Heroic new casting announced for THE LIGHTNING THIEF at The Other Palace
Lightning strikes twice at The Other Palace with The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical set to welcome a new cast as the musical continues to enthral mortals and demigods alike.
Morgan Gregory (Back To The Future), who has already made waves as understudy Percy Jackson since the musical opened in London, will now star in the title role from 5 March.
He is joined by fellow returning cast members Paisley Billings (SIX) as Sally Jackson/Medusa, with Philip Catchpole (The Book of Mormon), and Alex Waxman (who made her stage debut with The Lightning Thief last year) continuing in the ensemble.
Joining the production for performances from 5 March are Lizzy-Rose Esin-Kelly (Frozen The Musical) as Annabeth, Angus Benstead (Blippi) as Grover, Jazz Evans (Spamalot) as Mr Brunner/Poseidon/Hades, Joshua Lay (A Chorus Line) as Mr D, Kenedy Small (SIX) as Clarisse, Xander Pang (Dear Evan Hansen South East Asian premiere) as Luke/Ares, with Owen Lloyd (Girl from the North Country) and Rachel Moran (Just For One Day) joining the ensemble.
This dynamic musical adaptation of Rick Riordan’s bestselling The Lightning Thief has a book by Joe Tracz, music and lyrics by Rob Rokicki, and is directed and choreographed by Lizzi Gee, with set and costume design by Ryan Dawson Laight, lighting by Charlie Morgan Jones, sound by Dominic Bilkey, video design by Duncan McLean, illusions by Richard Pinner, puppet direction by Laura Cubitt, musical supervision by Jeremy Wootton, musical direction by Ben McQuigg, and orchestrations by Wiley DeWeese and Rob Rokick.
