A new UK tour for Irving Berlin’s musical has been announced.
Casting and UK tour dates have been announced for the upcoming UK tour of White Christmas is set to open at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking on the 28th October. After its run in Woking, the production will then visit: The Bristol Hippdrome, Canterbury Marlowe, Manchester Palace Theatre, Plymouth Theatre Royal and Edinburgh Playhouse.
With the original production having being directed by Curve’s Nikolai Foster, this new tour is overseen by Ian Talbot and is set to star: Sheila Ferguson as Martha Watson, Dan Burton as Phil Davis, Matthew Jeans as Bob Wallace, Jessica Daley as Betty Haynes, Emily Langham as Judy Haynes and Duncan Smith as General Waverly.
The cast is set to be completed by Phillip Bertioli, Imogen Bowtell, Isabel Canning, Freddie Clements, Meg Darcy, Adam Denman, Beth Devine, Kirsty Fuller, Ashton Harkness, Sam Holden, Matt Holland, Samuel John-Humphreys, Aoife Kenny, Ella Kemp, Joshua Lovell, Martin McCarthy, Ben Munday, Oliver Ramsdale, Kayleigh Thadani and Kraig Thornber.
Join veterans Bob Wallace (Matthew Jeans) and Phil Davis (Dan Burton) as – fuelled by love – the all-singing, all-dancing duo follow the stunning Haynes Sisters, Betty & Judy (Jess Daley & Emily Langham) to a Vermont lodge for a special Christmas show. Their journey takes a misstep and their rhythm is thrown off when they discover the lodge happens to be owned by Bob and Phil’s old Army General (Duncan Smith), who is in desperate need of their help.
The musical features classic Irving Berlin songs such as Blue Skies, Sisters and of course White Christmas.
Meanwhile, the creative team behind this production includes: set design is by Michael Taylor, costume design is by Diego Pitarch, musical supervision by Stephen Brooker, lighting design by Mark Henderson and sound design by Tom Marshall. Orchestrations are by Larry Blank with new musical arrangements by Jason Carr.
For more information about the tour visit: https://www.whitechristmasthemusical.co.uk/