Lead casting announced for award-winning production of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR UK tour

Photo credit: Mark Senior

Initial casting has been announced for the UK tour of the Olivier Award-winning reimagined production of and Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s celebrated musical Jesus Christ Superstar.

Ian McIntosh (We Will Rock You, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical - Olivier nominated for ‘Best Supporting Actor in a Musical) will play Jesus, with Shem Omari James (Dreamgirls UK Tour) as Judas, and Hannah Richardson (Sting’s The Last Ship) plays Mary. Further casting is to be announced.

Jesus Christ Superstar embarks on a 2023/24 UK tour opening at Manchester’s Palace Theatre from 11 September. It will then visit Newcastle, Hull, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Liverpool, Milton Keynes, Plymouth, Wolverhampton, Bradford, Nottingham, Ipswich, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leicester, Stoke, Bristol, Crawley, Southampton, Norwich, Eastbourne, Birmingham, Oxford, Wimbledon, Woking, Sunderland, Canterbury, Sheffield, Llandudno, Torquay, Dartford, Cheltenham, Blackpool, Bromley, Inverness and Truro. Further tour dates are to be announced.

Featuring lyrics and music by Emmy, GRAMMY, Oscar and Tony winners Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, this production was reimagined by London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre where it originated and is helmed by director Timothy Sheader and choreographer Drew McOnie. Completing the creative team is design by Tom Scutt, lighting by Lee Curran, sound by Nick Lidster and music supervision by Tom Deering.

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