Guys and Dolls - further casting announced
Casting news
FURTHER casting has been announced for the London transfer of Chichester Festival Theatre’s highly acclaimed, sell-out production of Guys and Dolls, which runs at the Savoy Theatre from January 6, 2016 (previews from December 10, 2015) to March 12.
Joining previously announced Sophie Thompson (as Miss Adelaide) and Jamie Parker (Sky Masterson) are David Haig (Nathan Detroit) and Siubhan Harrison (Sarah Brown).
Guys and Dolls will see Sophie Thompson and David Haig perform together for the first time since their comic pairing as bride and groom, Lydia and Bernard, in Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Completing the cast are Lucy Jane Adcock, Abigail Brodie, Cornelius Clarke, Momar Diagne, Lavinia Fitzpatrick, Lorna Gale, Nic Greenshields, Selina Hamilton, Ian Hughes, Frankie Jenna, Jacob Maynard, Neil McCaul, Genevieve Nicole, William Oxborrow, Max Parker, Carl Patrick, James Revell, Giovanni Spano, Gavin Spokes, Jonathan Stewart, Lucie Mae Sumner and Liam Wrate.
David Haig is currently appearing in Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me at Chichester Festival Theatre, where his previous credits include Pressure (a co-production with Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh) and Yes, Prime Minister, which transferred to the West End.
Elsewhere, his credits include The Madness of George III (Theatre Royal Bath/West End), Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre), Hitchcock Blonde (Royal Court/West End), House and Garden (National Theatre), Art (Wyndham’s Theatre/Broadway) and Our Country’s Good (Royal Court) for which he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor.
Haig’s screen work includes The Thick Of It, Mo, The 39 Steps, My Boy Jack, Talking Heads and The Thin Blue Line (TV); Florence Foster Jenkins and of course, Four Weddings and a Funeral (film).
Siubhan Harrison’s theatre credits include Pitcairn (Out of Joint/Shakespeare’s Globe/Chichester Festival Theatre), From Here To Eternity (Shaftesbury Theatre), Earthquakes in London (Headlong/National Theatre), Grease (Piccadilly Theatre), Bad Girls The Musical (West Yorkshire Playhouse) and We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre).
Described as a joyous and vibrant celebration of Prohibition-era New York, Guys and Dolls first premiered on Broadway in 1950 and captured the optimism and energy of post-World War Two America.
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