The world premiere production will open at the Manchester Opera House on the 11th April.
Full casting and creative team has now been announced for the world premiere of new musical A Knight’s Tale, based on the Columbia Pictures film written and directed by Brian Helgeland which starred Heath Ledger and Paul Bettany.
Adapted for the stage by Irish comedy writer and actor Brona C Titley the musical is directed by the award-winning Rachel Kavanaugh and choreographed by Olivier Award-winning Matt Cole.
The principal cast includes Emily Benjamin (Alternate Sally Bowles in Cabaret, West End) as Kate, Max Bennett (Macbeth in Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Globe) as Chaucer, Andrew Coshan (A Face In The Crowd, Young Vic) as William, Emile Ruddock (Hercules Mulligan/James Madisonin Hamilton, West End) as Roland, Jay Saighal (The Great British Bake Off The Musical, West End)as Prince Edward, Eva Scott (Betty!: A Sort of Musical, Royal Exchange Theatre) as What, Giles Taylor (The Mirror and The Light, West End) as Father, Oliver Tompsett (& Juliet, West End) as Count Adhemar, Meesha Turner (Stranger Things: The First Shadow, West End) as Jocelyn.
Also in the cast are Robbie Alexander (Love Never Dies Asia tour), Lauren Arney (Stranger Things: The First Shadow, West End), Arcangelo Ciulla (Newsies, Troubadour Theatre), Georgia Clements, Zac Frieze (Disney’s Aladdin, UK Tour), Elliot Gooch (Sister Act, UK Tour), Gabriela Gregorian (Shrek The Musical, London & UK Tour), Benedict Hastings (101 Dalmatians, UK Tour), Danielle Huntley (To The Streets!, Birmingham Hippodrome), Thomas Inge (Grease, UK & Ireland Tour), Lisa Kerr (Women in Power, Nuffield Southampton Theatres), Zera Malvina-Aitken (Grease, UK & Ireland Tour), Mehran James McCullough (Doctor Zhivago in Concert, West End), Ryan North (commercial dancer for ITV), Ryan Pidgen (Guys and Dolls, Bridge Theatre) and Chioma Uma (Brief Encounter, UK Tour).
Meanwhile, Cristian Buttaci, Cristiano Cuino, Nicholas Teixeira and Theo Wake will share the role of Young William.
A Knight’s Tale has it all. Expect a truly rockin’ soundtrack, packed with chart-topping hits! Join Will Thatcher and his band of merry misfits for a Knight like no other.
The creative team includes: musical supervision, orchestrations, arrangements & additional music by Simon Hale, set design by Tom Rogers, costume design by Gabriella Slade, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Matt Peploe, musical direction by Alan Berry, casting by Lucy Casson, children’s casting and children’s general management by Keston and Keston, performer flying by Suspended Illusions, intimacy direction by Lucy Hind and production management by Matthew Ledbury and Esme Driscoll.
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