Full Cast Announced for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical

Max Harwood, Jessica Lee, Paisley Billings and Scott Folan.

The highly anticipated London premiere takes place at The Other Palace from 22 November 2024.

Joining the previously announced Max Harwood (Stranger Things: The First Shadow) as Percy Jackson is Scott Folan (Be More Chill) as Grover, Jessica Lee (Miss Saigon) as Annabeth, Paisley Billings (Six) as Sally Jackson, Greg Barnett (The Duchess of Malfi) as Mr Brunner/Poseidon/Hades, Joe Allen (Charlie & The Chocolate Factory) as Mr D/Gabe, Samantha Mbolekwa (Dear Evan Hansen) as Clarisse and Joaquin Pedro Valdes (Heathers The Musical) as Luke/Ares with Philip Catchpole (The Book of Mormon), Morgan Gregory (Newsies), Charlotte O’Rourke (Cruel Intentions) and Alex Waxman, making her professional stage debut, as the ensemble.

Based on the beloved and best-selling book series by Rick Riordan, the story has been adapted into both films and recently a major hit TV series for Disney+. The musical itself first premiered off-Broadway in 2014 to rave reviews and went on to have two US tours, an off-Broadway run in 2017 and a 16-week limited run on Broadway in 2019.

Percy Jackson is about a boy who discovers he's the son of Poseidon, one of the Greek gods, and embarks on adventures to protect both the human and mythological worlds. Alongside his friends, he faces various challenges from ancient monsters and gods, while uncovering his true destiny.

This dynamic musical adaptation of Rick Riordan’s bestselling The Lightning Thief has a book by Joe Tracz (Be More Chill), music and lyrics by Rob Rokicki (Monstersongs) and is directed and choreographed by Lizzi Gee (Groundhog Day). Set and costume design is by Ryan Dawson Laight (My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?)) with lighting design by Charlie Morgan Jones (Derren Brown - Showman), sound design by Dominic Bilkey (The Lehman Trilogy), video design by Duncan McLean (Shrek The Musical), illusions by Richard Pinner (Here You Come Again), fight direction by Lisa Connell (Heathers) and puppet direction by Laura Cubitt (A Monster Calls). The musical supervisor is Jeremy Wootton (Heathers), and musical director is Ben McQuigg (The Power of Camelot). Assistant Director is Danielle Kassaraté (Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time), assistant choreographer Libby Watts (Wicked) and associate set and costume designer is Christophe Eynde.

Hailed as “Worthy of the gods!” by Time Out New York, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical will open at The Other Palace from 22 November 2024.