TREASON celebrates 1 million streams as they crown their King and leading ladies
Initial casting has been announced for Treason the Musical, which will be visiting Edinburgh, Sheffield, London and Dartford from 25 October.
The much-anticipated pivotal role of Martha Percy will be played by Nicole Raquel Dennis (Dreamgirls, UK tour; Dear Evan Hansen, West End), with the omnipotent yet paranoid King James I of England to be played by King of the Strictly dance floor Joe McFadden (Holby City, BBC; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, UK tour), and Emilie Louise Israel (Hamilton, West End; Once on This Island, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) will star as the woman commonly thought to have kept Catholicism alive, Anne Vaux, a role she reprises from the WhatsOnStage award nominated Theatre Royal Drury Lane Treason concerts last year.
Further casting will be announced in due course.
Since the release of the original EP back in 2020, Treason’s songs have set the world on fire, now being streamed a staggering 1 million times by over 100,000 plotters across 96 countries. Songs, including fan favourites ‘Take Things Into Our Own Hands’ and ‘No Happy Ending’ have featured on The Original EP (2020), The Acoustic Fables (2021) and Lighting the Fuse: Sparks from Treason in Concert (2023).
Treason the Musical is a historic tale of division, religious persecution, and brutality, ending in an ambitious yet fateful plot to bring down both the monarchy and the government.
Set to blow you away with stunning original folk and pop songs, this one-of-a-kind show tells one of the most intriguing tales in Britain’s history as it’s never been seen before.
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