The production is set to begin performances in the West End on the 26th September.
Full casting has now been announced for the West End revival of Jonathan Larson’s ‘RENT’, which will officially open at the Tom Stoppard Theatre on the 8th October.
Joining the previously announced Gaten Matarazzo as Mark, Travis Ross as Roger, Billy Nevers as Collins, Lazy Violet as Maureen, Olivier Award nominee Danielle Fiamanya as Joanne, Jeevan Braich as Angel and Joaquin Pedro Valdes as Benny, will be Alexa Lopez as Mimi, making her West End debut.
Sadly, due to injury Bella Brown will no longer appear in the production.
Alexa Lopez (Mimi) most recently appeared as Christine in the immersive off-Broadway production Masquerade based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera. Her further theatre credits include Sondheim’s Old Friends on Broadway, which marked her Broadway debut, Cosette in the North American tour of Les Misérables, and originating the role of April in the world premiere of Falcon Girls at the Yale Repertory Theater.
The cast is completed by Baylie Carson, Laura Delany, Ryesha Higgs, Montoya Holloway-Johnson, Rhys Hopkins, Shem Omari James, Hannah Macpherson, TJ Matara-Holloway, Ryan Nixon, Leah Vassell, James Wilkinson-Jones and Kevin Yates.
Following a community living in New York City’s East Village, Rent follows a group of people who have to navigate love, friendship and the AIDS crisis in the early 1990s. The musical is inspired by La Bohème and first premiered Off-Broadway in 1996 before transferring to Broadway.
Now booking until the 27th March 2027, this revival of the musical is directed by y Luke Sheppard with choreography by Tom Jackson Greaves. The creative team also includes: Set design is by David Woodhead, costume design by Gabriella Slade, lighting design by Howard Hudson, audio production and sound design by Paul Gatehouse, video design and cinematography by George Reeve and Nathan Amzi, make-up and hair design by Jackie Saundercock, UK Casting by Pearson Casting CSA, CDG, CDA and US Casting by Jim Carnahan CSA. The musical supervisor is Bill Sherman and the musical director and associate musical supervisor is Katy Richardson, the intimacy director is Asha Jennings-Grant, the associate director is Priya Patel Appleby and the dialect coach is Joe Trill.
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