Full casting announced for the UK premiere of the uplifting Broadway musical George Takei’s ALLEGIANCE
The 16-strong cast of George Takei’s Allegiance has been revealed today, which runs at Charing Cross Theatre from 7 January-8 April 2023.
Starring alongside the previously announced legendary TV and film star George Takei and Broadway and TV star Telly Leung will be Aynrand Ferrer, who has just played the alternate Kim in ‘Miss Saigon’ in Vienna. All three are making their London stage debuts.
The multi-national cast also features Iroy Abesamis (South Pacific, Chichester Festival Theatre & UK tour), Mark Anderson (Bedknobs and Broomsticks, UK tour), Masashi Fujimoto (The King and I), Megan Gardiner (Les Miserables, UK tour), Raiko Gohara (professional stage debut), Eu Jin Hwang (Anything Goes, Barbican & UK tour), Hana Ichijo (Little Women, Park Theatre), Misa Koide (The King and I, West End), Patrick Munday (But I’m a Cheerleader, Turbine Theatre), Rachel Jayne Picar (A Chorus Line, Curve), Sario Solomon (The Band, West End & UK tour), Joy Tan (The Crucible, National Theatre), and Iverson Yabut (professional stage debut).
This newly re-conceived UK production has a book by Marc Acito, Jay Kuo and Lorenzo Thione, with music and lyrics by Jay Kuo, direction and choreography by Tara Overfield Wilkinson, musical supervision and orchestrations by Andrew Hilton and Charlie Ingles, set and costume design by Mayou Trikerioti, lighting by Nic Farman, sound by Chris Whybrow, casting by Sarah Leung CDG, and musical direction by Amy Hsu.
George Takei’s Allegiance tells the moving story of Sam Kimura (Takei) as he is transported back nearly six decades to when his younger self (Leung) and his sister Kei (Ferrer) fought to stay connected to their heritage, their family and themselves after Japanese Americans were wrongfully imprisoned during World War II. A powerful story told with great resonance and intimacy, George Takei’s Allegiance explores the ties that bind us, the struggle to persevere and the overwhelming power of forgiveness and, most especially, love.
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