& JULIET TOUR

The  award winning musical & Juliet is to embark on a lengthy UK tour commencing on 8 July 2024.

Following its successful run at London’s  Shaftesbury Theatre from 2019 to 2023  the show is opening at Manchester’s Opera House, before visiting a number of venues with casting details for the tour be revealed in due course.

The Shakespearean-inspired musical featuring the songs of Swedish-born songwriter and producer Max Martin fantasises about Juliet’s life if she hadn’t taken poison with Romeo .

Martin is behind a list of chart-topping singles including Baby One More Time for Britney Spears; Love Me Like You Do for Ellie Goulding; Send My Love by Adele and It’s My Life for Bon Jovi which are due to be performed in & Juliet.

It will be directed by Luke Sheppard (who directed Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit In The Heights). The show, written by David West Read, will feature Shakespeare and wife Anne Hathaway among the characters.

Set to star as the title role in the show is Gerardine Sacdalan, who joins Sandra Marvin (Waitress, Sister Act, Hairspray) as Angélique, and Lara Denning (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Matilda the Musical, Sunset Boulevard) as Anne Hathaway and Matt Cardle (The X Factor, Memphis, Strictly Ballroom) as Shakespeare. Jack Danson (Mamma Mia) will play Romeo, alongside Kyle Cox (Crazy For You) as Francois, Jordan Broatch (42 Balloons) as May, Michael Nelson (Dirty Dancing) as Henry, and Liam Morris (The Bodyguard) as Richard. They are joined by Jade Johnson (Book of Mormon) as Nell / Lady C, Rosie Singha (Love Never Dies concert) as Judith, Nia Stephen (Cinderella) as Imogen, and Psalms-Nissi Myers-Reid (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) as Lucy/Alternate Juliet

Andilé Mabhena (Shrek The Musical) will play Augustine/Dance Team, Harriet Caplan-Dean (SIX), will play Eleanor, Alexander Kranz (To Wong Foo) will play Lennox, Aaron Shales (& Juliet) will play Gregory/Dance Team, Toni Paise (theatrical debut) will play Violet and Samuel Wilson-Freeman (Mrs Doubtfire) will play Fletcher and act as Resident Director and Dance Captain. Further casting is to be revealed.

With a book by David West Read, the production has choreography by Jennifer Weber and set design by Soutra Gilmour. The musical’s tunes are crafted by Martin and his collaborators, while costume design is by Paloma Young, and musical supervision, orchestration, and arrangements by Bill Sherman.

The production also includes lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Gareth Owen, video and projection design by Andrzej Goulding, hair, wig and makeup design by Suzy Barrett, musical direction, additional arrangements and orchestrations by Dominic Fallacaro, and casting direction by Stuart Burt..