Full cast revealed for Flowers for Mrs Harris at Riverside Studios
The musical will play a limited 9-week run at the Riverside Studios from 30 September to 26 November.
Flowers for Mrs Harris is based on the novel by Paul Gallico, a musical by Richard Taylor and Rachel Wagstaff, a book by Rachel Wagstaff, and music and lyrics by Richard Taylor. It will be directed by Bronagh Lagan, starring Jenna Russell as Mrs Harris, with new orchestrations by Jason Carr, and with Jonathan Gill as Musical Director. The casting is by Jane Deitch.
Joining Jenna Russel will be Hal Fower as Albert Harris/Marquis de Chassagne, Olivier Award-nominee Kelly Price as Lady Dant/Madame Colbert, Annie Wensak as Violet/French Char Lady, Charlotte Kennedy as Pamela/Natasha, Nathanael Campbell as Bob/Andre, David McKechnie as Major/Monsieur Armand and Pippa Winslow as Countess/Sybill Sullivan.
The cast will be completed by Issy Khogali, Richard Morse, Harry Singh and Abigail Williams.
The show is about Ada Harris, whose day-to-day life is spent cleaning houses. But one day when she is working for a wealthy client in Belgravia, she happens upon a Dior dress that takes her breath away.
In that magical moment, Ada has an epiphany and sets off on a journey that will change her life... From the cobbled streets of post-war London to the magical avenues of Paris and beyond, Ada transforms the lives of everyone she meets along the way, but can she let go of her past and finally let her own life blossom?