Full casting and additional tour venues, including Sadler’s Wells, have been announced for The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the publication of C.S. Lewis novel, which opens at Leeds Playhouse on 18 November.

Award-winning Katy Stephens (Histories Cycle, RSC) will play The White Witch and Mrs Macready, who said: “The role of Her Imperial Majesty Jadis, Queen of Narnia in this thrilling stage version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is something I can’t wait to play. The thought of casting a spell over Narnia to make it always winter but never Christmas is simply tantalising. Let the magic begin!’

Playing the Pevensie children will be Joanna Adaran as Susan, Jesse Dunbar as Peter, Kudzai Mangombe as Lucy, and Bunmi Osadolor as Edmund.

The cast is completed by Archie Combe as Mr Pope and Foxtrot, Andrew Davison as Mr Wilson Schroedinger, Jack Rabbit, Aslan Puppeteer and Head Cruel, Anya de Villiers as Mrs Beaver, Molly Francis as Mrs Pevensie, Aslan Puppeteer and Robin, Ruby Greenwood (Onstage Swing) Ffion Haf as Miss Gumley-Warmley and Phoenix, Rhiannon Hopkins as Miss Chutney and Blue Badger, Joe Keenan as Mr Granville, Spirit of the Moon and Red Squirrel, Oliver Magor (Onstage Swing), JB Maya (Onstage Swing), Luca Moscardini (Onstage Swing), Alfie Richards as Mr Tumnus, White Mouse and Badger, Kraig Thornber as The Professor, Father Xmas and Wise Owl, Ed Thorpe as Mr Beaver, Rhodri Watkins as Mr Brinkworth, March Hare and Aslan Puppeteer, and Shane Anthony Whiteley as Maugrim, Satyr and White Stag, and Stanton Wright as Aslan.

Producer Chris Harper said: ‘We can’t wait for children and adults alike to join us on this spectacular new journey through the wardrobe, and are proud to be marking the 75th anniversary of the publication of CS Lewis’ novel with this tour.’

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is directed by Michael Fentiman, based on the original production by Sally Cookson, with set and costume design by Tom Paris, composition by Barnaby Race and Benji Bower, choreography by Shannelle ‘Tali’ Fergus, lighting by Jack Knowles, sound by Tom Marshall, original puppetry direction by Toby Olié, original puppetry design by Max Humphries, aerial director by Gwen Hales, illusions by Chris Fisher, musical direction by Ben Goddard, and casting by Will Burton CDG for Grindrod Burton Casting.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will play in Leeds through Christmas 2024, and in 2025 is scheduled to visit Leicester, Cardiff, Liverpool, Newcastle, Brighton, Woking, Torquay, High Wycombe, Southend-on-Sea, York, Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness, Norwich, Canterbury, Milton Keynes, Blackpool, Llandudno, Eastbourne, Bristol, Bradford, London, Hull, Aylesbury, Wolverhampton, Nottingham, Sunderland, Southampton, Plymouth, and Salford.

Further venues and dates will be confirmed.

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