Full casting announced for UK premiere of NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812
The Donmar Warehouse has announced full casting for the UK premiere of Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812, marking new Artistic Director Tim Sheader’s directorial debut at the venue, running from 9 December 2024 - 8 February 2025.
The cast includes Declan Bennett (The Marilyn Conspiracy, Park Theatre) as Pierre, Chumisa Dornford-May (The Phantom of the Opera, West End) as Countess Natasha Rostova, Daniel Krikler (Fiddler on the Roof, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) as Fedya Dolokhov, Eugene McCoy (The 39 Steps, UK tour/West End) as Prince Bolkonsky/Andrey, Annette McLaughlin (Player Kings, West End/UK tour) as Marya Dimitriyevna, Maimuna Memon (Grapes of Wrath, National Theatre) as Sonya Rostova, Jamie Muscato (Moulin Rouge!, West End) as Anatole, Cedric Neal (Guys & Dolls, Bridge Theatre) as Balaga, Chloe Saracco (professional stage debut) as Mary, and Cat Simmons (Come From Away, Dublin/West End) as Helene Kuragina Bezukhova, with Andrew Berlin (Bonnie & Clyde, UK tour) , Kimberly Blake (Priscilla: The Party, West End), Ali Goldsmith (The Hunt, Almeida Theatre/St Ann’s Warehouse), Chihiro Kawasaki (The Burnt City, Punchdrunk), Nitai Levi (The Other Boleyn Girl, Chichester Festival Theatre) and Annie Majin (professional stage debut).
Arriving in the glittering opulent world of Moscow High Society, the impulsive and romantic Natasha Rostova awaits the return of her fiancé from the front lines. But when she falls under the spell of an intoxicating aristocrat, it is up to the unlikely hero, Pierre, to pick up the pieces of her shattered reputation.
Inspired by a scandalous slice of Tolstoy’s War and Peace, multi-award-winning Dave Malloy’s dazzling, genre-defying musical is a ravishing party from start to finish.
The production features choreography by Ellen Kane, musical supervision by Nicholas Skilbeck, set design by Leslie Travers, costumes by Evie Gurney, lighting by Howard Hudson, sound by Nick Lidster and Gareth Tucker for Autograph, musical direction by Sam Young, and casting by Pippa Ailion CDG for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting.
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