Full cast announced for UK Ireland & Canada tour of FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS: THE MUSICAL
Photo credit: Danny Kaan
Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical have announced the full cast for the UK & Ireland tour, setting sail from 1 September 2022 at Theatre Royal Plymouth.
The production will also make its North American premiere, opening at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, Canada on 27 November for a limited Christmas season, before returning to the UK in 2023.
Jason Langley (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, West End) will play record promoter Danny, Dan Buckley (Eugenius!, The Other Palace and London Palladium) will play Rowan, Dakota Starr (The Girls, West End/Leeds Grand Theatre/The Lowry) will play Ben, Pete Gallagher (Only Fools And Horses, Theatre Royal Haymarket) will play Wiggie, Hadrian Delacey (Jerry Springer The Opera, National Theatre & West End, for which he won the 2004 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical) will play Archie, Fia Houston-Hamilton (The Wolf Of Wall Street, Immersive London Production) will play Leah, Hazel Monaghan (The Elves and the Shoemaker, Nottingham Playhouse) will play Sally, John O’Mahony (As You Like It, Shakespeare's Globe) will play Eddy, Louisa Beadel (Fame, West End & UK Tour) will play Morwenna, Becky Hurst (making her theatre debut) will play Grace and James William-Pattison (Once, UK Tour) will play Owen, with musicians Hazel Askew, Mel Biggs, and Alfie Gidley, with the band being led by Musical Director James Findlay, and ensemble cast Hazel Simmons, Janet Mooney, Dominic Brewer and Martin Carroll.
They will be joining the previously announced James Gaddas (Casualty, Bad Girls) as Jim, Parisa Shahmir (The Last Ship, Mamma Mia!) as Alwyn, Robert Duncan (Drop the Dead Donkey, Casualty) as Jago, Susan Penhaligon (Emmerdale, A Fine Romance) as Maggie and Anton Stephans (finalist in The X Factor, Starlight Express) as Leadville.
Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical is based on the true story of the Cornish singing sensations, Fisherman’s Friends, and the hit 2019 film about their life. When a group of Cornish fishermen came together to sing the traditional working songs they’d sung for generations, they hoped to raise a few quid for charity. Nobody, least of all the fishermen, expected their story to end on the Pyramid stage of Glastonbury. Packed with sea shanties, Fisherman’s Friends is a feelgood voyage about friendship, community and music.
The production is directed by James Grieve and written by Amanda Whittington, with choreography by Matt Cole, musical direction by James Findlay, set and costume design by Lucy Osborne, musical supervision and arrangements by David White, sound by Dan Samson, lighting by Johanna Town and casting by Jim Arnold.
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