Cast announced for Grease UK tour in 2024
Casting has been revealed for the upcoming UK tour of Grease the Musical!
Marley Fenton (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, Gielgud Theatre) will play Danny, Hope Dawe (Mountview graduate) will play Sandy, Rebecca Stenhouse (Legally Blonde, UK Tour) will play Rizzo, George Michaelides (Disney’s Newsies, Wembley Park Troubadour Theatre) will play Kenickie, Kieran Lynch (The Adventures of Peter Pan, Edinburgh Festival Theatre) as Doody, Lewis Day (Beauty and the Beast, Cast Theatre Doncaster) as Roger, Sario Solomon (Pacific Overtures, Menier Chocolate Factory) as Sonny, Alicia Belgarde (Bugsy Malone, UK Tour) as Frenchy, Emerald B (National Lottery New Years Eve Bash) as Jan, India Chadwick (P.S I’m A Terrible Person, Cockpit Theatre) as Marty, Jayd’n Tyrone (Grease, Dominion Theatre) as Eugene and Phoebe Roberts (Mamma Mia!, International & UK Tour) as Patty Simcox.
Joining them are Dominique Planter (The Lion King, Lyceum Theatre) as Miss Lynch, Joe Gash (Rock of Ages, UK Tour) as Vince Fontaine and Teen Angel, Deena Kapadia (Death Note, London Palladium & Lyric Theatre) as Cha Cha and Adam Davidson (Mary Poppins, Prince Edward Theatre) as Johnny Casino.
Completing the cast are Zera Aitken, Dylan Gordon-Jones, Sergi Ibanez, Thomas Inge, Lauren Hampton, Imogen Malone, Ben Middleton and Carly Miles.
Owing to overwhelming demand, additional shows have been scheduled in Dublin, Manchester, Newcastle, among other locations.
The tour is set to kick off at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley on 12 April 2024 and will run until 16 November 2024 at the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield. Grease’s phenomenal success includes over 500,000 West End spectators, marking it as the Dominion Theatre’s most successful summer stint since We Will Rock You.
Since its Chicago debut in 1971 and subsequent Broadway transfer in 1972, Grease has received seven Tony Award nominations and has featured future stars such as Peter Gallagher, Patrick Swayze, and John Travolta. The 1978 film adaptation remains one of the highest-grossing live-action musicals of all time.
This production of Grease boasts designs by Colin Richmond, orchestrations and musical supervision by Sarah Travis, with additional contributions from Ben Cracknell, Tom Marshall, Richard Brooker, and Douglas O’Connell. Casting is helmed by David Grindrod CDG.
