The producers of the worldwide sensation & JULIET have introduced that multi-platinum promoting recording artist and award-winning West End actor, Matt Cardle, will play the position of Shakespeare within the upcoming UK and Ireland tour. He joins the beforehand introduced Gerardine Sacdalan as Juliet, Sandra Marvin as Angélique and Lara Denning as Anne.
Also within the forged are Jack Danson (Mamma Mia, Novello Theatre) as Romeo, Kyle Cox (Crazy For You, Gillian Lynne Theatre & Chichester Festival Theatre) as Francois, Jordan Broatch (42 Balloons, The Lowry & Vaudeville Theatre) as May, Michael Nelson (Dirty Dancing, UK & International Tour) as Henry, Liam Morris (The Bodyguard, UK Tour) as Richard, Jade Johnson (Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre) as Nell / Lady C, Rosie Singha (Love Never Dies live performance, Theatre Royal Drury Lane) as Judith, Nia Stephen (Cinderella, Imagine Theatre) as Imogen, Psalms-Nissi Myers-Reid (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Theatre Royal Drury Lane) as Lucy/Alternate Juliet, Andilé Mabhena (Shrek The Musical, UK & Ireland Tour) as Augustine / Dance Team, Harriet Caplan-Dean (SIX, West End, UK Tour & International Tour), as Eleanor, Alexander Kranz (To Wong Foo, Hope Mill Theatre) as Lennox Aaron Shales (& Juliet, Shaftesbury Theatre) as Gregory / Dance Team, Toni Paise (theatrical debut) as Violet and Samuel Wilson-Freeman (Mrs Doubtfire, Shaftesbury Theatre) as Fletcher / Resident Director and Dance Captain.
Matt Cardle rose to fame because the winner of The X Factor’s highest ever rated sequence in 2010, beating One Direction who got here third. His efficiency with Rihanna on the present has been considered over 41 million instances on YouTube and his debut single When We Collide, taken from his platinum promoting debut album, has bought over 1.1 million copies. Since then, Matt has launched 4 studio albums and has collaborated with artists comparable to Melanie C and Gary Barlow, the latter on Run For Your Life, which has amassed over 22 million streams up to now. Matt can be set to launch his fifth studio album later this yr.
Matt starred as Huey Calhoun in Memphis (Shaftesbury Theatre, Wes End) alongside Beverley Knight, for which he acquired the WhatsOnStage award for ‘Best West End Debut.’ He additionally appeared as Wally Strand in Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly Theatre) and Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar (Barbican Theatre).
There is life after Romeo!
Get whisked away on a superb journey as Juliet ditches her well-known ending for a recent starting and a second likelihood at life and love—her means. Created by the Emmy-winning author from “Schitt’s Creek,” this hilarious new musical flips the script on the best love story ever advised and asks, what would occur subsequent if Juliet didn’t finish it throughout Romeo?
Juliet’s new story bursts to life via a playlist of pop anthems as iconic as her identify, together with Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time,” Katy Perry’s “Roar” and chart toppers “Since U Been Gone,” “It’s My Life,” “I Want It That Way,” and “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” — all from Max Martin, the genius songwriter/producer behind extra #1 hits than another artist this century, and his collaborators. Break freed from the balcony scene and get into this romantic comedy that proves there’s life after Romeo. The solely factor tragic can be lacking it.
& JULIET is a worldwide success and an Olivier and WhatsOnStage Award profitable and Tony Award nominated musical. The West End manufacturing on the Shaftesbury Theatre thrilled audiences from 2019-2023, with the smash-hit Broadway manufacturing, breaking field workplace data and getting into its second yr in November 2023 and a US tour set to embark in September 2024. The musical made its North American premiere with the pre-Broadway manufacturing opening on the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto in 2022. The Australian manufacturing opened in Melbourne in February 2023 earlier than heading to Marina Bay Sands in Singapore this summer season and is at present taking part in a return engagement in Australia.
The full inventive group for the UK and Ireland tour of & JULIET contains David West Read (Book), Max Martin & Friends (Music & Lyrics), Luke Sheppard (Direction), Jennifer Weber (Choreography), Bill Sherman (Musical Supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements), Soutra Gilmour (Scenic Design), Paloma Young (Costume Design), Howard Hudson (Lighting Design), Gareth Owen (Sound Design), Andrzej Goulding (Video & Projection Design) and Suzy Bennett (Hair, Wig & Makeup Design) and Dominic Fallacaro (Additional Arrangements and Orchestrations). Casting is by Stuart Burt.
& JULIET is introduced by Max Martin and Tim Headington and is produced by Max Martin, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Jenny Petersson, Martin Dodd and Rebecca Quigley.
13 – 24 August Glasgow Kings Theatre
