Children's casting announced for The Prince of Egypt
Casting news
CHILDREN’S casting has been announced for The Prince of Egypt, which plays a 32-week season at the Dominion Theatre – from Wednesday, February 5 to Saturday, September 12, 2020.
The roles of Young Miriam, Leah and Young Hebrew Girl will be shared by Mia Lakha, Iman Pabani and Hannah Selk and the roles of Young Aaron, Young Egyptian Boy and Young Midian Boy will be shared by Leo Babet, Jonah Collier and Taylor Jenkins.
The young performers join the previously announced Luke Brady (as Moses), Liam Tamne (Ramses), Christine Allado (Tzipporah), Alexia Khadime (Miriam), Joe Dixon (Seti), Debbie Kurup (Queen Tuya), Gary Wilmot (Jethro), Mercedesz Csampai (Yocheved), Adam Pearce (Hotep), Tanisha Spring (Nefertari) and Silas Wyatt-Barke (Aaron).
Complete the huge company of 42 are Simbi Akande, Casey Al-Shaqsy, Joe Atkinson, Danny Becker, Felipe Bejarano, Pàje Campbell, Adam Filipe, Soophia Foroughi, Natalie Green, Jack Harrison-Cooper, Rachael Ireson, Kalene Jeans, Christian Alexander Knight, Jessica Lee, Oliver Lidert, Jay Marsh, Scott Maurice, Carly Miles, Sam Oladeinde, Alice Readie, Christopher Short, Ricardo Walker, Danny Williams, Niko Wirachman and Sasha Woodward.
Performances of The Prince of Egypt begin next Wednesday (February 5, 2020) with an official West End premiere on Tuesday, February 25, 2020.
Extra shows have been added on Tuesday, April 14, Tuesday, August 11 and Tuesday, August 25, 2020, all at 2.30pm. Tickets are available now via www.theprinceofegyptmusical.com/.
Journey through the wonders of Ancient Egypt as two young men, raised together as brothers in a kingdom of privilege, find themselves suddenly divided by a secret past. One must rule as Pharaoh, the other must rise up and free his true people; both face a destiny that will change history forever.
The Prince of Egypt has music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Philip LaZebnik and features 10 brand new songs written by Stephen Schwartz, together with five of his acclaimed songs from the DreamWorks Animation film (Deliver Us, All I Ever Wanted, Through Heaven’s Eyes, The Plagues, and the Academy Award®-winning When You Believe, which was a global hit for Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey as well as a UK and Ireland chart-topping winner’s single for The X-Factor).
The Prince of Egypt is directed by Scott Schwartz with choreography by Sean Cheesman; set designs by Kevin Depinet; costume designs by Ann Hould-Ward; lighting design by Mike Billings; sound design by Gareth Owen; projection designs by Jon Driscoll; illusions by Chris Fisher; wigs, hair and makeup design by Campbell Young Associates; orchestrations by August Eriksmoen; musical supervision and arrangements by Dominick Amendum; musical direction by Dave Rose, casting by Jim Arnold CDG and children’s casting by Verity Naughton CDG.
Listen to cast members performing When You Believe and Luke Brady (Moses) and Christine Allado (Tzipporah) performing Never in a Million Years.
Image: Clockwise: Leo Babet, Jonah Collier, Taylor Jenkins, Hannah Selk, Iman Pabani and Mia Lakha.