Full casting has been revealed for the upcoming London concert performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, set to play Royal Festival Hall July 13.
Newly joining the roster of performers are Ahmed Hamad as Enoch Snow, Charlotte Jaconelli as Carrie Pipperidge, David Mildon as The Narrator, Tim Prottey-Jones as Jigger Craigin, and Verity Quade as Mrs. Mullin. They join a previously announced group including Jamie Muscato (Heathers, Moulin Rouge! The Musical) as Billy Bigelow, Christine Allado (Prince of Egypt) as Julie Jordan, and Rebecca Caine (Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera) as Nettie Fowler.
Also featured in the performance will be the Trinity Laban Musical Theatre Ensemble and a 30-piece orchestra.
News of the concert follows 2023's 80th Anniversary Rodgers and Hammerstein concert, which was filmed and later broadcast in U.K. movie theatres and streamed in the U.S.; and the announcement of a two-night concert production of Oklahoma! set for Theatre Royal Drury Lane in August.
Emma Butler (Never Have I Ever) is directing, with music direction by Adam Hoskins. Lambert Jackson and Positive Sum are presenting.
Based on Ferenc Molnár's Liliom, the 1945 musical tells the troubled love story of carousel barker Billy Bigelow and millworker Julie Jordan. After Bigelow is killed trying to rob a man, leaving behind a pregnant wife, he's granted one more chance to return to earth and do right by his widow and now-teenage daughter. The classic score introduced such favorites as "(When I Marry) Mr. Snow," "If I Loved You," "June Is Bustin' Out All Over," "Soliloquy," "What's the Use of Wond'rin'," "and "You'll Never Walk Alone."
Tickets are currently on sale at SouthbankCentre.co.uk.