Principal cast announced for FISHERMAN'S FRIENDS: THE MUSICAL

Photo credit: Oliver Rosser - Feast Creative

Principal casting and additional tour venues have been announced for Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical, which sets sail from 1 September at Theatre Royal Plymouth.

James Gaddas (Casualty, Bad Girls) will play Jim, with Parisa Shahmir (MAMMA MIA!, UK tour) as his daughter Alwyn, Robert Duncan (Casualty, Where the Heart Is) as Jago, Susan Penhaligon (Emmerdale, A Fine Romance) as his wife Maggie, and Anton Stephans (Porgy and Bess, UK tour; Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express, UK Tour) as Leadville.

Further casting is to be announced.

Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical is based on the true story of the Cornish singing sensations, Fisherman’s Friends, and the hit 2019 film about their life.  When a group of Cornish fishermen came together to sing the traditional working songs they’d sung for generations, they hoped to raise a few quid for charity.  Nobody, least of all the fishermen, expected their story to end on the Pyramid stage of Glastonbury.  Packed with sea shanties, Fisherman’s Friends is a feelgood voyage about friendship, community and music.

The production is directed by James Grieve and written by Amanda Whittington, with choreography by Matt Cole, musical direction by James Findlay, set and costume design by Lucy Osborne, musical supervision and arrangements by David White, sound by Dan Samson, lighting by Johanna Town and casting by Jim Arnold.  

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