Burlesque The Musical has been announced full West End cast
The musical will run at Savoy Theatre from 10 July
Photo credit: Haris Nukem
Burlesque is based on the movie, directed by Steven Antin and starred Christina Aguilera alongside Cher, Stanley Tucci, Alan Cumming, Eric Dane, Dianna Agron and Kristen Bell.
The story is set in a burlesque club in Los Angeles. Ali, a small-town girl arrives in the city, where she becomes a dancer at a burlesque club owned by Tess. Burlesque was Christina Aguilera's first leading role in a movie, also Cher's first musical performance on screen.
The show will feature additional material from Kate Wetherhead. Music and lyrics will be looked after by Christina Aguilera, Sia, Darren Warren, Todrick Hall and Jess Folley.
Todrick Hall will star as Sean, joined by Jess Folley as Ali, George Maguire as Vince, Paul Jacob French as Jackson and Asha Parker Wallace as Nikki. Broadway star Orfeh will make her West End debut as Tess, played by Cher in the movie.
Further cast members are Michael Afemare (Ensemble), Callum Bell (Swing), Courtenay Brady (Ensemble), Paje Campbell (Ensemble), Sophie Cracknell (Daphne), and Hope Dawe (Alternate Ali Rose), Jake Dupree (Trey/Chardonnay), Marlee Fergusson (Ensemble), Angus Good (Swing), Charlotte Jaconelli (Queenie), Elly Jay (Swing), Idriss Kargbo (Alternate Sean), Billie Kay (Sophia and Second Tess), Deja Linton (Ensemble), Hollie-Ann Lowe (Spring), Callum Macdonald (Cover for Vince and Trey), and Alessia McDermott (Summer and Second Nikki), Jess Qualter (Ensemble), Liam Roodhouse (Ensemble), Janine Somcio (Ensemble), India Thornton (Swing) and Daniel Wijingaarden (Ensemble).
The show is directed and choreographed by Todrick Hall, Tom Curran is the orchestrator and arranger, Nate Bertone set designer, Marco Marco costume designer, Roberto Surace additional costume designs, Rory Beaton lighting designer, Nina Dunn video designer, Ben Harrison sound designer, Jessica Plews wigs and hair designer, Dominic Skinner make-up designer, Toby Higgins musical supervisor, Harry Blumenau casting director, Patrick Malony production manager, Aaron Renfree associate director/resident director and choreographer, Jenni Thomasson associate choreographer, Natalie Jackson costume supervisor, Zoe Gale associate wigs and hair supervisor, Nicola Crawford associate lighting designer, Chris Poon musical director, Caitlin Morgan associate musical director, Josh Griffiths assistant musical director, Andy Barnwell orchestral manager and David O’Mahoney script supervisor.
