Updated 7th April: the cast has just been announced for Carrie:
Evelyn Hoskins will star as Carrie White and
Kim Criswell will star as her mother Margaret.
Evelyn Hoskins played Thea in the original cast of Spring Awakening> at the Lyric Theatre and in the West End, with other theatre credits including
Christmas with the Stars (Royal Albert Hall),
Cool Rider(Lyric Theatre),
This is My Family (Sheffield Crucible) and
The Secret Garden (Birmingham Rep). Television credits include the reoccurring roles Lucy in
Misfits (E4) and Shona in
Casualty (BBC).
Kim Criswell is an Olivier Award-nominated actress whose career spans 4 decades and both sides of the Atlantic. In America, Kim featured in the original Broadway casts of
The First,
Nine,
Baby and
The Threepenny Opera, as well as playing Grizabella in the original LA cast of
Cats. In the UK, Kim’s many theatre credits include
Singin’ In The Rain in Concert (Royal Festival Hall),
Follies (London Palladium),
Company (Hackney Empire),
On The Town (Royal Festival Hall) and her Olivier-nominated performance in the title role in
Annie Get Your Gun (Prince of Wales Theatre).
The cast also features
Sarah McNicholas as Sue,
Greg Miller Burns as Tommy,
Gabriella Williams as Chris,
Dex Lee as Billy,
Jodie Jacobs as Miss Gardner,
David Habbin as Mr Stephens,
Molly McGuire as Norma,
Bobbie Little as Frieda,
Emily McGougan as Helen,
Patrick Sullivan as George,
Olly Dobson as Freddy and
Eddie Myles as Stokes.
Gary Lloyd (director and choreographer of hit show
Thriller Live! He is renowned for his
crossover from music to theatre, working as Creative Director on shows including
American Idol and
The X Factor. Other theatre credits
include
20th Century Boy at Coventry
Belgrade Theatre and the UK Tour of
Aspects Of Love ) is to direct a revised version of the musical Carrie which is based on the Stephen King horror novel about 17-year-old American schoolgirl Carrie White who is bullied by her peers at school and by her
frighteningly religious mother at home. She discovers she has
telekenetic powers and when a prank at her high school prom goes
horribly wrong, she wields her power to punish everyone who wronged her. (Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie famously played the leads in the original 1976 film version ).
The original musical version had a pre-Broadway try-out with the RSC in England, followed by a 1988 opening on Broadway (which closed after just 16 previews and 5 performances)
starring Linzi Hateley and Betty Buckley
as Carrie and her mother. It was subsequently re-vamped by  original composer Michael Gore, lyricist Dean
Pitchford and librettist Lawrence D Cohen for a slightly more successful
off-Broadway revival in 2012 with Molly Ranson in the title role..
This is the first time this version wil run on the London stage and it will be presented at the Southwark Playhouse from May 1st -30th for four weeks.
It marks the the return Producer Paul Taylor-Mills whose recent successes there include the sell-out season of
In The Heights and the critically acclaimed
Bat Boy: The Musical earlier this year. The team is holding open auditions for the part of Carrie.
Tickets for Carrie the Musical
