It has been announced that Nardia Ruth will join the West End production of The Prince of Egypt as Nefertari from Friday 17 September in her professional debut.

The production is set to resume performances tomorrow (12 August 2021) following its recent suspension due to UK Government Track and Trace legislation.

The Prince of Egypt has been one of the top two best-selling shows in this year’s Kids Week event, with an incredible 8500+ tickets sold to date. Further tickets are available at applicable performances until Tuesday 31 August. A child (aged 17 and under) goes free when accompanied by a full price paying adult. For tickets, please click here.

Nardia Ruth is a 2021 graduate of London’s Royal Academy of Music and a Disney Theatrical Productions Scholar and an Ian Fleming Musical Theatre Award recipient. The role of Nefertari in The Prince of Egypt will mark Nardia’s professional and West End debut.

The cast of 46 also includes Luke Brady (Moses), Liam Tamne (Ramses), Christine Allado (Tzipporah), Alexia Khadime (Miriam), Joe Dixon (Seti), Debbie Kurup (Tuya), Clive Rowe* (Jethro), Mercedesz Csampai (Yocheved), Adam Pearce (Hotep), Tanisha Spring** (Nefertari), Silas Wyatt-Barke (Aaron), Simbi Akande, Casey Al-Shaqsy, Joe Atkinson, Danny Becker, Felipe Bejarano, Pàje Campbell, Catherine Cornwall, Adam Filipe, Soophia Foroughi, Natalie Green, Jack Harrison-Cooper, Kalene Jeans, Christian Knight, Jessica Lee, Oliver Lidert, Daniel Luiz, Jay Marsh, Scott Maurice, Carly Miles, Alice Readie, Samuel Sarpong-Broni, Christopher Short, Molly Smith, Ricardo Walker, Niko Wirachman and Sasha Woodward together with young performers Cian Eagle-Service, Maiya Eastmond, Jersey Blu Georgia, Taylor Jenkins, Mia Lakha, George Menezes Cutts, Iman Pabani and Vishal Soni.  *Clive Rowe appears until 16 October 2021 / **Tanisha Spring plays Nefertari until 9 September.

The Prince of Egypt has music and lyrics by the multi award-winning Stephen Schwartz, a book by Philip LaZebnik and features 10 new songs written by Stephen Schwartz, together with five of his beloved songs from the DreamWorks Animation film (‘When You Believe’, ‘Deliver Us’, ‘All I Ever Wanted’, ‘Through Heaven’s Eyes’ and ‘The Plagues’).

The musical is directed by Scott Schwartz, with choreography by Sean Cheesman, set design by Kevin Depinet, costumes by Ann Hould-Ward, lighting by Mike Billings, sound by Gareth Owen; projection by Jon Driscoll; illusions by Chris Fisher, orchestrations by August Eriksmoen, musical supervision and arrangements by Dominick Amendum, and musical direction by Dave Rose.

The production is currently booking until Saturday 8 January 2022, with tickets available here.