Full casting announced for Rodgers and Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC
Photo credit: Johan Persson
Full casting has been announced for the Sadler’s Wells season and UK and Ireland tour of the critically acclaimed, landmark Chichester Festival Theatre production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific.
Lee Ross will play Luther Billis alongside the previously announced Julian Ovenden as Emile de Becque, Gina Beck as Ensign Nellie Forbush, Rob Houchen as Lieutenant Joseph Cable, Joanna Ampil as Bloody Mary and Sera Maehara as Liat. They are joined by David Birrell as Captain George Brackett, Stephen John Davis as Commander William Harbison, Antoine Murray-Straughan as Stewpot, Charlie Waddell as Professor and Olly Christopher as Sergeant Johnson.
Completing the cast are Iroy Abesamis, Feline Andersson, Charlotte Coggin, Annabel Edwards, Leslie Garcia Bowman, Sergio Giacomelli, Ellie Jane Grant, Josh Kiernan, Matthew Maddison, Rachel Jayne Picar, Kate Playdon, George Renshaw, Pierce Rogan, Charlotte Scott, Trezel Sergeant, Nikhil Singh Rai, James Wilkinson-Jones and Eleanor Wainwright.
The production opens at Manchester Opera House on 16 July ahead of a season at Sadler’s Wells, London from 27 July to 28 August, followed by a limited 10-week UK and Ireland tour visiting Dublin, Newcastle, Birmingham, Glasgow, Cardiff, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Leeds and Canterbury.
Chichester’s Artistic Director Daniel Evans, will once again direct Julian, Gina, Rob, Joanna and Sera as they reprise the roles they played to enormous critical and audience acclaim at Chichester Festival Theatre in the summer of 2021.
The production features set and costume design by Peter McKintosh, choreography and movement direction from Ann Yee, musical supervisor by Nigel Lilley, musical direction by Cat Beveridge, new orchestrations by David Cullen, with original Broadway orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett, lighting by Howard Harrison, sound by Paul Groothuis, video by Gillian Tan, and additional arrangements and Happy Talk orchestrations by Theo Jamieson.
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