and am delighted to be working with some of the best theatre makers in Drew McOnie, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Tasha Taylor Johnson and Jack McManus. The show started life at our first MTFestUK and it’s great to see it come to production.”

Cake is written by Morgan Lloyd Malcom, with direction and choreography by Drew McOnie, songs by Tasha Taylor Johnson and Jack McManus, and casting by Will Burton CDG.

After Southampton, the tour will visit Salford, Plymouth, Leicester and Norwich.