Full cast announced for world premiere of new musical WILD ROSE
Full casting has been announced for the upcoming world première of brand-new musical Wild Rose, which begins its life in Scotland where the piece is set, opening at Lyceum Edinburgh in 2025 as part of the company’s Spring season.
Joining the previously announced Dawn Sievewright and Blythe Duff will be Andy Clark (Weans in the Woods, Carrigan’s Blantyre) as Alan Boyne/Train Traveller/Belmont, Amber Sylvia Edwards (The Good John Proctor, Jermyn Street Theatre) as Eileen, Liz Ewing (Local Hero, Chichester Festival Theatre) as Agnes/ Mary, Peter Hannah (Then, Now and Next, Southwark Playhouse) as Sam/Prison Officer/Gordon Laverty/Mark Hagen, Hannah Jarrett-Scott (Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of), Tron Theatre/UK tour/West End) as Kathy/Amanda, Janet Kumah (For All the Women That Thought They Were Mad, Hackney Showroom) as Susannah, Louise McCarthy (Hen Night Horror, Imagine Theatre) as Jackie, Emma Mullen (Mamma Mia!, West End/UK and international tour) as Nurse, Julia Murray (Pinocchio, Cumbernauld Theatre) as Ensemble, Mia Musakambeva (TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, West End) as BBC Receptionist, Star Penders (SCOTS, PPP, 54 Below: Off-Broadway) as Train Lady, and Ashley J Russell (The Waiting Room, Traverse Theatre) as Female Partygoer.
The role of Wynonna will be alternated by Lily Ferguson, Jessie-Lou Harvey and Ayla Sherriff; and the role of Lyle by Alfie Campbell, Calum Middleton, and Leo Stephen.
There is only one thing in Rose-Lynn’s life that has ever made sense: country music.
Fresh out of jail for past mistakes, and bursting with incredible raw talent, charisma and cheek, the free-spirited Rose-Lynn dreams of escaping Glasgow to make it as a singer in Nashville.
But her mother Marion has had a bellyful, insisting that she settle down, ditch the fantasy, and focus on raising her two young kids.
Rose-Lynn reluctantly agrees to take a cleaning job and finds an unlikely champion in her new boss Susannah, bringing her dream closer than ever. Now Rose-Lynn must decide if risking everything will really pave the road to Nashville.
Written by Nicole Taylor and directed by John Tiffany, the musical features choreography by Steven Hoggett & Vicki Manderson, with set design by Chloe Lamford, costumes by Katrina Lindsay, lighting by Jessica Hung Han Yun, sound by Tony Gayle, music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Sarah Travis & Davey Anderson, video design by Lewis den Hertog, and casting by Charlotte Sutton CDG and Kahleen Crawford Casting.