Casting announced for Mischief Theatre’s Musical, Thespians
The team behind the multi award-winning production The Play That Goes Wrong will rewrite ancient history with the World Premiere of their first musical.
Written by Jonathan Sayer (co-writer of The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery) and Ed Zanders (musical director Mischief Movie Night), Thespians transports the audience back to 534 BC, where, on Greece’s smallest island, a brave band of bards is battling to avoid defeat in a nationwide prayer competition set up by a thin-skinned tyrant. The odds couldn’t be higher - the loser faces the death sentence, and things are not looking good for the islanders... until… Thespis accidentally invents acting, leading to the world’s first play and the birth of theatre as we know it!
The cast for Thespians includes Allie Dart (Unfortunate; The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch, The Other Palace/The Lowry and UK Tour) as Rhapsodes/Dance Captain; Ashley Tucker (Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, UK tour) as part of the ensemble; Claire-Marie Hall (Operation Mincemeat, Broadway/West End) as Poly; Curtis Patrick (Young Frankenstein, Hope Mill Theatre) as part of the ensemble; James Spence (Unfortunate; The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch, The Other Palace/The Lowry) as Thespis; Josh Patel-Foster (Oliver!, Gielgud Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre) as part of the ensemble; Luke Latchman (Now That’s What I Call A Musical, UK Tour) as Atlas; Marc Pickering (The Play What I Wrote, Devonshire Park Theatre) as Adonis; Matt Cavendish (The Comedy About Spies, West End) as Bard; Mia Jerome (The Manningtree Witches, Mercury Theatre Colchester) as Melampus and Rhys Taylor (Millennials, The Other Palace) as The Tyrant.
The creative team for the production includes director Robyn Grant, choreographer Jasmine Swan, lighting designer Melody Sinclair-Marsh, sound designer David Howe, musical director Nick Lodge, and associate directors Ben Smith and Joe Allen. Henry Lewis is the executive producer.
Tespians Greece the Musical (but not that one) will make its debut at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, from 9-23 May, before a ten-week tour.
