The Mill at Sonning announces casting for HIGH SOCIETY
Celebrating the news that their recent production of Gypsy was judged Best Musical Production across the UK in the 2023 UK Theatre Awards, The Mill at Sonning announces the cast for their next musical, High Society, which plays at the venue from 29 November 2023 - 20 January 2024.
Directed by Joseph Pitcher, the cast includes Matt Blaker (The Phantom of the Opera, West End) as Dexter Haven, Matthew Jeans (White Christmas) as Mike Connor, Katlo (professional debut) as Dinah Lord, Kurt Kansley (Pretty Woman, West End) as Uncle Willie, Victoria Serra (Titanic the Musical) as Tracy Lord, and Laura Tyrer (Gypsy, The Mill at Sonning) as Liz Imbrie, with Tosca Fischer, Samuel How, Heather Jackson, Bethany Rose Lythgoe, Joe Press, Will Richardson, Callum Train, Russell Wilcox.
You’re invited to the wedding of the year, and what a swell party it’s going to be!
Long Island socialite Tracy Lord is planning her lavish High Society nuptials with 700 guests and oceans of champagne. But who exactly will be the groom? Her fiancé – the self-made but boring George? Or her glamorous and dangerous ex-husband Dexter who turns up on the scene determined to win her back. Or maybe news reporter Mike Connor, who has been sent to cover the wedding for his tabloid paper and who falls head over heels in love with the captivating Miss Lord. Come and enjoy this swell party and find out which suitor she chooses.
The production features set design by Jason Denvir, costumes by Natalie Titchener, choreography by Jaye Elster, co-lighting design by Nic Farman and Hector Murray, musical arrangements and supervision by Jerome van den Berghe, sound by Chris Whybrow, musical direction by Tom Noyes, and casting by Pearson Casting CDG.
Cole Porter’s classic feel-good musical is based on The Philadelphia Story and the 1956 film starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Full of songs you know from’ True Love’ to ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’, it is a Christmas extravaganza not to be missed.
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