Casting is set for the U.K. professional premiere of the stage adaptation of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which will be presented in concert August 17 at 3 PM and 7:30 PM and August 24 at 6 PM at London's Prince Edward Theatre.
As previously reported, Jack Maple is producing the event, which will feature direction by Jonathan O’Boyle and musical direction by Olivier winner Alan Williams.
The newly announced company will be led by Ben Joyce (Shucked, Back to the Future The Musical) as Quasimodo, Zachary James (The Addams Family, Hadestown) as Claude Frollo, Christine Allado (Hamilton, The Prince of Egypt) as Esmeralda, Dex Lee (Kiss Me, Kate; BBC's Doctors) as Captain Phoebus, and Adam Strong (The Rocky Horror Show tour) as Clopin with Lois Mia Chapman (The Mad Ones), Davide Fienauri (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat tour), Caleb Lagayan (Miss Saigon tour), Emma Lloyd (Sunset Boulevard), Anna Marya Smith, Fanja Parent (The Wizard of O), and Aaron Rahn plus the 20-member choir from the London Voices.
The role of Quasimodo will also be BSL interpreted on stage by Oliver Hewing.
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Based on the novel by Victor Hugo and the Disney film originally developed by Disney Theatrical Productions, The Hunchback of Notre Dame has music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and a book by Peter Parnell.
The concert staging will also have choreography by Olivier nominee Mark Smith, lighting design by Jamie Platt, costume design by Alice McNicholas, sound design by Sound Quiet Time, casting direction by Harry Blumenau, production management by Toby P Darvill for Production Solutions Group, and creative signing consultation by Kevin Jewell.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame first opened in Berlin in 1999, with a book by James Lapine, under the name Der Glöckner von Notre Dame. In 2014, a new version premiered in San Diego with a new book by Parnell and additional songs from Menken and Schwartz. This version has gone on to be produced by multiple U.S. regional theatres and has had productions in Japan, Germany, and Australia.
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Look back at the 2015 production of Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Paper Mill Playhouse below:
