Full casting has been announced for our upcoming Made at Curve co-production of Muriel’s Wedding the Musical, which plays at Curve Leicester from 10 April-10 May.

Joining the previously announced Megan Ellis as Muriel Heslop and Annabel Marlow as Rhonda Epinstall in this UK premiere are Darren Day (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, West End) as Muriel's father Bill Heslop, Laura Medforth (Hello, Dolly!, London Palladium) as Muriel's mother Betty Heslop, Jacob Warner (Muriel’s Wedding, Australian tour) as Muriel’s brother Perry Heslop, Joseph Peacock (Becoming Nancy, Birmingham Rep) as Malcolm Heslop, and Lena Pattie Jones (Fangirls, Lyric Hammersmith) as Muriel’s sister Joanie Heslop.

Too hot to hang with Muriel, Porpoise Spit’s girl gang will be led by Helen Hill (Pretty Woman the Musical, West End) as Tania, Lillie-Pearl Wildman (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, West End) as Cheryl, Jasmine Beel (Bonnie & Clyde, UK & Ireland tour) as Nicole, and Daisy Twells (Heathers, West End/UK tour) as Janine.

Ethan Pascal Peters (Cable Street, Southwark Playhouse) will play Brice, with Stephen Madsen (Muriel’s Wedding, Australia) as Alexander Schkuratov, Chris Bennett (Only Fools and Horses, West End) as Bill Heslop’s business partner Ken, Bronte Alice-Tadman (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare North Playhouse) as Deidre and Frida, Jasmine Hackett (Toys the Musical, Pump House, Watford) as Agnetha, Aaron Tsindos (Muriel’s Wedding, Australia) as Benny, and Jamie Doncaster (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, West End) as Björn.

Completing the cast are Edward Turner (Aladdin, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham), Carlo Boumouglbay (Miss Saigon, Australia & Asia tour), Andrew Berlin (Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812, Donmar Warehouse), Sophie Linder-Lee (Wicked, West End), Charlotte O’Rourke (Cruel Intentions, The Other Palace), Lizzie Nance (Matilda the Musical, International tour), Serina Mathew (Here & Now, The Alexandra Birmingham), Will Luckett (Wicked, UK and Ireland tour), and Jamil Abbasi (The Great British Bake Off Musical, West End).

Based on the international cult classic 1994 motion picture Muriel’s Wedding (written and directed by PJ Hogan, the Made at Curve and Global Creatures co-production of Muriel’s Wedding the Musical is directed by Simon Phillips.

Book writer PJ Hogan has updated his own screenplay for the stage, and original music for Muriel’s Wedding the Musical® is written by award-winning multi-platinum selling artists Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall. The musical includes additional songs by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson, originally written for ABBA.

The production features choreography by Andrew Hallsworth, music supervision, orchestrations, arrangements and additional music by Isaac Hayward, set design by Matthew Kinley, costumes by Gabriela Tylesova, video design and creation by Andrzej Goulding, lighting by Natasha Chivers, sound by Adam Fisher, and casting by Stuart Burt CDG CDA.

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