The musical will run at the Southwark Playhouse from the 28th August until the 24th October.
Ahead of its run in London, it has been announced that an EP, featuring highlights of Jane Eyre A Musical, has been released. In addition, a music video for the song ‘Sirens’ has also been released, performed by Ashley Gilmour as Rochester and Charlie Burn as Jane.
With music & lyrics by Paul Gordon and additional lyrics by John Caird, the EP also features the songs ‘Sweet Liberty’ and ‘Secret Soul,’ both of which were performed by Charlie and Ashley earlier this summer at West End Live.
Joining West End stars Charlie Burn and Ashley Gilmour are Claire Greenway (Abbot/Grace Poole), Melad Hamidi (St John/Lord Ingram), Connor Wood (John Reed/Vicar), Jonathan Andrew Hume (Brocklehurst/Mason), Izzi Levine (Agnes/Leah/Jane’s Mother/Mary Ingram), Hannah Lindsey(Scatcherd/Bertha Mason), Isabelle Methven (Helen Burns/Bessie), Gemma Page (Reed/Fairfax) Eve Shanu-Wilson (Blanche/Sophie) with Poppy Jason (Young Jane/Adele) and Emily-Rose Samuel (Young Jane/Adele).
Jane Eyre A Musical will be co-directed by RSC and National Theatre director John Caird, who previously adapted and co-directed the original production of Les Misérables in the West End, on Broadway and across the world. Most recently he directed the hugely successful and critically acclaimed stage adaptation of Spirited Away at the London Coliseum. Broadway’s Megan McGinnis, star of Beauty and the Beast, Little Women and Beetlejuice, will co-direct alongside John Caird.
The full creative team behind the musical includes: Georgina Lamb – Choreographer, Morgan Large – Set & Costume Designer, Andrew Johnson – Sound Designer, James Whiteside – Lighting Designer, Ben Kubiak – Musical Director/Supervisor and Sarah-Jane Price – Casting Director.
Meanwhile, the team behind the EP includes: Brad Haak and Steve Tyler – Vocal and incidental Music Arrangements, Larry Hochman and Brad Haak – Orchestrations, Ben Robbins – Sound Engineer, Paul Gordon – Mixer. Hideya Yamaguchi – Conductor, Rinko Chinone – Piano, Miho Kudo, Warabi Suzuki, Yoshiko Shimizu, Naoko Yokoyama – Violins, Kazuo Suzuki, Seiji Nakabayashi – Cellos, Yuki Kuroda – Flute, Piccolo and Recorder, Kayo Kaneko – Oboe and Cor Anglais, Kazuhito Oshita – Clarinet, Tetsuyuki Kishi – Double Bass, Yoshihiro Tsushiya – Percussion.
To book tickets for the show visit: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/jane-eyre/