Full casting has been announced for the award-winning Bonnie & Clyde The Musical which will bring hell-raising thrills to Wales Millennium Centre from 26 – 30 March 2024 as part of its first ever tour of the UK and Ireland.
Coronation Street and Strictly Come Dancing star Catherine Tyldesley will be making her musical theatre debut in the role of Blanche Barrow. Alex James-Hatton (star of Heathers and Newsies) will be playing the role of Clyde Barrow. After wowing audiences in the West End and International Tour of Bat Out of Hell, Katie Tonkinson will be joining them in the role of Bonnie Parker.
Sam Ferriday (Heathers, Jersey Boys) will be playing the role of Marvin “Buck” Barrow. R&B and soul singer-songwriter Jaz Ellington (who has appeared on The Voice UK and Eurovision: You Decide) will play the role of The Preacher. Hana Ichijo (The Sound of Music, Allegiance) will be Alternate Bonnie and Trish/Ensemble. Daniel Reid-Walters (Girl from the North Country, The Railway Children) will play the role of Ted Hinton.
They are joined by Taryn Sudding as Cumie Barrow/Governor Miriam Ferguson, Alexander Evans as Henry Barrow/Deputy Johnson/Ensemble, Andrew Berlin as Captain Frank Hamer/Ensemble, James Mateo-Salt as Sheriff Schmid/Ensemble, Callum Henderson as Bud/Archie/Ensemble, Jasmine Beel as Stella/Emma Parker/Ensemble, Oonagh Cox as Eleanore/On-Stage Swing, Michael Cortez as Off-Stage Swing/Resident Director and Olivia Lallo as Off-Stage Swing/Dance Captain.
Bonnie & Clyde is the story of two small-town kids from the middle of nowhere who became the biggest folk heroes in all America. They craved adventure—and each other. Fearless, shameless, and alluring, this is the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire nation.
The production team is made up of Company Manager Jay Green; Stage Manager Robert Fletcher; Deputy Stage Manager Katie Balmforth; Assistant Stage Manager/Book Cover Charlotte Cross; Assistant Stage Manager Harriet Saffin; LX 1 James Stokes; Head of Video/LX 2 Abigayle Holt; LX 3/Technical Swing Emily Collier; LX 4 Ella Welch; Sound 2 Harvey Saunders Woolley; Technical Swing Amber Waller; Head of Wardrobe Roberta Mckeown; Wardrobe Assistant Rebecca Tipton; Head of Wigs, Hair & Make-Up Helen Robinson-Tsingos and Assistant Wigs, Hair & Make-Up Louisa Nugent.
Bonnie & Clyde The Musical is directed and choreographed by Nick Winston (Burlesque, Death Note, Tomorrow Morning) with Set and Costume Design by Philip Witcomb (Atlantis, Stones In His Pockets, MAME), Musical Supervision from Katy Richardson (SIX, Rent, Jersey Boys), Associate Musical Supervision from Nick Barstow (Next to Normal, Bonnie & Clyde), Original Arrangements and Orchestrations by John McDaniel (Patti Lupone: Live, Annie Get Your Gun), Additional Arrangements & Orchestrations by Jen Green (Fantastically Great Women, Vanara), Lighting Design by Zoe Spurr (Fantastically Great Women, Hamlet at Theatre Royal Windsor), Sound Design by Tom Marshall (The Drifter’s Girl, Nativity The Musical, Curtains), Video Design by Nina Dunn (The Shark Is Broken, Lazuli Sky), Associate Direction and Choreography by Libby Watts (Burlesque, Wicked), Wig Design by Darren Ware (Bonnie & Clyde) and Casting Director Jim Arnold CDG (Wicked, The Prince of Egypt).
The production features music by Tony® nominee Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlett Pimpernell), lyrics by Tony® and Oscar® winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Aspects of Love), a book by Emmy® Award nominee Ivan Menchell (Blended [movie], The Cemetery Club, Death Note The Musical).
Bonnie & Clyde The Musical is presented by Adam Paulden and Jason Haigh-Ellery for ADAMA Entertainment, an Olivier Award-winning production company with West End and UK Touring credits including Burlesque The Musical, Bonnie and Clyde in Concert, Rock of Ages, Company, Fame, Curtains, The Wedding Singer, The Last Five Years and The Last King of Scotland.
Tickets are on sale now at: https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/bonnie-and-clyde
