the performance will take place at The Other Palace on the 27th April.
Casting has now been announced for the UK concert premiere of Douglas Tappin and Jonathan Payne’s musical ‘I Dream’ .
Newly announced casting includes: Chrissie Bhima as Bria (I’m Every Woman The Chaka Khan Musical; UK Tour), Wendy Mae Brown (Waitress; UK Tour) as Mother/ Grandma, Rhiane Drummond (The Lion King; Lyceum Theatre) as Ensemble, Michael Duke (Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical; Lyric Theatre) as Martin, Carl Ellis (Starlight Express; Bochum Germany) as Ensemble, Emilie Louise Israel (Hamilton; Victoria Palace Theatre ) as Ensemble, Cal-I Jonel (The Book of Mormon; Prince of Wales Theatre) as Ensemble, Alexia Khadime (Wicked; Apollo Victoria) as Coretta, Jenay Naima (MJ The Musical; Prince Edward Theatre) as Ensemble, Wayne Robinson (Ain’t Misbehavin’; Colchester Mercury & Southwark Playhouse) as Hosea & Ensemble, Obioma Ugoala (Hamilton; Victoria Palace Theatre) as Ralph, and Rodney Vubya (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical; Aldwych Theatre) as Ensemble.
As civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy slips away from this life, his lifelong friendship with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rises into sharp and haunting focus. Memories collide as Ralph is pulled back into the rallies, jails, and private moments where their partnership was forged and tested. A sharp young voice of conscience from within challenges him to face the rivalries and regrets he has long tried to bury.
I Dream features music and lyrics are by Douglas Tappin, with book by Douglas Tappin and Jonathan Payne and orchestrations by Carl Marsh and Keith Williams.
The concert will also be directed by Annabel Mutale Reed with music direction by Keith Williams, casting by Heather Basten CDG CSA, lighting design by Holly Ellis, and sound design by Daniel Hunt. Livi van Warmelo joins as Associate Musical Director and Kieran Donovan as Assistant Director.
I Dream originally premiered in Atlanta in 2010, on the Alliance Stage, directed by Jasmine Guy. A concert version of the musical was performed in 2017 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. The musical was then performed as an opera in various houses across the USA between 2017 and 2021, before further musical development and concert presentations in the USA through 2023/24, including at NYC’s Apollo Theater.
To book tickets visit: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/i-dream/