Showing posts with label Bonnie & Clyde. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bonnie & Clyde. Show all posts

Monday, January 30

Cast announced for Bonnie & Clyde at the Garrick

As previously announced, West End stars Frances Mayli McCann and Jordan Luke Gage will reunite as the titular pair in the smash-hit BONNIE & CLYDE THE MUSICAL in the West End running at The Garrick Theatre from Saturday 4th March - 20th May 2023 for a strictly limited 11-week season following the phenomenal response to the production during its limited run at The Arts Theatre earlier this year. Georgie Maguire eill br reprising his role as ‘Buck Barrow’ and West End star Jodie Steele as Blanche Barrow, with Olivier Award nominated Cleve September returning as ‘Ted’ and Dom Hartley-Harris as Preacher.

The cast is completed by Robbie Scotcher, Alexander Evans, Kit Esuruoso, Barney Wilkinson, Lauren Jones, Julie Yammanee, Pippa Winslow, Chloe Saunders, Charlie McCullagh, Sydnie Hocknell and Michael Cortez.

Monday, November 7

Jordan Luke Gage and Frances Mayli McCann return to Bonnie & Clyde musical at Garrick Theatre in March

Jordan Luke Gage and Frances Mayli McCann are to to return to BONNIE & CLYDE THE MUSICAL in the  West End running at The Garrick Theatre from Saturday 4th March - 20th May 2023 for a strictly limited 11-week season following the phenomenal response to the production during its limited run at The Arts Theatre earlier this year.      
 
Frances Mayli McCann is an Olivier Award nominated actress, who originated the role of ‘Kylah’ in “Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour”. Her other West End credits include ‘Heather McNamara’ in “Heathers” at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, ‘The Mistress’ in “Evita” at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and ‘Eponine’ in the UK and International Tour of “Les Misérables”. On television Frances can be seen in BBC/ABC’s Silverpoint.     
 
Jordan Luke Gage is best known for originating the role of ‘Romeo’ in the Olivier Award winning “&Juliet” at The Shaftesbury Theatre. His other West End credits include ‘Strat’ in “Bat Out Of Hell” at The Dominion Theatre and ‘JD’ in “Heathers” at Theatre Royal Haymarket. His television credits include playing ‘Adrian Barber’ in ITV’s Cilla, and ‘Luc’ in Cucumber on Channel 4.
 
At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two small-town nobodies in West Texas to America's most renowned folk heroes and the Texas law enforcement's worst nightmares. Fearless, shameless, and alluring, Bonnie & Clyde is the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire country. The show features the songs “Raise A Little Hell”, “This World Will Remember Me” and “Made In America”.

When Bonnie and Clyde meet, their mutual cravings for excitement and fame, combined with a desperate need to lift themselves out of the endless banality and poverty of West Dallas, set them on a mission to chase their dreams. Their bold and reckless behaviour turns the young lovers' thrilling adventure into a downward spiral, putting themselves and their loved ones in trouble with the law. Forced to stay on the run, the lovers resort to robbery and murder to survive. As the infamous duo's fame grows bigger, their inevitable end draws nearer.

BONNIE & CLYDE THE MUSICAL has a book by Ivan Menchell (Blended [movie], The Cemetery Club, Death Note The Musical), a Tony Award nominated score by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll and Hyde, The Scarlett Pimpernel), lyrics by Don Black (Tell Me On a Sunday, Sunset Boulevard, Mrs Henderson Presents), arrangements and orchestrations by John McDaniel (Patti Lupone: Live, Annie Get Your Gun). The production will be directed by Nick Winston (Director of the feature film Tomorrow Morning, MAME, The Royal Variety Performance) with Set and Costume Design by Philip Witcomb (Atlantis, Stones In His Pockets, MAME), Musical Supervision from Katy Richardson (SIX, Rent, Jersey Boys), Lighting Design by Zoe Spurr (Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World, Hamlet at Theatre Royal Windsor), Sound Design by Tom Marshall (The Drifter’s Girl, Nativity The Musical, Curtains), Video Design by Nina Dunn (The Shark Is Broken, Lazuli Sky), Casting Director Jim Arnold CDG (Wicked, The Prince of Egypt).

DLAP Group is an Olivier-Award winning production company with West End and UK Touring works including “Bonnie and Clyde in Concert”, “Rock of Ages,” “Company,” “Fame,” “Curtains,” and “The Wedding Singer.”

Friday, June 16

Casting for Bonnie & Clyde Musical


Casting has just been announced for Ivan Menchell, Don Black and Frank Wildhorn's musical Bonnie & Clyde which receives a work in progress production at The Other Palace from 26th June to 1st July

Jamie Muscato (Bend It Like Beckham) will play Clyde Barrow  alongside Evelyn Hoskins (Carrie) as Bonnie Parker. They will be joined by  Rebecca Trehearn (Show Boat) as Blanche, , Ako Mitchell (Ragtime)(Preacher/Ensemble) and Amy Booth-Steel (A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer) (Clyde's Mother / Governor/ Ensemble)

Completing the cast is Sam Ferriday (Ted), Joshua Dever  (Buck), Nicolas Colicos (Clyde's Father/ Ensemble), Rebecca Lock (Emma Parker / Ensemble), Graham Bickley (Sheriff / Ensemble), Stanley Jarvis (Young Clyde) and  Lucy Simmonds (Young Bonnie)

When Bonnie and Clyde meet, their mutual cravings for excitement and fame immediately set them on a mission to chase their dreams. Their bold and reckless behaviour turns the young lovers' thrilling adventure into a downward spiral, with the lovers resorting to robbery and murder to survive. As the infamous duo's fame grows bigger, their inevitable end draws nearer.  The 1967 American biographical crime film starred Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in the title roles.

The production will be directed by Will Blum with musical direction from Bob Broad

Tickets for Bonnie & Clyde