Cast announced for The King and I musical tour in 2023
Casting has been announced for the new 2023 UK tour of The King and I.
Following recent runs in Broadway and the West End, the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical will hit the road from February.
The tour opens in Canterbury at the Marlowe Theatre before visiting venues across the country.
The King and I tour cast
Call The Midwife star Helen George will star as Anna Leonowens, performing on Wednesday – Saturday performances, at venues up to and including Cardiff New Theatre.
Joining her will be Darren Lee as King Of Siam while Maria Coyne will perform as Anna at certain performances.
Also on the cast are Cezarah Bonner as Lady Thiang, Sam Jenkins-Shaw as Captain Orton & Sir Edward Ramsay, Dean John-Wilson as Lun Tha, Caleb Lagayan as Prince Chulalongkorn, Kok-Hwa Lie as Kralahome and Marienella Phillips as Tuptim.
Completing the adult cast are Chi Chan, Jeffrey Chekai, Emily Grace-ling, Cher Nicolette Ho, Daniel Len, Rachel Wang-hei Lau, Candy Ma, Rachel Macdougall, Yuki Ozeki, Amelia Kinu Muus, Kitt Pakapom, Prem Rai, Ria Tanaka, Hiromi Toyooka, Jasmine Triadi, Jensen Tudtud, Qinwen Xue and Jason Yang-westland.
Sharing the child role of Louis Leonowens will be Harry Altoft, Dexter Barry, Max Ivemey and Charlie Mcguire.
The King and I tour tickets, dates and venues »
Set in 1860s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children.
With one of the finest scores ever written including: Whistle a Happy Tune, Getting to Know You and Shall We Dance, featuring a company of over 50 world-class performers, and full scale orchestra, The King And I is a testament to the lavish heritage of gloriously romantic musical theatre – it is the greatest musical from the golden age of musicals.
Acclaimed Tony Award-winning Bartlett Sher direcs the production with a creative team including set designer Michael Yeargan, costume designer Catherine Zuber, lighting designer Donald Holder, sound designer Scott Lehrer, orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett, dance and incidental music arranged By Trude Rittmann, musical supervisor Stephen Ridley, casting director Serena Hill, children’s dasting director Debbie O’Brien and musical director.
Christopher Mundy
