The full cast and creative team has been announced for the world premiere production of A Knight’s Tale the Musical, which plays at Manchester Opera House from 11 April-10 May.

Based on the Columbia Pictures film written and directed by Brian Helgeland, A Knight’s Tale has been adapted for the stage by Irish comedy writer and actor Brona C Titley, directed by the award-winning Rachel Kavanaugh and choreographed by Olivier Award-winning Matt Cole.

The principal cast includes Emily Benjamin (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, West End) as Kate, Max Bennett (Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Globe) as Chaucer, Andrew Coshan (A Face In The Crowd, Young Vic) as William, Emile Ruddock (Hamilton, West End) as Roland, Jay Saighal (The Great British Bake Off The Musical, West End) as Prince Edward, Eva Scott (Betty!: A Sort of Musical, Royal Exchange Theatre) as What, Giles Taylor (The Mirror and The Light, West End) as Father, Oliver Tompsett (& Juliet, West End) as Count Adhemar, Meesha Turner (Stranger Things: The First Shadow, West End) as Jocelyn.

Also in the cast are Robbie Alexander (Love Never Dies, Asia tour), Lauren Arney (Stranger Things: The First Shadow, West End), Arcangelo Ciulla (Newsies, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre), Georgia Clements, Zac Frieze (Disney’s Aladdin, UK Tour), Elliot Gooch (Sister Act, UK Tour), Gabriela Gregorian (Shrek The Musical, London & UK Tour), Benedict Hastings (101 Dalmatians, UK Tour), Danielle Huntley (To The Streets!, Birmingham Hippodrome), Thomas Inge (Grease, UK & Ireland Tour), Lisa Kerr (Women in Power, Nuffield Southampton Theatres), Zera Malvina-Aitken (Grease, UK & Ireland Tour), Mehran James McCullough (Doctor Zhivago in Concert, West End), Ryan North (commercial dancer for ITV), Ryan Pidgen (Guys and Dolls, Bridge Theatre), and Chioma Uma (Brief Encounter, UK Tour).

Cristian Buttaci, Cristiano Cuino, Nicholas Teixeira and Theo Wake will share the role of Young William.

A Knight’s Tale has it all. Expect a truly rockin’ soundtrack, packed with chart-topping hits! Join William and his band of merry misfits for a Knight like no other.

A Knight’s Tale the Musical has musical supervision, orchestrations, arrangements & additional music by Simon Hale, set design by Tom Rogers, costumes by Gabriella Slade, lighting by Howard Hudson, sound by Matt Peploe, musical direction by Alan Berry, casting by Lucy Casson, and children’s casting and children’s general management by Keston and Keston.

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