Further casting has been announced for the upcoming UK touring production of The King and I, which opens at Canterbury’s Marlowe Theatre on 30 January.

Directed by Bartlett Sher, Call the Midwife’s Helen George as Anna will be joined by Broadway star Darren Lee (Chicago) as the King of Siam, Dean John-Wilson (Aladdin) reprises his role as Lun Tha, Marienella Phillips (Henry V) as Tuptim, Cezarah Bonner returns as Lady Thiang., Kok-Hwa Lie (The King And I tour) as Kralahome, Caleb Lagayan (Les Misérables) as Prince Chulalongkorn, Sam Jenkins-Shaw (The Night Watch) as Captain Orton/Sir Edward Ramsay, and Maria Coyne (The Phantom of the Opera) will be the Alternate Anna.

Completing the cast are Chi Chan, Jeffrey Chekai, Emily Grace-Ling, Cher Nicolette Ho, Rachel Wang-Hei Lau, Daniel Len, Candy Ma, Rachel MacDougall, Amelia Kinu Muus, Yuki Ozeki, Kitt Pakapom, Prem Rai, Ria Tanaka, Hiromi Toyooka, Jasmine Triadi, Jensen Tudtud, Qinwen Xue and Jason Yang-Westland.

Anna’s son, Louis, will be played by Harry Altoft, Dexter Barry, Max Ivemey and Charlie McGuire, with the royal children played by Bethany Campbell, Coco Bridger, Cody Concha, Ethan Fung, Dulcie-Bella Hackley, Caitlin Lau, Khun Cho Lwin, Angelica Quynh An Nguyen, Tenzin Noryang, Sabri Leonel Puci, Niall Rina, Francis Benedict Sarte, Mia Snowdon, Yuen Zhai and Phoebe Zhao-Welsh.

After Canterbury, the production will visit Wimbledon, Liverpool, Birmingham, Llandudno, Wycombe, Bristol, Dartford, Bradford, Southend, Cardiff, Hull, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Stoke-on-Trent, Southampton, Belfast and Dublin. Further touring venues and casting will be revealed soon.

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