Casting for South Pacific

As previously mentioned, ex-EastEnders actress Samantha Womack will play Nellie Forbush and Tony winner Paulo Szot is set to reprise his Lincoln Center role as Emile de Becque in the tour of South Pacific which opens at the Barbican Centre on 15th August.

It was previously tipped that Glee's Matthew Morrison would reprise his role of Lt Joe Cable which he also played in the Lincoln Center production, but his filming, recording and concert tour commitments means have made it impossible.   

Daniel Koek (pictured) who is playing Anatoly the Russian in Craig Revel Horwood's tour of Chess the musical  is playing Lt Cable and the brilliant Loretta Ables Sayre will come to London reprise Bloody Mary.