Haydn Gwynne, Zoe Birkett and extra be a part of The Great British Bake Off Musical – There Ought To Be Clowns

Mark Goucher Productions are delighted to announce the complete solid for The Great British Bake Off Musical for its switch to London’s West End, opening on the Noël Coward Theatre for a restricted twelve-week run from 25 February to 13 May 2023.

Joining the principal line-up is four-time Olivier Award-nominee and BAFTA-nominee Haydn Gwynne [Anything Goes, Billy Elliot the Musical, TV: The Crown, The Windsors] as Pam Lee, the iconically fashionable, sharp-tongued decide, together with former Pop Idol contestant turned West End singing sensation Zoe Birkett [Moulin Rouge! The Musical, The Bodyguard] as one half of the comedy presenter duo Kim and, rising star Grace Mouat finest identified for her function within the authentic SIX [Cinderella, Legally Blonde] will play contestant Izzy. Georgie Westall [A Christmas Carol, Rocky Horror Show], Stuart Hickey [Come From Away, Grandpa’s Great Escape] and Jamil Abbasi, making his West End debut, be a part of as understudies and Aanya Shah, Amelie Rouse and Maisy Mein will share the kid function of Lily.

This heart-warming and humorous new British musical captivated audiences in a triumphant run on the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham this summer time and is directed by Rachel Kavanaugh [Wind in the Willows, Half a Sixpence] with an authentic and intelligent rating, written by multi-award-winning duo Jake Brunger (e book and lyrics) and Pippa Cleary (music and lyrics), critically acclaimed as “one of musical theatre’s most dynamic writing partnerships.”

Inspired by the TV present, The Great British Bake Off Musical follows the newbie bakers as they search to impress the judges and battle their strategy to be topped Star Baker. The viewers are taken on a rollercoaster of a journey with memorable songs and dance because the bakers face trials, tribulations and baking failures, bringing them collectively in a narrative of friendship and romance alongside the best way.

The new solid members introduced in the present day be a part of most of the authentic solid reprising their performances; award-winning West End and Broadway actor John Owen Jones [Les Misèrables, The Phantom of the Opera] as he returns for his starring function as Phil Hollinghurst, the esteemed blue-eyed, silver-fox decide, together with Scott Paige [The Addams Family, Nativity!], Claire Moore [Mary Poppins, The Girls, The King & I], Cat Sandison [Evita, We Will Rock You], Charlotte Wakefield [The Boy In The Dress, Crazy For You, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang], Damian Humbley [Merrily We Roll Along, Hedda Gabler], Jay Saighal [Hedda Gabler, Romeo and Juliet, Richard III], Michael Cahill [Martin Guerre, Les Misérables, Starlight Express, Joseph], making his West End debut Aharon Rayner, Louis Gaudencio [Aladdin, Our Teacher’s a Troll], Gabriella Stylianou additionally making her West End debut and Annette Yeo [Love Never Dies, The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!].

The authentic inventive staff consists of: choreographer Georgina Lamb, set, costume and cake designer Alice Power, lighting designer Ben Cracknell, sound designer Ben Harrison, orchestrator Tom Curran, musical supervisor Mark Collins, and casting director Jim Arnold CDG.