Full cast announced for world premiere of Roald Dahl’s THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE

The Roald Dahl Story Company, Leeds Playhouse and Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre have announced full casting for the world premiere of their snap-tastic musical extravaganza, The Enormous Crocodile, which plays at Leeds Playhouse from 2 December 2023 - 6 January 2024.

Elliotte Williams-N'Dure (Ursula, Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch) will star as the hungry Crocodile searching for a delicious child to snap up for dinner, alongside Charis Alexandra (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, West End) as Trunky the Elephant, Lawrence Hodgson-Mullings (Dick Whittington, National Theatre) as Humpy Rumpy the Hippopotamus, Philippa Hogg (Peter Pan, National Theatre Productions) as the Roly Poly Bird, and Robyn Sinclair (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Watermill Ensemble) as Muggle Wump the Monkey.  

 Director Emily Lim said: “We're so excited to have assembled such an amazing team and cast to bring this joyful, hilarious story to life. We can't wait to get in a room together to start work on all the brilliant songs, scenes and dances – and, most importantly, to figure out exactly how the Enormous Crocodile is going to get sizzled up like a sausage.”     

 This wildly exciting musical based on Roald Dahl’s wickedly funny The Enormous Crocodile will bring instantly unforgettable music, world-class puppetry and enormous fun to audiences in Leeds this winter and at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in summer 2024.   

 This joyful, marvellously moreish story will be brought to life with unforgettable, genre-busting music by award-winning Sudanese-American recording artist Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab and a rib-tickling book and lyrics by screen and stage-writer Suhayla El-Bushra, with additional music, lyrics, orchestrations, arrangements and music supervision by Tom Brady.

 Developed and directed by award-winning director Emily Lim, the production will feature a menagerie of mischievous puppets by co-director and puppetry designer Toby Olié, set and costume design by Tony and Olivier Award nominated Fly Davis, choreography by Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu, lighting by Jessica Hung Han Yun, sound by Tom Gibbons, musical direction by Màth Roberts, and casting by Bryony Jarvis-Taylor.

Co-Director and Puppetry Designer Toby Olié said: “The cast of twenty puppets has taken myself and a team of ten puppet-makers over three months to create, so I can't wait to get started with this group of incredible performers to bring such beloved characters to life on stage for the very first time.”     

For more information, please click here.