The production will run at EartH Hackney from the 12th August until the 7th September.
It has been announced that a new production of the musical The Wild Party, based on the poem by Joseph Moncure March, will open the new Dalston based venue this August.
Directed by Dan Herd, casting has now been announced for the production which will run for a strictly limited season. The cast will include: Laura Baldwin as Queenie, Simon Anthony as Burrs, Bobbie Little as Kate , Billy Cullum as Black , Chumisa Dornford-May as Delores and George Crawford.
They are joined by Jade Kennedy as Eddie, Kirsty Foreman as Mae, Christian Maynard as Phil, Samantha Bingley as Sally, Kyle Richardson as Oscar, Maddison Bulleyment as Nadine, Lillie-Pearl Wildman as Madelaine, Ronan Quiniou as Gold, Ryan Wolpert as Goldberg, Jennifer Louise Jones as swing and dance captain and Amber Sylvia Edwards as swing.
The musical features music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and a book by Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe.
Manhattan decadence provides the backdrop for this tough musical fable. Queenie, a vaudeville chorine, hosts the blow-out of the title with her vicious lover. The guests are a vivid collection of the unruly and the undone. The jazz and gin-soaked party rages to a mounting sense of threat as artifice and illusion are stripped away. When midnight debauchery leads to tragedy at dawn, the high-flying characters land with a sobering thud, reminding us that no party lasts forever.
Director Dan Herd said: ““LaChiusa and Wolfe’s The Wild Party is a bold explosion of a musical that transports us into the intoxicating dark side of the Jazz Age. It’s a thrilling journey through a booze-fueled night with characters, score, and text that are utterly exhilarating. Our production aims to match the creators’ daring writing; here, the grotesque and iconic guests at this party possess our cast, transforming them into the puppets of ghosts from an untamed past, creating a palpable sense of unpredictability. This summer in Hackney, we’re crafting a unique theatrical event: shadows will dance across the faded grandeur of our venue, the audience will become part of an immersive ghost story, and our brilliant creative team and top-tier cast will revive this landmark musical with exuberance and true wildness.”
EartH Hackney is a new 680-capacity venue in Dalston, which was originally built in the 1930s as a cinema, and has undergone two years of restoration.
To book tickets visit: https://earthackney.co.uk/events/the-wild-party/