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NEWS: Full Casting Announced for Hello Dolly!

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming London production of Jerry Herman’s musical.

Producers Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced full casting for Hello Dolly!, which will begin performances at the Adelphi Theatre on the 11th August.

The cast is led by Imelda Stauton as she reunites with director Dominic Cooke, following the critically acclaimed production of Follies at the National Theatre.

Meanwhile also joining the previously announced Andy Nyman and Jenna Russell will be Clare Halse, who will play Minnie Fay. She starred in the lead role of Peggy Sawyer in the Broadway musical 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Her West End credits also include Gypsy and A White Christmas.

The cast will also include Harry Hepple, who will play Cornelius Hackl, ( Follies at the National Theatre and Romantics Anonymous at Bristol Old Vic) and Tyrone Huntley (Jesus Christ Superstar, Dreamgirls), who will play Barnaby Tucker. 

Meanwhile, the full company will include: Craig Armstrong, Gemma Atkins, Jenni Bowden, Alan Bradshaw, Natalie Chua, Joshua Clemetson, Brendan Cull, Bessy Ewa, Isaac Gryn, Ashlee Irish, Jodie Jacobs, Paul Kemble, Emily Langham, Amira Matthews, Sarah Marie Maxwell, Laura Medforth, Matt Overfield, Angelo Paragoso, Tom Partridge, Wendy Lee Purdy, Edwin Ray, Phil Snowden, Bree Smith, Christine Tucker, Gavin Wilkinson and Liam Wrate.

Hello Dolly! Features music and lyrics by Jerry Herman (La Cage aux Folles, Mack and Mabel, Mame) and book by Michael Stewart (42nd Street, Mack and Mabel, Barnum). The score includes songs such as Put On Your Sunday Clothes’, ‘Ribbons Down My Back’, ‘Before the Parade Passes By’, ‘Elegance’, ‘It Only Takes a Moment’ and ‘Hello, Dolly!’.

Hello Dolly! Will play at the Adelphi Theatre from the 11th August. To book tickets click here or visit: Love Theatre.comTheatre Tickets Direct.co.uk, From the Box OfficeWest End Theatre BreaksLast Minute.comEncore Tickets or See Tickets.