SUNSHINE ON LEITH cast announced for King’s Theatre’s final show
Casting has been announced for Sunshine on Leith, the King’s Theatre’s final show before it closes for redevelopment, reopening in 2024.
The production runs at Pitlochry Festival Theatre from 20 May – 2 June and 24 June-1 October, and at the King’s Theatre Edinburgh from 7-18 June.
The cast is led by Keith Jack (Fame, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) and Connor Going (The Choir of Man), playing fellow service members and best friends Ally and Davy.
Starring alongside them are Scottish singer Alyson Orr (Cinderella, Pavilion Theatre Glasgow) as Jean; Rhiane Drummond (Dreamgirls and 9-5, West End; Heathers, UK Tour) as Yvonne; Blythe Jandoo (Wizard of Oz, Sheffield Crucible; films Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast, Walt Disney Pictures) as Liz; Meg Chaplin (Arrival, imPOSSIBLE; The Midnight Child, UK Tour); Keith Macpherson (Stan and Ollie, BBC Films; Donald and Benoit, Pitlochry Festival Theatre) as Rab; and Rachael McAllister (A Christmas Carol, Pitlochry Festival Theatre) as Hazel.
The cast is completed by Jessica Brydges (Peter Pan, Maltings Theatre); Richard Colvin (Sunshine on Leith, UK tour; A Christmas Carol, Bolton Octagon); Anna Fordham (The Borrowers, Watermill Theatre; The Athena, Sky); James Hudson (The Choir of Man, West End; Saturday Night Fever, West End/UK Tour); Edinburgh actor Kit Orton (Oliver, Watermill Theatre) and making his professional stage debut Richie Spencer.
With a soundtrack from world-renowned Leithers The Proclaimers, Sunshine on Leith is both a funny and moving story about Davy and Ally, two soldiers from Edinburgh returning to their hometown after serving in war-torn countries, who are questioning what ‘home’ really means. This is a fresh new production of an audience favourite which is sure to delight yet again.
Sunshine on Leith is directed by Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s Artistic Director Elizabeth Newman and the Theatre’s Associate Director Ben Occhipinti, with design by Adrian Rees, lighting by Kate Bonney, musical direction by Richard Reeday, sound by Calum Paterson, costumes by Julie Carlin, and movement by Lesley Hutchison.
Fiona Gibson, Chief Executive of Capital Theatres said: "We're beyond excited to be co-producing Sunshine on Leith with Pitlochry Festival Theatre as the King's final show before its transformational redevelopment and today we welcome our fantastic cast to visit the theatre and take a wee tour around Leith. For Capital Theatres, producing this show expands on our ambition to be at the heart Scotland's theatre community, developing Scottish talent – which this cast is brimming with. Sunshine on Leith will also be a fitting swan-song to The King's as we know it, before it re-emerges as a re-invigorated world-class theatre and thriving community hub."
For more information and to book tickets, please click here for Edinburgh or here for Pitlochry.
