Cast announced for The Lord of the Rings musical revival at Watermill Theatre
Casting has been announced for the new revival of the The Lord of the Rings musical at Newbury’s The Watermill Theatre.
The new “epic and intimate immersive” production will run at the venue from 25 July – 15 October 2023.
Based on the classic trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord Of The Rings musical has book and lyrics by Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus and music by A.R. Rahman, Värttinä and Christopher Nightingale.
Making up the cast are Folarin Akinmade as ‘Gimli’, Matthew Bugg as ‘Gollum’, Reece Causton as ‘Ensemble’, Kelly Coughlin as ‘Ensemble’, Geraint Downing as ‘Merry’, Peter Dukes as ‘Boromir’, Amelia Gabriel as ‘Pippin’, Tom Giles as ‘Elrond/Saruman’, Charlotte Grayson as ‘Rosie’, Nuwan Hugh Perera as ‘Sam’, Bridget Lappin as ‘Ensemble/Dance Captain’, Georgia Louise as ‘Galadriel’, Elliot Mackenzie as ‘Ensemble’, Peter Marinker as ‘Gandalf’, Louis Maskell as ‘Frodo’, Aoife O’Dea as ‘Arwen’, John O’Mahony as ‘Bilbo’, Yazdan Qafouri as ‘Legolas’, Sioned Saunders as ‘Ensemble/Onstage Musical Director’ and Aaron Sidwell as ‘Aragorn’.
As the Hobbits celebrate Bilbo Baggins’ eleventy-first birthday, he gifts his nephew Frodo his inheritance – including his most precious belonging – a gold ring. Little does he know that his legacy will confront Frodo with an immense and impossible task; a perilous journey across the darkest realms of Mordor to foil the Dark Lord’s quest for total dominion.
The Lord of the Rings will be directed by Paul Hart with design by Simon Kenny, musical supervision and orchestrations by Mark Aspinall, choreography by Anjali Mehra, lighting design by Rory Beaton, sound design by Adam Fisher, projection design by George Reeve, associate directed by Sibylla Archdale Kalid, puppet design by Charlie Tymms, and puppetry direction by Ashleigh Cheadle. The stage management team are Cat Pewsey, Katie Newton, Natalie Toney and Fern Bamber with -Leila Stephenson.
For more information and tickets, visit watermill.org.uk
