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Vicki Manser heads power cast of SUPERYOU A NEW MUSICAL at Curve, Leicester

Vicki Manser, a powerhouse performer who has made a superhero-sized impact on the UK theatre scene playing every single Queen in SIX the Musical, is now continuing her reign at Curve, Leicester as she takes on the lead role of Katie in the rock opera SuperYou this Autumn.

SuperYou is an uplifting musical, written and composed by Lourds Lane, that centres around the transformative journey of a comic book artist who discovers self-love and her own voice as her superheroine creations spring to life.

Joining Vicki, and reprising their roles from the sold-out West End concert last November, are writer and composer creator Lourds Lane as Rise, Aaliyah Monk as Young Katie and Lightning Girl, and Will Bozier as Mi Roar.

Completing the cast are Kingsley Morton (Heathers) as Ima-Mazing, Courtney Stapleton (Beauty and The Beast) as Blast, B. Noel Thomas (Sister Act) as Seven, Damien Walsh (Dreamboats And Petticoats) as Jay, Owen Lloyd (Clueless The Musical) as Matty, Belinda Lee Chapman (Nutcracker!) as Mom, with Lu Anthony (Trapped Between Stories) as SuperYouman and cover Seven, Elizabeth Chalmers (A New World) as cover Katie and Young Katie, Ellen Eckersley (Snow White) as Alternate Rise, Jacob Fisher (Singin’ in The Rain) as SuperYouman and cover Mi Roar, Jay and Matty, Bayley Hart (Greatest Days) as SuperYouman and cover Ima-Mazing and Blast and Catherine Saunders (Swan Lake) as SuperYouman and cover Mom.

SuperYou features an entirely female band consisting of Musical Director Jenny Deacon, Associate Musical Director Issie Osborne, Maria Rocha, Laura Williams and Ashley Young.

SuperYou is led by a seasoned West End and Broadway creative team with direction and choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter, music supervision by Wendy Bobbit Cavett, set design by Anna Louizos, costumes by Cynthia Nordstrom, sound by Tony Gayle, lighting by Ryan O’Gara, video design by Caite Hevner, and casting by Pearson Casting CDG.

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