Initial casting and dates added to UK & Ireland tour of BONNIE & CLYDE THE MUSICAL
Fan-favourite and winner of Best New Musical (What’sOnStage Awards 2023), Bonnie & Clyde the Musical has announced initial casting for the production’s first ever UK & Ireland tour in 2024,
Leading lady and Coronation Street and Strictly Come Dancing star, Catherine Tyldesley will make her musical theatre debut as Blanche Barrow sharing the role with Hollyoaks and Holby City’s Daisy Wood-Davis at certain venues. They are joined by Eastenders actor Danny Hatchard in his musical theatre debut and Heathers and Newsies star, Alex James-Hatton who will share the role of Clyde Barrow across the tour.
After wowing audiences in the West End and International tour of Bat Out of Hell, Katie Tonkinson will play Bonnie Parker.
Sam Ferriday, who has appeared in hit musicals such as Heathers, The Cher Show and Jersey Boys, will play the role of Marvin “Buck” Barrow. R&B and Soul singer-songwriter Jaz Ellington, who has appeared on The Voice UK and Eurovision: You Decide, will play the role of The Preacher from 22 Feb - 27 July. Nate Landskroner of Waitress and Heathers will alternate the role of Clyde Barrow at midweek matinee performances - casting for alternate Bonnie Parker will be announced soon.
Additional venues have also been added to the major UK & Ireland tour including Manchester, Sunderland, Bath, Bradford, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Brighton, High Wycombe, Newcastle, Sheffield, Bromley and Northampton. Further casting will be announced soon.
Opening at Leicester Curve on 22 February 2024, the UK & Ireland tour will also play in Dartford, Wolverhampton, Norwich, Manchester, Cardiff, Southampton, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Woking, Nottingham, Southend, Belfast, Milton Keynes, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Cheltenham and Dublin.
The production features music by Tony® nominee Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Tony® and Oscar® winner Don Black, and a book by Emmy® Award nominee Ivan Menchell.
Bonnie & Clyde The Musical is directed and choreographed by Nick Winston, with set and costume design by Philip Witcomb, musical supervision from Katy Richardson, original arrangements and orchestrations by John McDaniel, additional arrangements & orchestrations by Jen Green, lghting by Zoe Spurr, sound by Tom Marshall, video by Nina Dunn, and casting by Jim Arnold CDG.
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