Helen George to star in new The King and I musical tour in 2023
Helen George is to star in the upcoming new UK tour of The King and I in 2023.
Fresh from runs in Broadway and the West End, the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical will hit the road next year.
The new tour will open in Canterbury at the Marlowe Theatre from 4 – 11 February.
Helen George, known to millions for the past decade as Trixie in the hit BBC One series Call The Midwife, will star as Anna Leonowens.
George said: “Theatre is my first love, and I am so excited to be returning to the stage for this beautiful, majestic production of The King and I. I was blown away when I saw Bartlett Sher’s staging of this wonderful show, so I can’t wait to work with him and the rest of the creative team to bring this timeless story back to the stage next year.
“Anna is such a strong, passionate and determined character, and I’m going to relish bringing her to life every night, as well as giving audiences all over the UK the chance to see this peerless Broadway and West End musical right on their doorstep.”
The King and I 2023 tour tickets, dates and venues »
Helen George is scheduled to perform on Wednesday – Saturday performances, at venues up to and including Cardiff New Theatre
Further casting is to be announced.
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 will once again direct the production and be reunited with the celebrated creative team that brought this majestic production of The King And I to life at the London Palladium.
