Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett with book and lyrics by
Marsha Norman and music by Lucy Simon, this concert production will be
directed by Nick Winston (Bonnie & Clyde, Rock of Ages, Beauty and
the Beast) with music direction by Adam Hoskins (Doctor Zhivago, Camelot
in Concert, Songs For A New World). With an ensemble cast led by
Mark Feehily (Westlife), Hadley Fraser (The Pirate Queen), Maiya
Quansah-Breed (Six), Alex Thomas-Smith (&Juliet), Emma Williams
(Half a Sixpence), the show also features performances by Darcy Jacobs
as Mary, Isaac Lancel-Watkinson as Colin, Michael Riseley as Captain
Albert Lennox, Linda John-Pierre as Mrs Medlock, Grace Mouat as Alice,
Aleyna Mohanraj as Ayah, Johndeep More as Fakir, Glain Rhys as Rose and
Howard Scott Walker as Ben Weatherstaff with narration by Lucy Drever.
Students from Trinity Laban Musical Theatre will be joining the cast as
the ensemble.
In a lonely manor house on the Yorkshire Moors, Archibald Craven (Hadley Fraser) is stifled by his manipulative brother (Mark Feehily) and yearns for his beautiful, late wife (Emma Williams), all the while becoming more isolated and remote from his crippled son (Isaac Lancel-Watkinson). But their quiet routine is turned upside down when young Mary Lennox (Darcy Jacobs) is sent to live with them following the death of her parents in India. She finds a secret walled garden hidden in the grounds and with the help of a few friends (Alex Thomas-Smith and Maiya Quansah-Breed) releases the magic and adventure locked inside it, changing their lives forever.
Lambert Jackson said: “After two cancelled shows due to the pandemic, we're thrilled to finally be bringing this beautiful concert musical to the London Palladium. The Secret Garden has a special place in many people’s hearts. Be it as a musical, a novel, or a film, the enduring story has a way of staying with you with the timely message to live life to the full.”
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