New production images for the latest West End musical Aladdin have been released ahead of the show’s official opening night on the 15th June.
Disney’s latest West End musical began previews at the Prince Edward Theatre on the 27th May and is now booking tickets until the the 11th February 2017.
The cast for the London production includes Jade Ewen as Jasmine,Dean John-Wilson as Aladdin and Broadway cast member Trevor Dion Nicholas making his West End debut as Genie.
They are joined by Don Gallagher as Jafar, Peter Howe as Iago, Irvine Iqbal as the Sultan, Nathan Amzi as Babkak, Stephen Rahman-Hughes as Kassim and Rachid Sabitri as Omar.
The West End musical Aladdin features the classic songs from the 1992 animated film such as ‘Friend Like Me’ and ‘A Whole New World’ as well as new music written by Tony, Olivier and eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice, Chad Beguelin and Howard Ashman.
Aladdin is currently in its third year on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre, and has grown its global presence to four productions on three continents. It opened at Tokyo’s Dentsu Shiki Theatre Umi in May 2015 and had its European premiere in December 2015 at the Stage Theatre Neue Flora, Hamburg. Aladdin will open in Sydney, Australia in August 2016.
The musical is directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw and features designs by Bob Crowley, lighting designed by Natasha Katz, costume design by Gregg Barnes and sound by Ken Travis.
Aladdin is booking at the Prince Edward Theatre until 11th February 2017. To book tickets visit: Ticketmaster.co.uk,Discount Theatre.com, Last Minute.com, Theatre Tickets Direct.co.uk, Love Theatre.com, Theatre People.com and UK Tickets.co.uk.