Here and Now full cast announcement
The musical will premiere at Birmingham`s Alexandra Theatre on 9th November before the West End run
Welcome to seaside superstore Better Best Bargains, where it's Friday night, the vibe is right, and everyone's dancing in the aisles. But when Caz discovers the shelves are stocked with lies and betrayal, the summer of love she and her friends dreamed of suddenly feels like a tragedy. Have they all lost their chance of a 'happy ever after'? With Caz, Vel, Neeta and Robbie around, who knows what love has in store...
Steps (Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Ian 'H' Watkins, Lee Latchford-Evans and Lisa Scott-Lee) are the UK's most successful mixed-sex pop group of all time, with 14 top five singles, 4 number-one albums, 22 million record sales, 500 million streams & 11 sold-out national arena tours under their belts.
Leading the cast are Rebecca Lock (Elf, School of Rock, Heathers) as Caz McGovern, Hiba Elchikhe (The Time Traveller’s Wife, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Aladdin) as Neeta Thakkar, Sharlene Hector (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, A Strange Loop, Dreamgirls) as Vel King and Blake Patrick Anderson (Rent, Hair, Be More Chill) as Robbie Davies.joined by Finty Williams (The Baker’s Wife, Menier Chocolate Factory, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, National Theatre Tour), Dan Partridge (Danny in Grease, West End and Charlie Price in the upcoming UK & Ireland tour of Kinky Boots), Helen Colby (Sinatra The Musical, Birmingham Rep, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, West End), Gary Milner (Kiss Me Kate, Barbican, Peron in Evita, Curve), River Medway (fan favourite on the third season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, BBC) Edward Baker Duly (The King and I, Broadway & West End, The Third Man, Menier Chocolate Factory) and John Stacey (Kiss Me Kate, Barbican), My Fair Lady, The Coliseum), will join the cast as Patricia, Ben, Tracey, Gareth, Jem, Max and Lesley respectively.
The cast is completed by Olivia Bella (professional debut), Jabari Braham (Hello Dolly, London Palladium), Michael Carolan (Wolf & Shrek in Shrek, UK Tour), Alex Christian (Disney’s Newsies, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre), Kade Ferraiolo (I Should Be So Lucky, UK Tour), Jemma Geanaus (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Palace Theatre London), Charlie-Jay Johnson (Joanne in Company, Bird College), Serina Mathew (The Time Traveller’s Wife, West End), Jago Mottart (Jesus Christ Superstar, UK Tour), Markus Sodergren (Heathers – the Musical, UK & Ireland Tour) and Genevieve Taylor (Wicked, Apollo Victoria Theatre).
The book is by Shaun Kitchener, Rachel Kavanaugh directs the show, the choreography is by Matt Cole, musical supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Matt Spencer-Smith, set design by Tom Rogers, costume design by Gabriella Slade, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Adam Fisher, wigs, hair and makeup design by Sam Cox, casting by Will Burton for Grindrod Burton Casting, associate direction by Matt Hassall, associate choreography by Jane McMurtrie with associate sound design by Ollie Durrant, producer Fascination Management.
