Full casting has been announced for Rufus Norris’ multi award-winning production of Kander and Ebb’s landmark musical Cabaret, which embarks on an extensive 2019 UK and Ireland tour, opening at Bromley’s Churchill Theatre from 28 August.
John Partridge, winner of Celebrity MasterChef in 2018, well known to TV audiences as EastEnders’ Christian Clarke, and one of West End theatre’s most prolific leading men (A Chorus Line, Chicago, and La Cage Aux Folles) leads this production of Cabaret as Emcee. In the role of Sally Bowles is Kara Lily Hayworth who recently won rave reviews across the country for her portrayal of Cilla Black in Cilla the Musical, after she was discovered by Bill Kenwright during the show’s nationwide TV auditions. As Fraulein Schneider we have singer and screen icon Anita Harris who first rose to fame as a singer in the 1960s, beginning a lifelong career as a performer and actress. She has appeared both on screen (Follow That Camel and Carry on Doctor) and on stage, most notably as Grizabella in the West End’s Cats.
Joining this talented line-up is Basienka Blake (Casualty) as Fraulein Kost, Charles Hagerty (The Bodyguard, West End) as Cliff Bradshaw, James Paterson (The Phantom Of The Opera, West End) as Herr Schultz and Nick Tizzard (Doc Martin) as Ernst Ludwig.
The ensemble comprises: Gemma Archer, Joseph Dockree, Francis Foreman, Sophie Hirst, Mary Hodgkinson, Sara Morley, Hannah Nicholas, Oliver Roll, Ben Rutter, Catherine Saunders and Tom Scanlon.
Directed by the National Theatre’s Artistic Director Rufus Norris and featuring the Olivier Award Winning Choreography by Javier De Frutos, the production has enjoyed two smash hit West End runs at The Lyric and The Savoy theatres.
DATES & VENUES
Bromley Churchill Theatre
Wed 28 – Sat 31 August
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Tues 03 – Sat 07 September
Nottingham Theatre Royal
Tues 10 – Sat 14 September
Crawley Hawth Theatre
Tues 17 – Sat 21 September
Chester Storyhouse
Tues 24 – Sat 28 September
Dublin Bord Gais Energy Theatre
Tues 01 – Sat 05 October
Belfast Grand Opera House
Tues 08 – Sat 12 October
Leicester Curve
Tues 15 – Sat 19 October
Shrewsbury Theatre Severn
Tuesday 22 – Sat 26 October
Hull New Theatre
Tues 29 October – Sat 02 November
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Tues 05 – Sat 09 November
Aberdeen His Majesty’s Theatre
Tues 12 – Sat 16 November
Malvern Festival Theatre
Tues 19 – Sat 23 November
Peterborough New Theatre
Tues 21 – Sat 25 January
Sunderland Empire
Tues 28 January – Sat 1 February
Oxford New Theatre
Tues 04 – Sat 08 February
Wimbledon New Theatre
Tues 18 – Sat 22 February
Manchester Palace Theatre
Tues 25 – Sat 29 February
Leeds Grand Theatre
Tues 03 – Sat 07 March
Canterbury Marlowe Theatre
Tues 10 – Sat 14 March
Sheffield Lyceum
Tues 17 – Sat 21 March
Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre
Tues 24 – Sat 28 March
Stoke Regent Theatre
Tues 31 March – Sat 04 April