Top Hat UK Tour casting has been announced
The tour launches on 18th September at Woking’s New Victoria Theatre
Step into a world of elegance, romance, and dazzling dance as the golden age of Hollywood is brought to life on stage. Based on the classic 1935 film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Top Hat features some of Irving Berlin’s greatest songs, including Cheek to Cheek, Let’s Face the Music and Dance, Top Hat, White Tie and Tails, and Puttin’ on the Ritz.
Phillip Attmore as Jerry Travers, Sally Ann Triplett as Madge Hardwick, James Clyde as Bates and Alex Gibson-Giorgio as Alberto Beddini reprising their roles from the Chichester Festival Theatre.
They are joined by Amara Okereke as Dale Tremont, James Hume as Horace Hardwick and Lindsay Atherton, Rhiannon Bacchus, Jeremy Batt, Freddie Clements, Pedro Donoso, Bethan Downing, Autumn Draper, Tilly Ducker, Maddie Harper, Stuart Hickey, Laura Hills, Connor Hughes, George Lyons, David McIntosh, Jordan Oliver, Emily Anne Potter, Joe Press, Molly Rees Howe, Kirsty Sparks and Toyan Thomas-Browne.
The show is directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall, music and lyrics by Berlin, book by Matthew White and Howard Jacques, set design by Peter McKintosh, costume design by Yvonne Milnes and Peter McKintosh, musical supervision by Gareth Valentine, musical direction by Stephen Ridley, orchestration and arrangement by Chris Walker, lighting by Tim Mitchell, sound by Paul Groothuis, casting by Natalie Gallacher CDG for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting, associate director and choreographer Carol Lee Meadows, associate director Cameron Wenn, associate set designer Ben Davies, associate lighting designer Imogen Clarke, associate sound designer Rich Pomeroy, associate musical director Luke Holman and resident director and choreographer Richard Pitt.
Tour stops and dates:
WOKING, New Victoria Theatre, Thu 18 Sep - Sat 20 Sep 2025
MILTON KEYNES, Milton Keynes Theatre, Tue 23 Sep - Sat 27 Sep 2025
EDINBURGH, Edinburgh Playhouse, Tue 30 Sep - Sat 04 Oct 2025
NOTTINGHAM, Theatre Royal, Tue 07 Oct - Sat 11 Oct 2025
WIMBLEDON, New Wimbledon Theatre, Tue 14 Oct - Sat 18 Oct 2025
CANTERBURY, Malthouse Theatre, Tue 21 Oct - Sat 25 Oct 2025
LIVERPOOL, Liverpool Empire, Tue 28 Oct - Sat 01 Nov 2025
CARDIFF, Wales Millennium Centre, Tue 11 Nov - Sat 15 Nov 2025
SUNDERLAND, Sunderland Empire, Tue 18 Nov - Sat 22 Nov 2025
MANCHESTER, Opera House, Tue 25 Nov - Sat 29 Nov 2025
SHEFFIELD, Lyceum Theatre, Tue 20 Jan - Sat 24 Jan 2026
DUBLIN, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Tue 27 Jan - Sat 31 Jan 2026
GLASGOW, King’s Theatre, Tue 03 Feb - Sat 07 Feb 2026
EASTBOURNE, Congress Theatre, Tue 17 Feb - Sat 21 Feb 2026
SOUTHEND, Cliffs Pavilion, Tue 24 Feb - Sat 28 Feb 2026
BIRMINGHAM, Hippodrome Theatre, Tue 03 Mar - Sat 07 Mar 2026
