The new West End company of Six has been revealed. Starring from 17 October 2023 will be Nikki Bentley as Catherine of Aragon, Thao Therese Nguyen as Anne Boleyn, Kayleigh McKnight as Jane Seymour, Reca Oakley as Anna of Cleves, Inez Budd as Katherine Howard and Janiq Charles as Catherine Parr. They will be joined by Gabriella Stylianouas Alternate Aragon/Seymour and Dance Captain, Naomi Alade as Alternate Boleyn/Cleves, Hannah Lowther as Alternate Howard/Parr, Meg Dixon-Brasil as Super Swing and Natalie Pilkington as UK Super Swing.
To Wong Foo The Musical (the Douglas Carter Beane / Lewis Flinn show based on the 1995 film) has announced casting for its Hope Mill Theatre run in Manchester. Peter Caulfield plays Vida Boheme, Gregory Haney plays Noxeema Jackson and Pablo Gómez Jones plays Chichi Rodríguez. Joining them are Carolyn Maitland (as Carol Ann), Duncan Burt (Sheriff Dollard), Alexander Kranz (Bobby Ray), Arthur Boan (Tommy Paul), Ayesha Maynard (Beulah June), Emily Ooi (Bobby Lee), Jermaine Woods (Willie Joe/John Jacob), Lee Harris (Ed Earl/Crazy Elijah), Natalie Day (Mary Lou), Scott Hunter (Billy Budd), Susie Fenwick (Clara Pearl), Samantha Bingley (Rose of Sharon), Theo Maddix (Rachel Tensions/Jimmy Jack), Jamil Abbasi and Megan Davies-Truin. To Wong Foo will begin performances 21 October 21 2023 for a limited run until 17 December.
Madagascar the Musical has unveiled its new touring cast Karim Zeroual will lead the cast of the tour as King Julien, alongside Laura Marie Benson (Kowalski), Francisco Gomes (Marty), Aidan Harkins (Swing), Joseph Hewlett (Alex), James Hilton (Ensemble), Gabriel Hinchliffe (Swing), Ella Howlett (Rico), Connor Keetley (Skipper/ Maurice), Brogan McFarlane (Private/ Mort), Joshua Oakes-Rogers (Melman) and Jarnéia Richard-Noel (Gloria). The 2023 tour kicks off in Plymouth on 20 October 2023, before heading to Cheltenham, Peterborough, Aylesbury and Sunderland. Following international visits to Monaco, Hong Kong and Singapore, the UK and Ireland tour will recommence in February 2024, playing Manchester, Bradford, Blackpool Swansea, Belfast, Birmingham, Grimsby, Liverpool, Dublin, Oxford, Edinburgh, Inverness, Wimbledon, Stoke-on-Trent, Sheffield, Wolverhampton, Dartford, Eastbourne, Barnstaple, Cardiff, Newcastle, Northampton, Nottingham, Southend, Glasgow and Aberdeen.
Matthew Wolfenden and Tom Chambers will star in the West End musical Elf from as Buddy and Walter Hobbs respectively, from 15 November 2023 until 6 January 2024. They join the previously announced Georgina Castle as Jovie, Rebecca Lock as Emily Hobbs, Nicholas Pound as Santa, Kim Ismay as Debs and Dermot Canavan as Store Manager. Ben Lancaster will alternate the role of Buddy at certain performances. The book of Elf is by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin, with songs by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin.
Darren Day will play Hugo/Loco Chanelle in the UK tour of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie from 21 November – 30 December 2023. Day will appear in the show at Blackpool Winter Gardens, Venue Cymru in Llandudno, and for the three week Christmas season at Oxford New Theatre. Harriet Payne will also join the tour as Miss Hedge in Llandudno and Oxford. They join Ivano Turco as Jamie New, Rebecca McKinnis as Margaret New, Shobna Gulati as Ray and Talia Palamathanan as Pritti.